SPN Labor Policy Exchange: January 24, 2012

Published on Wednesday, January 25, 2012
LABOR POLICY

SPN State Labor Policy Exchange: January 24, 2012

The Labor Policy Exchange is sponsored by the State Policy Network and prepared by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.  If you believe an article will be of interest to other readers, please send the link to reynolds@mackinac.org

LABOR POLICY UPDATES AND BLOGS

Indiana Right-to-Work Fight

• More fines for Indiana House Democrats as they Extend Right-to-Work Boycott
• Indiana State Senate Passes Right-to-Work Bill
• Volkswagen Plant Helped Trigger Indiana's Right-to-Work Push
• Indiana Democrats boycott state House, face fines
• Republicans vs. Capitalism
• Indiana: Union Protestor Calls for Legislators to be ‘Tarred and Feathered'

Allegheny Institute

• PAT Retiree and Employee Concessions Are Critical
• OPEB Trust Fund Moves Ahead
• The Year without a Strike...Almost

Alliance for Worker Freedom

• Obama's Unconstitutional Appointees

Bluegrass Institute

• Bluegrass Institute strikes a nerve with pension points
• Knox, Corbin school choice fight continues to fester
• Institute's pension column posted to ‘Pension Tsunami'
• Still Another Jefferson County Public Schools ‘follow the money' adventure!
• More Jefferson County Public Schools ‘follow the money' adventures

Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions

• An Example of the Need for Pension Reform
• The Grand Shift- Ohio's Economy Must Look Forward, Not Back
• School District Starts Dealing With Real Issues
• Burden of Local Governments Exposed

Cascade Policy Institute

• Three Strikes and You're Out: Replacing Top-Down Education Control with School Choice
• Subsidized Car Sharing: The Next Frontier in Wasteful Spending

Center for Education Reform

• In Support of School Choice

Center of the American Experiment

• Online Learning

Common Sense Institute

• Paper Grade-books Are Not Sufficient to Measure Student Learning

Commonwealth Foundation

• Ponderous PSEA, Virulent Violence Verified
• Bring Choice to Chester-Upland
• Crisis vs. Competition in Education
• The Education Monopoly Comandeers CNN

Competitive Enterprise Institute

• The Ability to Fire People Creates More and Better Jobs
• Court Ruling Broadening Americans with Disabilities Act Will Harm Taxicab Safety and Cost Hundreds of Millions
• Fears grow that Ind. ‘right to work' impasse will affect Super Bowl 2012
• Obama Kills 20,000 Keystone XL Jobs, Laborers' Union Vows Not To Forget Betrayal
• Will unions unseat Wisconsin's gov?

Empire Center for New York State Policy

• A meaningful new try on pensions
• A Silver bullet -- aimed at jobs

Excellent Education for Everyone (E3)

• Legislative Edu News: Elections, Tenure Reform at Lame Duck Session

Foundation for Educational Reform and Accountability

• Governor's Budget Heads New York in the Right Direction on Reforming the State's Education System

Freedom Foundation

• Court predictably vague on how we'll pay for McCleary-mandated education spending

Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

• Child Care Providers to Challenge Unionization in Federal Court

Georgia Public Policy Foundation

• Governor Defends $19.2 Million Budget at Capitol Hearing
• Deal Legislative Agenda Includes Changes to Jobs Tax Credits

Goldwater Institute

• Do Police Officers Pay for Release Time?

Heritage Foundation

• Obama to Obama Jobs Council: I Disagree
• Governors Call for Teacher Tenure Reform, School Choice
• Morning Bell: South Carolinians Have a Right to Work
• Illegally Appointed NLRB Official Helped Block Reform at Corrupt Union

Idaho Freedom Foundation

• REPORT: How Digital Learning Is Improving Education in Idaho, Jan. 19, 2012

Illinois Policy Institute

• Business beats racism
• Illinois' health care costs: Watch out!

Independence Institute

• Bob Schaffer Looks Back at 10 Years of NCLB Federal Education Failure

James Madison Institute

• Twinkie Twilight?

