Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. Michigan unions may have misplayed their hand Editorial, November 13, 2012, Livingston Daily Michigan unions appear to have misplayed their hand last week, particularly when...
“You talk like a man because of that flashy hardware you’re wearing. Strip it away and you’d shrivel down to boy size.” Excerpt from Shane, by Jack Schaefer There’s a reason that the growing nonpartisan coalition fighting for public sector union reform lost a battle last week in California. They are bringing boxing gloves to...
After the election results came in, I started searching for two things: a stiff drink and a good out-of-state real estate agent. The national election sends troubling signs about the direction of the country, but nothing much will change from the past four years, so we know what to expect, even if it isn’t particularly...
Across the country, people have been speaking out against union election intimidation, including both union and non-union employees who are outraged by Big Labor’s attempt to steal the election for its last hope of survival, President Barack Obama. The following materials being used by labor unions are an outrage, and if an employer utilized any...
Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. Michigan’s Prop. 2 Is A Desperate Grab For Power By Government Unions By F. Vincent Vernuccio, November 5, 2012, Forbes Facing a sea of angry...
Regardless of whether or not Barack Obama or Mitt Romney occupies the White House for the next four years, or Prop. 32 passes in California, or Prop. 2 passes in Michigan, there is a growing awareness among American voters, Democrats and Republicans, that public sector unions exercise too much influence in politics. Rather than reiterate...
California’s Proposition 32 is the country’s most high-profile election in November 2012 directly related to labor unions and labor policy issues. There are also several California local elections – particularly Measure V to enact a charter in the City of Costa Mesa – that will potentially strengthen or weaken union control of government. Here’s a summary of...
Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. Jerry Brown vs. the 99% By Allysia Finley, October 29, 2012, Wall Street Journal At the outset of his administration in 2011, California Gov. Jerry...
Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. Prop. 32 not unions’ only worry By Bob Egelko, October 22, 2012, San Francisco Chronicle Proposition 32, which would cripple labor unions politically in California...
Editor’s note: Earlier this month, Manhattan Institute senior fellow Daniel DiSalvo released a study entitled “The Nays Have It: When Public Sector Unions Win in California.” DiSalvo has agreed to allow UnionWatch to republish two key sections of that report here, concerning California’s public sector union influence over the outcome of citizen initiatives and over...
As explained by the League of California Cities, the California Constitution gives cities the authority to enact “charters” and thereby manage their purely municipal affairs without interference from the state. Cities have been increasingly eager to seek charters in recent years in order to free themselves from costly state mandates. Since 2007, voters have increased...
Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. Ex-Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan’s pension-reform plan irks unions By Rick Orlov, October 16, 2012, Daily News Former Mayor Richard Riordan on Monday took the...
Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. The Imaginary Teacher Shortage By Jay Greene, October 9, 2012, Wall Street Journal Last week’s presidential debate revealed one area of agreement between the candidates:...
The raging controversy in Wisconsin over eliminating collective bargaining “rights” for government employees cast a bright and harsh light on public-sector unions. Some commentators have distinguished public-sector unions from private-sector unions, but the vested interests of the two are much the same. Both are expressions of what might be called “the modern union,” which came...