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. BART, unions meet at negotiation table By Heather Ishimaru, September 17, 2013, ABC San Francisco Both sides in the BART dispute said on Monday evening...
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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. Indiana’s Anti-Labor Law Declared Unconstitutional By Aviva Shen, September 10, 2013, Think Progress On Monday, the state Superior Court judge ruled Indiana’s so-called “right-to-work” law...
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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. White House Considers Awarding Obamacare Subsidies, Intended For The Uninsured, To Labor Unions By Avik Roy, September 2, 2013, Forbes Now, according to Rachana Dixit...
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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. Union Support Of Minimum Wage Hike Is Self-Interested By Richard Berman, August 27, 2013, Investors Business Daily Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees...
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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. Labor’s anti-Snyder campaign makes case for right to work By Henry Payne, August 20, 2013, Detroit News Last week, the AFL-CIO announced that it was...
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Remember AB 340, the pension reform successfully pushed by Democratic Governor Brown, that even Governor Brown acknowledges is only a first step towards making public employee pensions financially sustainable? Well even AB 340 goes too far according to Obama’s new Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez. As Dan Borenstein of the Contra Costa Times reports on...
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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. Hayward, California: City workers begin three-day strike By Rebecca Parr, August 13, 2013, The Daily Review More than 200 municipal workers began a three-day strike...
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Earlier this week former state senator Gloria Romero published a lengthy article in the San Diego Union-Tribune entitled “Fixing California: The union chokehold.” Reprinted with permission on UnionWatch, it describes how public sector unions, virtually unopposed, have undermined the effectiveness and overpriced the costs of government at all levels in California. Romero, a liberal Democrat...
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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. Labor Unions’ Latest Problem: Obamacare’s ‘Cadillac Tax’ Harms Their Gold-Plated Health Insurance Plans By Avik Roy, August 6, 2013, Forbes Last month, we discussed the...
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During the effort to curb collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker suggested the exemption for public safety employees was necessary to avoid the possibility of a strike by “first responders.” The real reason may have been a political calculation; restricting the bargaining rights of all public employees including public safety...
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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. Senate ready to confirm new NLRB members By Alan Fram, July 30, 2013, Fresno Bee The Senate on Tuesday moved a step closer to approving...
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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. Detroit bankruptcy case heads to Wednesday hearing on labor union pension challenges By Bernie Woodall, July 23, 2013, Reuters Labor unions trying to stop Detroit...
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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. Labor Unions: Obamacare Will ‘Shatter’ Our Health Benefits, Cause ‘Nightmare Scenarios’ Avik Roy Avik Roy, July 15, 2013, Forbes Labor unions are among the key...
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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. Under The Radar Case Could Yield Most Significant Labor Law Case of the Last Decade By Scott J. Witlin, July 2013, National Law Review Last...
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