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Published on Monday, June 02, 2008
LABOR POLICY

SPN State Labor Policy Exchange – Volume 3, Issue 22
LABOR POLICY UPDATES, ARTICLES, AND BLOGS
Alliance for Worker Freedom
AWF Opposes Boyda Competitive Sourcing Moratorium
Buckeye Institute Blog
Showing the teacher unions who's the boss
Edspresso
Education Intelligence Agency Intercepts
Will NEA Superdelegates Swing to Obama?
Wanted: Something Else to Protest
EIA Exclusive: NEA Conditionally Recommends Obama
Eduwonk
Teacher Voice From Washington...And, Is The AFT Going All Sherman Over Michelle Rhee?
Employer Report
CHANGE TO WIN SHAKE-UP-UPDATE: DEMOCRACY IN UNIONS IS DEAD
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Unions want open hearings only when they stand to benefit
WEA Garnering National Disclaim
National Association of Manufacturers
Supreme Court Discriminates Against the Law
Card Check: Secret Ballots As a Campaign Issue
Another Cause of the Economic Doldrums
Card Check: Why, Yes, It IS a Lot of Money
Labor Pains
PA Gov. Ed Rendell Implicated in Union Violence Cover-Up
EFCA Will Raise Costs for Businesses and Lessen Competitiveness
Even Liberal Bloggers Ask: Why Doesn't the Media Cover Union Attempt to Buy Congress?
Oregon Senate candidate owes labor for primary win
Rebellion Against Stern SEIU Dictatorship Builds
Colorado's UFCW Admit 50% of Membership Wants Out But Are Forced to Pay Dues
Moscow (Idaho) Education
NWPE'S Director On Glenn Beck CNN Headline News Today At 4 And 6 Pacific Time
National Right to Work Committee
Half of Union Members Want Out, According to Union Boss
Do All Employees Really Benefit?
Winston-Salem Journal: Oppose Monopoly Bargaining Act
National Right to Work Foundation
IAM Union's Sham Elections: Kim Jong-il Would Be Proud
SEIU's Irresistible Offer: Help Us or Go Bust
Wilma Liebman Watch: NLRB Member Reveals Her Ugly Disdain for Employees' Individual Rights
What's With This Love Affair Academics and Journalists Are Having With SEIU's Andrew Stern?
The Union Label
Let us illegally smoke, or we strike
Union Perpetrates Hostile Take Over of Another Union
Teachers Abandon Kids Over Contract Negotiations
It's Official, Union Rejects Money for Kids
When a Union Tries to Go Beyond its Role
The Union News
Anti-democratic pledge causes Dem unease
Feds bust more union officials for embezzlement
'An absolutely inexcusable mistake'
Unions go to court to block worker-choice vote
Book Review: Solidarity Divided
Prevailing Wage Law proves too expensive
Support causes you disagree with
Prefers forced-labor unions over worker-choice
Another endorsement for Right To Work
Project Labor Agreement means 'union-only'
Next Missouri Gov. thanks AFL-CIO
UNION SOURCES
AFL-CIO
America's Workers Caught in ‘The Big Squeeze'
Burger King Agrees to Better Wages, Conditions for Tomato Workers
California Labor Federation Conference Highlights Green Economy and Jobs
Check Out Our Updated ‘McCain Revealed' Online Briefing Book
Cool Tools Takes a Trip to ‘Nixonland'
Denver-Area Union Vets Concerned About McCain's Record
Hollywood and TV/Radio Artists in Tough Talks and More Bargaining News
McCain and Bush Raise Big Bucks, Avoid Tough Questions
Milwaukee Union Members Rally as McCain Rakes in Big Money
Missouri AFL-CIO Announces Key Endorsements
New G.I. Bill Would Help Vets Get College Education
One Year Today Since the Supreme Court Ruled Pay Discrimination OK
Pilots, Meter Readers, Mechanics and More Join AFL-CIO Unions
Television and Radio Artists Agree on Three-Year Contract
Top McCain Campaign Adviser Outsources U.S. Jobs
UAW Members at American Axle Approve Pact
NEA News
NEA Foundation Gives Reg Weaver Scholarship
SEIU
Thousands of Workers from around the World Arrive in San Juan for SEIU's First "Green" Convention
SEIU: BUSH AND MCCAIN STAND UNITED AGAINST FIXING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Working Life
Labor Strife--SAG-AFTRA Pissing Match
A New Leader For Change To Win
A Bitter Strike Is Over--And Points To The Downward Spiral
NATIONAL LABOR NEWS
$150 million is a lot of money...
Obama, Education Reform And Teachers' Unions.
