Archive for July, 2012
Almost Union Free: ACLU, Union Caught in Reform Kill Plot
Emails obtained by Townhall Finance show that a recent lawsuit filed by the ACLU in attempt to stop school reform measures in Colorado was really the brainchild of the American Federation of Teachers, the statewide teachers’ union affiliate of the AFL-CIO. In an email to Smith, Smith’s union capos, Courtney Smith and Jennie Peek-Dunstone [eye [...]
Full StoryIf You Can’t Win on the Facts …
I am normally very understanding of the need for Presidential vacations, Presidential weekends off, or even Presidential naps. It’s a tough job and there is always someone, somewhere doing something illegal, dangerous, and/or stupid somewhere on the planet that demands your attention. Having written that, I am becoming increasingly irritated with the fact that the [...]
Full StoryHOW BAD HAVE THINGS GOTTEN FOR PUBLIC-SECTOR UNIONS?
HOW BAD HAVE THINGS GOTTEN FOR PUBLIC-SECTOR UNIONS? They Can’t Even Organize The Democratic-Controlled Senate Cafeteria: “Senate food service workers voted today not to join a Service Employees International Union-affiliated local. The Workers United Mid-Atlantic Regional Joint Board — the SEIU-affiliated union under which the Senate employees would have been organized — reported to Roll Call that [...]
Full StoryHouse Appropriators Should Put A Stop To Micro-Unions
Last week, the U.S. House Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee voted in favor of disallowing any funding toward implementing the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) flawed decision in the Specialty Healthcare case. The NLRB decision enabled the formation of micro-unions in American workplaces, which has resulted in an outcry from small businesses across [...]
Full StoryChicago Teachers Union thumbs nose at proposed 20% raise
The Chicago Teachers Union made headlines a few months ago when it was revealed that the union was demanding a 30 percent raise in its new contract proposal. Such an enormous raise – regardless of the supposed justification – would be unthinkable in a district with a $665 million budget deficit and a 9.8 percent [...]
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