SPN Labor Policy Exchange: March 2, 2012

Published on Friday, March 02, 2012
LABOR POLICY

 

SPN State Labor Policy Exchange: March 2, 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

• There's A lot of Admin Space at the PPS
• Pension Ratio Slips: What Does it Mean?

Bluegrass Institute

• Thursday's Lexington Forum debate on ‘right to work' features BIPPS vice chairman, Lexington attorney

Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions

• Bipartisan Support Behind Real Public Pension Reforms
• Franklin County Sheriff Underscores Need for Compensation Reform
• Chicago Teachers Want 30% Pay Increase
• Public Pensions Strike Back

Capital Research Center

• The Battle For California: Pension Reform and Paycheck Protection Seek Voter Approval in November

Cascade Policy Institute

• Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

Center for Education Reform

• Christie-Union Clash Reaches New Level

Center of the American Experiment

• Newswire February 21, 2012
• Democrats, Unions, Ed Reform

Commonwealth Foundation

• THE FOUR ALARMS - Fireproofing Pennsylvania's Economy

Competitive Enterprise Institute

• The Demographics of Politics
• Workers Deserve the Right to Remain Silent
• Government-Funded Job Training "Might Not Work": Washington Post
• The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's Real Crisis
• Is the Obama Administration Trying to Expand Federal Collective Bargaining?
• Bringing Democracy Back to the Workplace

Empire Center for New York State Policy

• E.J. McMahon on Pension Reform
• Cuomo's pension reform "red herring"
• Debating Pension Reform
• The low-wage mom unemployment act
• DiNapoli announces great news
• Pension Casino Royale

Excellent Education for Everyone (E3)

• Grading Teachers Sparks Conflict as States Vie for Grants
• Newark Plans New ‘Teachers Village'

Foundation for Educational Reform and Accountability

• The Devilish Details of Teacher Evaluations

Freedom Foundation

• What's the fuss over school health benefits?
• Police, firefighter pension plans clash over proposed merger

Freedom Foundation of Minnesota

• Bill to prohibit automatic deduction of union dues passes final committee before Senate floor
• Senate HHS Committee passes bill to prohibit automatic deduction of union dues

Goldwater Institute

• Time for the State to Look to GM on Pensions

Heritage Foundation

• Improving Labor Market Calls for Reducing Unemployment Insurance Duration
• Morning Bell: How Chrysler Can Actually Help Detroit

Idaho Freedom Foundation

• Senate Education Committee endorses plan to stop teacher pay reductions
• House panel defeats bill denying state worker raises, supports 2 percent wage hikes
• House committee agrees to print bill allowing out-of-state insurance plans
• Thayn brings bill to create health savings accounts for state workers

Illinois Policy Institute

• Life isn't fair: The teachers' union boss' teachable moment
• Hubris defined: Chicago teachers union wants 30% salary raises

Independence Institute

• Senate Bill 82 Shows Utah Serious about Treating Teachers Fairly

John Locke Foundation

• Loud, angry government unions
• The union goon national convention

John William Pope Civitas Institute

• Perdue's Pension Could Total $60k Per Year

Josiah Bartlett Center for Public Policy

• Union Leader backs Education Amendment, Tax Caps, and CON Reform

Labor Union Report

• Union Secretary Charged With Stealing From Ohio Carpenters' Union
• Gambling-Addicted Ex-Union Boss Gets Probation For Union Embezzlement
• Goring the Golden State: Union-backed Dem Proposes Pension Mandate For California's Small Businesses
• SEIU Organizing Tactics Include Intimidation and Lying To Workers, Company Alleges
• NJ Teachers' Union Thugs Protest In Front Of Student's Home To Send Girl's Father A Message
• Three-Month Lockout Ends As Steelworkers Approve Cooper Tire Contract

MacIver Institute for Public Policy

• Teachers' Union Head Suggests Higher Scores Mean Choice Schools Cheated

Mackinac Center for Public Policy

• Change.org
• Do We Let Unions Bankrupt Governments?
• The Atlas Project
• The Brave New Foundation
• The Applied Research Center
• 'Change that Works'
• The Clean Economy Development Center

Maryland Public Policy Institute

• Redefining "Employee"

Michigan Capitol Confidential

• Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' More Than Matches SEIU '08 Obama Contributions
• GOP-Dominated Senate To SEIU: 'Here's $4 Million'
• Further Down the Rabbit Hole: Forced Unionization 'Dues Skim' Linked To West Coast Scandal
• How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home Health Care Providers Took Place
• Bill To Stop Graduate Student Unionization Moves Ahead
• Despite Deficit, Some Dearborn Top Officials Got Boosts in Pay

Montana Policy Institute

• Public Pay: A Lesson in Translucency
• Tester criticizes USPS executive pay
• Teachers' Retirement System seeks comment on pension changes
• Commentary: True state pension reform begins by taking the hit now
• Commentary: Pension managers risk assets while liabilities increase
• Unions and Occupy DC discuss Keystone pipeline with spokesman from Rep. Denny Rehberg's office

National Right to Work Committee

• Big Labor: Volunteerism Cutting Into Unions' Income
• Big Labor to Hide More Politcal Spending on Obama's New Union Financial Reports
• 200,000 Teachers Freed from Shackles of Forced Unionism
• Special Legal Notice to Private-Sector Workers in Indiana
• No Taxpayer Safe From Forced Unionism's Stealth Power Grab
• March for Worker Freedom is Growing, Right To Work Minnesota

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

• Foundation Action January/February 2012
• Worker Rights Advocate Announces Addition of Former NLRB Member to Legal Staff
• Worker Wins NLRB Settlement after Enduring Harassment by Union Officials
• Employee Files Federal Lawsuit against CWA Union Officials and Verizon for Ignoring Her Rights
• New Issue of Foundation Action Spotlights Obama's Unconstitutional NLRB Appointments, Latest Right to Work Supreme Court Battle

Nevada Policy Research Institute

• Solutions 2013

Pelican Institute for Public Policy

• Jindal Aims to Empower Superintendents and Restrain School Boards

Public Sector Inc.

• Rebutting the union disinformation campaign
• The Koch conspiracy rolls on in Wisconsin
• Labor's Super PACs
• Unelected panel tries to stop pension vote
• California Republicans rally behind Brown's pension reforms
• Unions versus jobs in Wisconsin

Sutherland Institute

• Capitol Daily Video: pay-for-performance for school teachers
• Capitol Daily Video: pay-for-performance for school administrators
• Capitol Daily Video: union dues and payroll

Thomas Jefferson Institute

• Cooch Still Backs McDonnell on Dulles-Rail PLA

Washington Policy Center

• Proposed Bills Would Weaken the Historic Workers' Compensation Reforms before They Are Implemented

Wyoming Liberty Group

• Bureaucrat pension plans create false security and violate taxpayers' rights

 

NATIONAL LABOR NEWS

AFL-CIO

• AFL-CIO organizing rally at Arizona Capitol to protest bills targeting public employee unions

NLRB

• Enzi Resolution needed to stop Obama's NLRB

SEIU

• The Supreme Court Must Protect the First Amendment from Unions

LINKS OF INTEREST

• State Policy Network
• SPN Labor Policy Exchange Archives

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