SPN Labor Policy Exchange: March 17, 2012

Published on Saturday, March 17, 2012
LABOR POLICY

 

SPN State Labor Policy Exchange: March 17, 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

Allegheny Institute

• Savings to be Found at the Jail?

Alliance for Worker Freedom

• Michigan passes paycheck protection law for teachers

Bluegrass Institute

• NH - movement for right-to-work, KY - not so much
• For real education reform, charters WILL help
• Operation Preparation kicks off in Kentucky schools today
• The "rest of the story" on what the teachers union says about charter schools: Part 4

Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions

• The Debate Over Workplace Freedom In Ohio
• Cleveland Mayor: Abused Sick Time for Firefighters "Clearly Systemic"
• Hey, Isn't Sick Leave for People Who Need It?
• Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund: Rolling the Dice on Investment Assumptions

Center for Education Reform

• Lawsuit Over Tenure Reform

Center of the American Experiment

• Employee Freedom/Right-to-Work Amendment Passes Senate Judiciary Committee

Commonwealth Foundation

• Does Underfunding Pensions "Help the Kids"?
• Big Bucks for Government Union Bosses
• Of Mice, Barbie and Prevailing Wage
• Nurses' Union Opposes Corrections Reform
• Construction Workers Picket Rep. Saylor

Competitive Enterprise Institute

• AFSCME Leadership Fight Will Shape Public Employee Union
• IRS Sued for Unfair Labor Practices
• "31 companies identified Right To Work as a major factor in their interest in Indiana"
• New York cuts pension benefits for public workers

Empire Center for New York State Policy

• Unions throw fit on cue despite scaling back of Tier 6
• Teachers want retirement choice
• Lies, damn lies and "40 Percent"
• Bye-bye, pension reform?

Excellent Education for Everyone (E3)

• NJ teachers union tops lobbyist spending list

Freedom Foundation

• Senate makes strides toward pension reform

Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

• Unions Receive Vast Majority of Federal Health Care Waivers in Minnesota

Goldwater Institute

• Support Public Pension Reform
• Government union leaders lash out at common-sense reforms

Grassroot Institute of Hawaii

• Hawaii Jobs: Outlook for Jobs in Education, Government, Military and Tourism

Heritage Foundation

• Louisiana Teachers Cancel Class to Lobby Against Jindal Reforms

Idaho Freedom Foundation

• Ways the IEA spends a million dollars
• School levies: Why pay more? *Updated *

Illinois Policy Institute

• Illinois' $44 billion retiree health pricetag

Independence Institute

• Is Someone Ready to Take Care of Colorado Teachers' "Hotel California" Problem?
• Colorado Teachers Unions Have Some Very Different Takes on Open Negotiations

John Locke Foundation

• New at CJO: New N.C. employment numbers refute claims about massive public-sector job losses
• Looking for a job? Go west (and south) young man
• Former chief Bush speechwriter McGurn tackles public sector unions

Kansas Policy Institute

• Lying doesn't help students succeed

Labor Union Report

• AFL-CIO Boss Wants Unionizing To Be Added To Civil Rights Act

MacIver Institute for Public Policy

• Other Teachers' Union Reps Steamed at MTEA, Say New Concessions Proposal That Would Help Them Would Also Aid Governor Walker

Mackinac Center for Public Policy

• Forced Unionization Fails
• SEIU Spending
• The Economic Opportunity Institute
• James Hohman On Teacher Retirement System
• Why Don't Superintendents Have Tenure?

National Right to Work Committee

• Union Bosses Raid Pensions
• Unionists Hijacking Charter Schools
• Breitbart Exclusive: SEIU Aim to Destroy Free Market
• AFSCME & SEIU Bosses Spend Big Against Romney
• The Auto Workers Obama Left Behind

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

• Union Officials Challenging Indiana Right to Work Law Forced to Settle Union Dues Case
• SEIU Hit with Federal Charge for Sweeping Hospital Housekeeper's Rights Under the Rug
• Alaska State Troopers Seek to Handcuff Government Union Forced-Dues Scheme
• Federal Court Rubberstamps Obama NLRB Rule to Push More Workers into Union Ranks

Nevada Policy Research Institute

• After four rounds of 'cuts,' state K-12 education funding at highest level ever

Pelican Institute for Public Policy

• Union Leaders Coerce Teachers Out of the Classroom to Protest Jindal Reforms

Public Sector Inc.

• Teachers' unions suddenly at odds in Wisconsin
• Health benefits might dwarf pension problem
• We want choices, say New York teachers
• Is this how to revive private sector labor?

Rio Grande Foundation

• Salary release earns press in Four Corners (and a proclamation from Bernalillo County)
• New York: following the New Mexico "model" for pension non-reform?

ShopFloor

• Final Rule on Insurance Exchanges Released By HHS
• Manufacturers Added 31,000 Jobs in February, Unemployment Rate Remains 9.3 Percent

Show-Me Institute

• 100 Days Of Bad Teaching (Or More)

Sutherland Institute

• Capitol Daily Video: Common Core and Utah schools

Texas Public Policy Foundation

• More Good News for Texas in January Jobs Report

Washington Policy Center

• Pension reform wish list
• Senate budget proposal would lift the ban on charter schools
• Seattle teachers' union seeks ban on teachers-sees Teach for America as a threat to its position in the system

Wyoming Liberty Group

• Sixth-Penny Sales Tax Would Kill Private-Sector Jobs

 

NATIONAL LABOR NEWS

AFL-CIO

• AFL-CIO Says Cuomo Pension Plan Unfair to New York State Workers
• Social Security Battle's New Turn: Unions Call For Increase In Benefits
• A.F.L.-C.I.O. Takes On Voter ID Laws
• AFL-CIO: Crack down on super PACs

NLRB

• Judge: Government can require union posters at work

LINKS OF INTEREST

• State Policy Network
• SPN Labor Policy Exchange Archives

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