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SPN State Labor Policy Exchange – Volume 3, Issue 17

Published on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
LABOR POLICY

 

LABOR POLICY UPDATES AND ARTICLES

Alliance for Worker Freedom

Union vs. Union: CA Nurses Take Legal Action Against SEIU

AWF Will Rate Co-Sponsorship of Sen. Cornyn/Rep. Sessions LMRDA Enforcement Act

AWF Letter to Gov. Patrick (D-MA) Urging Veto of All Prevailing Wage Laws

Excellent Education for Everyone

State blamed in schools impasse

Camden moves to stop walkouts at schools

Ammo for Abbott foes

Hawaii Reporter

Controversial Card Check Bill Vetoed

Independence Institute

Analyzing CO State Union "Employee Partnerships"

National Right to Work Committee

Fight the Override

Union Spending

Letter to Denver Business Journal

Unionism by Government Fiat

Union Bosses Double Dip Into Workers' Wallets

Hawaii Governor Stands up for Workers

National Right to Work Foundation 
 
"Change to Win" Brings More of the Same

Reports of Union-Related Violence Surface in Bakersfield, California

While Food Prices Soar, Union Monopoly Power Delays Critical Foreign Aid Shipments

Foundation Files Comments With DOL On Union Disclosure Rules

Union Pension Funds Funneled into Politics, Strip Club, Horse Farm and Private Jets

Video: Inter-Union Scuffle Erupts, Elderly Woman Knocked to the Ground

U.S. Department of Labor

ETA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor announces grant of more than $1.7 million to assist Missouri workers affected by automotive industry layoffs

ESA News Release: U.S. Department of Labor files suit against Aggregate Industries to recover more than $1 million in back wages due 302 Denver-area workers

ESA News Release: U.S. Labor Department enforcement agency announces four criminal convictions for March 2008

OSHA News Release: U.S. Labor Department kicks off youth job safety campaign on TODAY show

MSHA News Release: MSHA publishes final rule on seals in underground coal mines

ETA News Release: Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report

LABOR BLOGS

Commonwealth Foundation

The teachers' union still hates school choice

Eduwonk

Wind Of Change?

Important op-ed in the WaPo from the head of the teachers' union in D.C.

Employer Report

Change to Win Bosses Blow It Big Time Backing the Wrong Dude...

Tell Senate that Ledbetter is BAD, not Better...

SEIU Battle with CAN Gets Deadly

Union Infighting Exposes Union Hypocrisy and Reasons Why Employee Free Choice Act Should be Opposed

Intercepts

Maybe it was a card check

Reg Weaver on Presidential Endorsement

Labor Pains

Attack of the Purple People Eaters

Union-Backed Seniority = Axing Good Teachers

LibertyLive

SEIU Smackdown in Michigan

Tiberio's Tenure

The Union Label

Corporate Heads Make Too Much? What About Union Leaders?

Union Costs Help Lead to City's Bankruptcy

Call For Barack Obama to Repudiate Violence of His Union Supporters

Video of the SEIU attack on the CNA Conference in Mich.

The Union News

Media silence weakens labor's cause

Stern angers, saddens union movement

Blackballing writers' union slapped with ULP

Tenet welcomes unions to Texas

Worker-choice alternative gains in labor-state

U.S. ports will be closed on May Day

Teamster-happy UPS vexed by worker-choice

Stern allowed to continue hassling CNA nurses

SEIU's Stern gets to judge

Shame on California Carpenters union reps

American Axle strike may backfire on UAW

Another UAW strike notice for GM

School unions take dues hit in San Diego

Union calls for toilet-paper cuts

Gov't-union cracks down on fraud investigator

SEIU 1199 organizers subdue nursing home

UAW unionizes Foxwoods dealers

Hoffa: This is all about power

UNION SOURCES

AFL-CIO

Republican Minority Denies Women Equal Pay Rights

New Report Shows True Cost of Shrimp to Workers

Standing Room Only for Labor Council Meetings on Health Care Reform

Ohio Union Members Ask McCain for Real Solutions

Strong Union Turnout in Pennsylvania Primary

Gas Workers in New Mexico, Firefighters in Alabama and More Join AFL-CIO Unions

Women Don't Ask? No, Employers Don't Pay

Women at Greater Risk in Today's Bad Economy

GAO Says Bush Administration Violated Law on SCHIP Program

More Layoffs, Fewer Hours on the Job and Teachers Forced to Take Second Jobs

NEA News

NEA President Labels Proposed Changes to Federal Education Law ‘Too Little and Too Late'

Global Action Week on Education Promotes "World's Biggest Lesson"

McCain's Economic Agenda Attacks Education Funding: Harmful to Children and Public Education

Working Life

The Restraining Order Doesn't Cover Me!