Does Google Pay Their H-1B Workers Better?
SEIU faction decries leader's tactics
New immigration law could put businesses on alert
A Leader, His Critics And a Union Divided
STATE LABOR NEWS
Alaska
Proposed firefighters' contract is a good deal for city
Arizona
David Silva announces candidacy for supervisor seat
Arkansas
Longtime Fayetteville educator honored by Historical Society
California
Hospital district workers concerned over possible changes to labor ...
Big Money in 3rd District Race
UC Seeks Restraining Order Against Union
Solano County tax savings starts at top
Janitor strike comes to an end
Striking janitors ratify contract boosting wages by 22 percent
Bay Area janitors approve agreement, end strike
Striking janitors weighing offer; decision expected today
Striking janitors consider potential agreement
Employees worried about health benefits
As Janitors Strike Enters Second Week, SEIU Announces That More ...
Labor Union Announces UC-Wide Strike
Hollywood studios, AFTRA agree on contract
Business as usual for Teamsters
UC looks to Public Employment Relations Board to avert strike
UC Union Health, Service Workers Decide to Strike
Employees' legal fees still climbing
SEIU Union Office Attacked 5/23
Black woman to lead Calif. SEIU local
Silicon Valley janitors strike enters second day
Labor unions' influence could hinge on election
Actors and Hollywood studios, networks far apart in negotiations
Janitors Strike OK'd: Gentlemen, Start Your Vacuums
Valley janitor strike may spread
Incumbents remain ahead in financial contributions
Colorado
Colorado NFIB supports right-to-work initiative
Right-to-work foes allege fraud in ballot initiative
Unions Try to Knock Colorado "Right to Work" Initiative Off Ballot
Connecticut
Should the Connecticut Minimum Wage Be Increased?
Minimum wage may soon increase
Governor vetoes minimum wage bill
Rell Vetoes Minimum Wage Increase
Florida
Union Consolidates Cases Against Elberta Crate
Hawaii
Small Business Group Warns States on Union 'Card-Check' Legislation
Idaho
Company questions Project Labor Agreement
Illinois
What Really Matters To The Teachers Union? Hint: It Ain't Teaching
Contract extension reached with Woodland teachers
Pingree Grove charter school, parents clash
Home health workers: Ill. contract will improve patient care
Solutions for pension hole not easy to implement
Illinois pension debt worst in nation
State school aid payments delayed
IECC board approves five-year contract with faculty
Kansas
Labor Union Announces UC-Wide Strike
Massachusetts
Teacher contract is on the board
Michigan
GM Says About 19000 US Union Members Took Buyouts (Update4)
Nurse's Union Continues Contract Talks
American Axle New Orders Grow to Over $1 Billion
GRPS Board Votes To Stop Collecting Union Dues
Grand Rapids Public Schools stops collecting teachers union dues
Detroit American Axle workers speak out against UAW betrayal
Missouri
Big Spring teachers may strike by tomorrow morning
Mehlville fire district investigating employees
School districts to face issue of teacher representation
Minnesota
Council ponders prevailing wage plan
Council considers wage proposal
Montana
Candidates rack up list of endorsements
Ambulance workers vote to affiliate with labor union
Nevada
Nevada nurses file labor practice charges against Renown
Reno hospital says nurses union stalling contract talks
New Jersey
Obama, Education Reform And Teachers' Unions.
Princeton school board, teachers agree on 3-year contract
New York
Report shows improprieties in Suffolk union spending
Caregivers on Strike Look to Labor Board for Relief
Gov. Paterson should fix Wicks Law mistakes
North Carolina
Teachers lobby lawmakers for raise
Ohio
Don't let union issue stall project
Company questions Project Labor Agreement
Oregon
Today on the presidential campaign trail
Kroger: Oregon's next attorney general
Pennsylvania
When a Union Tries to Go Beyond its Role
Mercer Co. workers want to renegotiate mileage reimbursement
USW, Brits near creation of 'super' union
Big Spring teachers may strike by tomorrow morning
For union, pragmatism vs. principle
Rhode Island
Critic of governor quits top union post
Texas
Firefighters Battle for New Contract
CPS dealing with reimbursement backlog in FLDS raid
Washington
Solano County tax savings starts at top
What Really Matters To The Teachers Union? Hint: It Ain't Teaching
Richland superintendent out of Washington SPI race
Richland superintendent out of state race
Schools chief candidate has lobbied for pension boost
LINKS OF INTEREST
U.S. Dept. of Labor Enforcement Actions
Townhall.com Trade & Commerce Page
SPN Labor Exchange Newsletter Archives
National Alliance for Worker and Employer Rights
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