John Locke Foundation

• No Time To Ignore Unemployment Insurance Hole

John William Pope Civitas Institute

• Employment Insecurity
• House Votes to End Dues Check Off Benefit for NCAE

Kansas Policy Institute

• K-12 Reform Heads To Topeka
• Bombardier Learjet Expansion Gives Hope for Air Capitol's Future
• Business execs laud new Kansas tax plan, but ag leaders seek more details

Labor Union Report

• Obama Kills 20,000 Keystone XL Jobs, Laborers' Union Vows Not To Forget Betrayal
• AFL-CIO To Spend Millions On Ineffective Ad Aimed At Improving Image
• Carpenters' Union Protests Baptist Church
• Michigan Childcare Providers Fight For Refunds For Forced Unionization

MacIver Institute for Public Policy

• Governor Unveils School, Teacher Grading Systems as Part of Education Reforms
• Thanks to Recent Reforms, Merit Pay Coming to Some Wisconsin School Districts

Mackinac Center for Public Policy

• Trust Us, We Won
• Bay City Amends Prevailing Wage Ordinance
• Kersey: End Prevailing Wage
• Indiana Leads the Manufacturing Belt

Maine Heritage Policy Center

• Maine's Unemployment Rate Highest Among Younger Workers

Montana Policy Institute

• Workers' comp reforms reviewed by state economic affairs committee
• Ex-worker files grievance against state for dismissal: KXLH-TV reports
• Here's a dirty dozen of the silliest slogans in the pension debate

National Right to Work Committee

• Big Labor Monopoly Power Won in Ohio but Workers and Taxpayers are Losing
• Bloated State Budgets Thanks to Big Labor Contracts
• Wall Street Journal roundtable: Right to Work freedom "almost a life-and-death issue for Indiana"
• NRTW files first legal challenge against Obama's Unconstitutional NLRB scheme
• Facts Show Right to Work is Right for America

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

• News Release: Minnesota Child Care Providers File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Forced Unionization Scheme
• News Release: LA Times Printing Press Workers Slap Teamster Union Bosses with Federal Charges
• SEIU Officials Face Unfair Labor Practice Charges for Refusing to Allow Worker to Resign from Union
• Appeals Court OKs Worker's Legal Challenge to Backroom Deal between Union, Casino

Nevada Policy Research Institute

• In its own words: Top NSEA priorities are money, money, money and money

Platte Institute for Economic Research

• Sunshine State Reforms Shed Light on Improving Teacher Quality

Public Sector Inc.

• This Can Only Happen In Public Sector
• 'Why does Buffalo pay for its teachers to have plastic surgery?'
• Public pensions lead private equity boom
• Real pension reform on tap in New York?
• Sacramento deficits driven by public employees' failure to contribute to pensions

ShopFloor

• Editorial Pages React to Keystone XL Rejection
• EPA Delays Boiler MACT Regs Until May
• President Obama Announces Plan to Reorganize Trade Agencies
• Small Business Confidence Continues to Rise

Show-Me Institute

• The Less-Is-Better Approach to Talking about Jobs
• Independence Privatizes Its Bus Services
• Helping Business Help Us

South Carolina Policy Council

• State Loses Money on Film Incentives, StudySays
• Lawmakers Seek to Regulate Yet AnotherProfession
• Boeing Not a ‘Public Body,' Federal JudgeRules

Sutherland Institute

• Sandy favors retailer with a tax break - for a quarter-century
• Costco deal unfair to other Spanish Fork businesses

Texas Public Policy Foundation

• Statement on Keystone XL pipeline ruling

The Union Label

• Muskegon Health Care Workers Get Out of SEIU
• Obama Excuses Over 500,000 Union Members From Obamacare
• Indiana: Union Protestor Calls for Legislators to be ‘Tarred and Feathered'
• Government Unions 101: What Public-Sector Unions Won't Tell You
• More Pension Truths and Why You Should be Very Angry

Washington Policy Center

• Charter School Bill Threatens Union's Power
• So Much for Spurring Small Business Growth

Wisconsin Policy Research Institute

• A New Approach to Teacher Compensation

 

NATIONAL LABOR NEWS

AFL-CIO

• Ind. unions see Super Bowl leverage in right-to-work battle but hesitate

• Wisconsin AFL-CIO Statement on Recall Petitions

NLRB

• GOP looks to limit CFPB, NLRB powers in reaction to ‘recess' appointments
• Boeing Case May Bolster Mitt Romney In South Carolina

SEIU

• Fresno County Employees To Strike For 3 Days Starting Monday

Other Labor News

• Labor groups protest ‘union-busting' bills in Concord

LINKS OF INTEREST

• State Policy Network
• SPN Labor Policy Exchange Archives

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