Jack Dean is editor of PensionTsunami.org, formed to monitor developments in all three pension spheres nationwide — public employees, corporations and social security. PensionTsunami, like UnionWatch, is a project of the California Public Policy Center. Dean is a former newspaper editor and a past executive director of the Reason Foundation. He has been active in politics for more than three decades and currently serves as president of the Fullerton Association of Concerned Taxpayers.
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. Case to Watch: California case to test compulsory union dues By Amanda Becker, May 21, 2013, Reuters A group of California public school teachers has...
By Jack Dean
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. Missouri legislation could weaken public labor unions By Elizabeth Crisp, May 14, 2013, St. Louis Post-Dispatch The Missouri Legislature is sending a bill to Gov....
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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. Madison teachers want to keep union alive with another contract extension By Steven Verburg, May 7, 2013, Wisconsin State Journal Madison teachers want to bargain...
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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. Kansas Law Lets Teachers Choose Political Donations By Ben DeGrow, April 30, 2013, Heartland News A labor expert says a new Kansas law adopted this...
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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. Could Michigan’s right-to-work law cause bullying of union holdouts? By Melissa Anders, April 23, 2013, Michigan Live Michigan’s right-to-work law has raised concerns among some...
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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. Teachers Unions Target Charter Schools By Sandy Fitzgerald, 16 April 16, 2013, Newsmax Labor groups are pushing for more involvement in the nation’s charter schools,...
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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. Sutter worker files another complaint against union Kathy Robertson, April 9, 2013, Sacramento Business Journal A respiratory care worker at Sutter Roseville Medical Center has...
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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. What Progressives Can Learn From Their California Failures By Conor Friedersdorf, April 2, 2013, The Atlantic The Democratic Party has conquered the Golden State’s levers...
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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. Georgia Senate Pushes Union Dues Reform March 26, 2013, Associated Press The Georgia business lobby won another victory Monday as the Senate approved a change...
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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 agreements serve only union interests By Greg Beeman, March 19, 2013, South Coast Today Building a new marine commerce terminal to ready New Bedford’s...
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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. Missouri Senate endorses union paycheck bill By Jordan Shapiro, March 12, 2013, The Kansas City Star After steadfast opposition from Democratic senators, the Missouri Senate...
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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. Organized labor agenda gains steam with turn in Minnesota Capitol politics By Rachel E. Stassen-Berger and Jim Ragsdale, March 5, 2013, Star Tribune Minnesota’s labor...
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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. End City Hall’s ‘Pay to Play’ Kleptocracy By Jack Humphreville, February 26, 2013, CityWatch LA There is a raging torrent of cash totaling $20 million...
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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. Jerry Brown administration digs in against unions on pensions By Anthony York, February 18, 2013, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration is pushing back...
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