Posted on Feb 17, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team
Over the weekend, a union-backed coalition in Michigan made an elementary mistake. “RAISE Michigan,” a front group for a conglomerate of liberal groups, worker centers, and labor unions, put out a statement announcing the beginning of a campaign to raise the Michigan state minimum wage and betrayed an unspoken truth about the new labor movement. […]
Posted on Feb 05, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team
Today’s Wall Street Journal editorializes against the decision by Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo to divest the state pension funds from Third Point LLC, a hedge fund run by a prominent charter school supporter, Daniel Loeb. The Journal notes that one of America’s leading opponents of reforming schools is behind the scheme: Mr. Loeb and […]
Posted on Jan 10, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team
Since we launched our new campaign exposing the American Federation of Teachers and its contributions to America’s education decline, we’ve had several testy exchanges with AFT President Randi Weingarten. When we kicked things off with a full-page ad in The New York Times, Randi initially took to Twitter to let us know her displeasure. Then, appearing later that evening on […]
Posted on Jan 07, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team
Last November, unions including the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and its Boston local (the Boston Teachers Union or BTU) heavily backed Marty Walsh in the city’s mayoral election. (He won.) Part of that support was a $480,000 ad buy by the AFT national headquarters that the BTU swears it didn’t know about. The money […]
Posted on Dec 31, 2013 by LaborPains.org Team
The AFT uses a PAC to funnel nearly half a million dollars into Boston’s mayoral election, questions remain
Posted on May 03, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
Scandal has rocked the Auburn Teachers Association, an affiliate of the New York State United Teachers and American Federation of Teachers. The Auburn Citizen reports that an audit showed that the former (and now deceased) President of the Association allegedly misappropriated up to $800,000 in dues money for various personal uses. Local police are investigating […]
Posted on Mar 21, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
After a union-pushed proposal to forbid such a measure failed in a referendum, Michigan recently passed a right-to-work law granting employees the right to opt out of paying union dues and mandatory “agency fees.” Michigan’s law takes effect next week, which will make the longtime union spiritual home the 24th right-to-work state, and second in […]
Posted on Feb 15, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Right-to-work building interest in Missouri Capitol Packed-house hearings suggest that there will be a long road ahead, but some proponents are feeling the momentum. New Hampshire Union Leader: Right-to-work legislation put down hard The right-to-work bill does not make it out of the House this year. In 2012, state senators refuse to hear the […]
