Posted on Apr 04, 2007 by Jon Berry
This Sunday Seattle Times editor-at-large Mike Fancher wrote on the protections extended to Washington teachers and coaches implicated in child abuse — and the lengths to which the Washington Education Association is going to keep this information from becoming public. The Times discovered in its investigation the following disturbing phenomenon: “After facing credible allegations or […]
Posted on Apr 02, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
The unions have got their walled-city approach wrong. Here’s the UFCW, which has been losing membership at a steady pace, turning down a historic opportunity. You can’t organize stores that don’t exist, Stu. Supermarkets have been pulling out of the city, not moving in, given the high costs and the competition from retail banks for […]
Posted on Mar 29, 2007 by Jon Berry
A federal judge in New York is allowing construction company ALR to proceed with its racketeering lawsuit against Laborers Local 78, in spite of the union’s argument that a Supreme Court decision, United States v. Enmons, protects the local from extortion prosecution. Incredibly, that’s not an incredible argument — Enmons really does protect labor unions […]
Posted on Mar 26, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
We recently told you about a speech by former National Labor Relations Board member John Raudabaugh, who warned a Federalist Society lunch audience about the misnamed “Employee Free Choice Act.” We got hold of his prepared statement, and it’s worth sharing as Senator Edward Kennedy tries to follow Congressman George Miller’s feat of pushing EFCA […]
Posted on Mar 21, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Angered by Mayor Richard Daley’s veto of the economically moronic “Big Box Living Wage,” unions are back to prove Chicago is their kind of town. Now one business group is saying union bosses tried to use their members’ money as a battle ax to intimidate Chicago’s City Council. The Chicago Sun-Times picks up the story […]
Posted on Mar 07, 2007 by Jon Berry
Apple CEO Steve Jobs hasn’t been silent about the link between the state of our education system and teachers unions. Last month he deplored the “unionization and lifetime employment of K-12 teachers” as “off-the-charts crazy”. A little more research, however, demonstrates that Jobs has been sounding this alarm for quite some time. From 1995: The […]
Posted on Mar 05, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
This morning’s Seattle Times has a must-see report on a deal between officials from the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and some of Washington’s healthcare providers. SEIU’s leaders are using their lobbying clout to push for more than $60 million in additional tax money to be directed to nursing homes, but the deal involves terms […]
