Jim Righeimer was elected to the Costa Mesa City Council in 2010, where he currently serves as Mayor. In Costa Mesa, Jim has led the charge to shrink government and provide more transparency and efficiency to the Citizens of the City. Labor union leaders now say Costa Mesa is “Wisconsin in California.” Costa Mesa has...
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Detroit’s Retirees Vote to Lower Pensions, in Support of Bankruptcy Plan By Monica Davey, July 22, 2014, New York Times Coming to terms with what came to be seen as inevitable, this city’s public-sector retirees have voted to lower their expected pension benefits, a crucial step in the city’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy before...
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A healthy blow to labor overreach By Ed Feulner, July 15, 2014, Washington Times As my Heritage colleagues James Sherk and Andrew Kloster note, the ruling will likely have only limited effect in the short run. Nationwide, only 100,000 home caregivers say they belong to a union. Yet the SEIU reports 600,000 dues-paying home care...
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Here Are 4 Lawsuits That Could Inflict More Damage on Unions After Harris v. Quinn By Andy Kroll, July 1, 2014, Mother Jones On Monday, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices on Monday defied some expectations by not decimating public-employee labor unions via their ruling in Harris v. Quinn. Given the opportunity to issue a sprawling...
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Orange County Sheriff Union Protests County Secrecy on Billing Records By Norberto Santana Jr., June 24, 2014, Voice of OC Just as county supervisors prepare Tuesday to consider a measure seeking to make labor negotiations more transparent, Sheriff union officials are protesting efforts to keep county legal bills on negotiations secret. Under the Civic Openness...
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Jerry Brown Gets His Budget, Teachers Unions Get a Wake-Up Call By William Bradley, June 17, 2014, Huffington Post Governor Jerry Brown got another on-time California state budget with nearly everything he wanted, a regular occurrence since he exercised a first-in-history budget veto three years ago, when the state legislature voted on Sunday. And a...
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California court rules teacher tenure creates unequal conditions By Lyndsey Layton, June 10, 2014, Washington Post A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that tenure, seniority and other job protections for teachers have created unequal conditions in public schools and deprive poor children of the best teachers. In a case that could have national...
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California politics: Union-backed Democrats face off against anti-union Democrats By Sharon Bernstein, June 3, 2014, Reuters Californians head to the polls on Tuesday for a primary election likely to highlight divisions in the state’s dominant Democratic party, as incumbent labor-backed candidates fight reformers positioning themselves to take on unions in several races. The election to...
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A Labor Union Prepares To Strike, As Obamacare Ups Health Insurance Costs By 5.0-12.5% By Avik Roy, May 27, 2014, Forbes Labor unions have, of course, been among President Obama’s most reliable supporters. Unions’ support was critical to the passage of Obamacare in 2010. But unions are continuing to learn, to their apparent surprise, that...
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L.A. city panel delivers victory to municipal labor unions By David Zahniser, May 20, 2013, Los Angeles Times A Los Angeles City Hall panel on Monday delivered a significant victory to municipal labor unions, breathing new life into a legal challenge to pension benefit reductions being counted on to save billions of dollars over the...
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Labor, Business Groups Join Forces to Press for Highway Bill By Melanie Trottman, May 13, 2014, Wall Street Journal Organized labor, business groups and consumer advocacy organizations are making a rare joint plea to Congress this week: Decide how to finance a long-term highway bill, then pass it without delay. Officials from the Laborers’ International...
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City Can Change Retiree Health Benefits: CA Supreme Court By Andie Adams, May 6, 2014, NBC San Diego The California Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal over the city of San Diego’s ability to change retiree health benefits. The high court’s denial leaves in place a Court of Appeal ruling that states the benefits...
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Texas Touts Lighter Regulations in Wooing California Firms By Aman Batheja, April 29, 2014, The Texas Tribune Monday’s news that Toyota is moving 3,000 jobs from California to Texas is drawing fresh attention to the competing business climates of the two states. Gov. Rick Perry has waged a lengthy campaign for California businesses to move...
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Obama administration to change rules so unions never lose another election By Michael Dorstewitz, April 22, 2014, BizPac Review After Tennessee Volkswagen plant employees handed the United Auto Workers a huge defeat in voting against unionization in February, the Obama administration has decided to change the rules to make sure that never happens again. Two...
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