Why At-Will Employment is Bad for Employers and Just Cause is Good for Them

Opppssss...Our Friends in Colombia

You Can Fire The Commissioner--But The Execs Should Go To Jail

On Passover: Thank You, Jimmy Carter

A Few Reasons To Be Angry--And Bitter

STATE LABOR NEWS

Arkansas

Arkansas Senator Joins List of Employee Free Choice Supporters

California

Writers Guild, Hollywood studios clash after strike

Strike Aftermath: Strike-breaker Hunt!

Questioning Union Raids

Complaint filed against carpenter's union

Kevin Johnson wins Central Labor Council, Metro Chamber support

Union protesters march in Fairfield

SOLANO CO.: UNION MEMBERS MARCHING TO PROTEST LACK OF CONTRACT

Dueling unions' court fight escalates

Poll: Majority of County Supports Temporary Workers' Union

SEIU Seeks Dismissal of Restraining Order

Open Letter to SEIU members and Leaders on the Violence at the ...

California's Stern Rebuke

Spending more, getting less

Minimum-wage boost supported

Republican Party Aiding California Nurses Association Efforts

UFW signs pact with Mexican state for guest workers on US farms

Students join effort to fight school cuts

City to consider settling lawsuit

Service worker union members plan a walkout

Nurse Union Wins Order to Restrain Rival Union

Colorado

Think tank against union payroll dues

Plan alters school testing

Teachers propose union-run school

Connecticut

House votes to hike minimum wage

House OKs Increase In Minimum Wage

Florida

'Rainy day' fund looked to for public education costs

Mortgage meltdown is affecting renters

Georgia

Minimum wage increase can cost student jobs

Indiana

Cheers And Jeers

Iowa

Forced-labor dues 'absolutely wrong' for Iowa

Braley takes in more union money

Kansas

Pay still issue as Kansas teacher shortage worsens

Maine

Maine to increase minimum wage October 1

2300 walk out at GM Delta plant; 1560 workers at suppliers idled

Governor Signs Off On Minimum Wage Increase

Massachusetts

The value of the male schoolteacher

Westborough teacher contract talks heat up

Labor unions topped independent campaign spending in 2007

Teachers union blasts officials, superintendent

City officials blast firefighters over pension abuse allegations

Schools search gets some help

Cost of housing projects could rise

Michigan

American Axle strike: Unionists from all over join picket lines

2300 walk out at GM Delta plant; 1560 workers at suppliers idled

American Axle statement indicates strike talks with UAW take turn

State should help rank and file monitor unions

Grand Hotel to recruit workers across nation

Missouri

Missouri union workers want crack down on undocumented workers

Area school districts are facing a teacher shortage

MO House OKs Bill Limiting Minimum Wage

House backs minimum wage change

Schools search gets some help

Minnesota

Curbing non-union labor in Duluth

Board approves labor contracts, billing system

Governor Signs Off On Minimum Wage Increase

Nevada

OK, let's raise taxes, but first ...

City to consider settling lawsuit

New Jersey

Low voter turnout prompts call for November school elections

County halts Election Day voter drive program

Cut spending by paring pensions, not salaries

New York

Union Responds To New York City Study on Lack of Supermarkets

Bill would give TAs at NYU right to unionize

Workers ratify contract

New contract for Simon mall workers

Unions, county to crack down on prevailing-wage loopholes

Unions compete for workers at Foxwoods

Arkansas Senator Joins List of Employee Free Choice Supporters

Nassau County Legislature Ratifies ShOA Contract

Greenberg Traurig Enhances its Labor and Employment Practice in NY

George Harvey Justice Building draws contractors

Federal Court Sides With Nonmembers on Refunds of Union Dues

North Carolina

Insteel workers question need for a union

City to consider settling lawsuit

Ohio

What does airline deal mean?

Schools' constuction nears

Oregon

Women need to close wage gap

Pennsylvania

Why Clinton Won Pennsylvania

OSHA outreach to Montco teens

Obama, Clinton seek union vote in close Pa. race

It's amicable, but 102nd race is still a contest

Union helps Obama with gas price adBill requires better minimum-wage benefits

Texas

Allied Pilots Association protesters picket union offices

Wage hikes put small businesses in tight fix

Utah

Education briefs

Vermont

VERMONT AFL-CIO CALLS ON WORKERS TO SUPPORT WEST COAST SRIKE

Washington

Arbitrator urges raises for Tacoma police officers

City officials blast firefighters over pension abuse allegations

Seattle teacher refuses to give WASL

Washington Teacher Practices Civil Disobedience

Teacher refuses to give the WASL, gets 2 weeks without pay

West Virginia

No contract agreement reached in hotel talks

Wisconsin

Scholarships available from Portage teachers union

NATIONAL LABOR NEWS

Merger Most Foul

EVERY 30 YEARS YOU HAVE TO SWITCH SIDES

Tip Sharing Lawsuits Investigated

Security guards get wage increase

LINKS OF INTEREST

State Policy Network

U.S. Dept. of Labor Enforcement Actions

Alliance for Worker Freedom

Townhall.com Trade & Commerce Page

SPN Labor Exchange Newsletter Archives

National Alliance for Worker and Employer Rights

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