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SPN State Labor Policy Exchange – Volume 3, Issue 23
Published on Tuesday, June 10, 2008
LABOR POLICY
SPN State Labor Policy Exchange - Volume 3, Issue 23
LABOR POLICY UPDATES, ARTICLES, AND BLOGS
Alliance for Worker Freedom
Sen. Lieberman-Warner Bill Bad for Labor, Bad for Taxpayers
Buckeye Institute
GM Closing? Look at the Unions
Education Intelligence Agency
On Historic Day, Sounds from NEA Headquarters
Another NEA Superdelegate Backs Obama
Employer Report
Propaganda 101: SEIU's Andy Stern is a Great Orator (as were other dictators)...
The UAW wants its smoke to blow both ways...
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Defending transparency at the local level
Teacher unions protecting your children...NOT
On health care, unions and freedom
SEIU shafting Washington members
Union to taxpayers: Would you like salt in that wound?
Competition is good -- especially among unions
Excellent Education for Everyone
Bill May Break Stranglehold NJEA Has on Our Kids
Heartland Institute
Search Is on for Nation's Worst Teachers
Heritage Foundation
Workers' Compensation Growing with Their Productivity
Independence Institute
James Madison Institute
The Madison Policy Digest - May 16, 2008
Labor Pains
Maine Union Bosses v. Free Speech
Justice for All, or Justice for None?
Poll Shows Allen Trailing, Hindered by Support of Card Check
Beef Industry Engages in Card Check Debate
Unlucky (for Minnesota Workers) 21
Mackinac Center
State Should Help Rank and File Monitor Unions
Missed deadline costs teacher more in union fees
National Right to Work Committee
Committee Blocks Government Union Power Grab
Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed: 'Colorado Union Bosses Make Case For State Right to Work Law'
National Right to Work Foundation
DC Examiner: Unions Should Stop Tithing Nonmembers With ‘Fees'
Union Accountant's Financial Analyses for New York Legislature Were " A Step Above Voodoo . . ."
FREE BOOK: Union Dues and Religious Do Nots
Public Service Research Foundation
Backlash Brewing Against Prevailing Wage Expansion
Union Financial Disclosure (for commenting on LM-2 rulemaking)
The Union News
Voters cool to anti-democratic Democrat
American Axle strikers axe GM $1.8 billion
NLRB: Politicians may aid union organizers
Teamsters warn of non-union danger
The Union Label
SEIU Attacking its Own Members
Stern's Rubber Stamp Continues
The Union-Free Employer
Yankee Institute
The Coming Showdown with Public Labor
UNION SOURCES
AFL-CIO
Florida Union Members, Retirees Want Health Care Answers
Working America Week in Minnesota
NLRB Orders New Vote at Pennant and Fired Worker Reinstated
South Florida Union Movement Wins Key Support for Health Care Reform
American Rights at Work
Fact Over Fiction: Opposition to Card Check Doesn't Add Up
NEA News
NEA President to Recommend Sen. Obama in General Election
SEIU
SEIU, National Conference of Black Mayors Partner To Close Racial Gaps in Healthcare
SEIU Calls for Action to Take Back Economy: It's Time to Reward Work, Not Greed
SEIU to Pursue More Alliances and Coordinated Organizing Strategies with Other Health Care Unions
OBAMA TO ADDRESS SEIU CONVENTION
SEIU Adopts Groundbreaking Political Accountability Campaign
THE GENERAL ELECTION BEGINS TONIGHT
Barack Obama to Address SEIU Convention
SEIU Hits 2 Million-Member Mark; Launches Groundbreaking Organizing, Social Justice Program
Working Life
Storming The Beast: Rolling Back So-Called "Free Trade"
Why Do People Leave Their Homes?
Thinking About Who Runs The World >From Puerto Rico
NATIONAL LABOR NEWS
America's Fastest-Growing Union Launches Global Campaign to Close
How Not to Organize a Union - SEIU's Failed Strategy
President of Union Wins Fight Over Power
SEIU: Building Political Strength to Change Workers' Lives
Confrontation outside SEIU convention in Puerto Rico
FMPR teachers fight repression, grow stronger
Unions Go International to Defeat McCain
SEIU, MoveOn Slam Private Equity Firms
Union Takes Anti-Buyout Campaign Worldwide
SEIU Report: Andy Stern's Iron Fist Appears in So-called Training
Puerto Rican Teachers Union Protests SEIU Raid
Senate Democrats Loading Up on Pro-Union Legislation
H2-B visa quotas allow for legal immigration
STATE LABOR NEWS
Alabama
Alabama Education Association-backed school board challengers lose
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Carlsbad leaders praise charter approval
North County ballot measures appear to succeed
UC health workers avert strike, resume negotiations
City employees nearing agreement on pay-increase caps
Paying suspended officers works
UC Employee Strike Called Off, Negotiations Resumed
Leaders vie for soul of the union
Fort Lauderdale City Commission deflects police chief's parting shots
Fort Lauderdale City Commission deflects police chief's parting shots
Strike over: Better pay, benefits for janitors.
South Bay Janitors to Head Back to Work
Silicon Valley Janitors' Strike Ends With New Contract
Accord reached between county and employees
Court Puts Free Speech Before Property Rights
UC labor union calls off strike
Colorado
'Evening News' Blames GM Cutbacks on Gas Prices, Ignores Union Effect
Recall effort planned for school board members
Workers receive un-kosher treatment, and other labor stories
Board may oppose right-to-work issue
Summer doesn't mean vacation for many teachers
9-R to extend second offer to unions
District leaders, teachers union go back to bargaining table
Quiet fundraising period for right-to-work group
Board remains silent on offer from teachers
Right-to-work foes sue to block ballot issue
Right-to-work foes detail lawsuit
Lawsuit filed to decertify right-to-work measure
School Board to vote on contracts
Connecticut
EDITORIAL: Sustain Rell's veto on minimum wage
West Hartford School Bus Drivers Vote For Union
Florida
Fort Lauderdale City Commission deflects police chief's parting shots
Georgia
Teachers' groups endorse Barrow
Idaho
Idaho's minimum wage set to go up next month
Illinois
Officials defend teacher pensions
Teachers' new contract offers 3 percent raises in '09
Ill. legislators leave unfinished business as session ends
Circuit Clerk asks county to reconsider pay decrease
Union claims smokers at Caterpillar suspended
Union says Caterpillar suspending some who smoke
Indiana
Labor strike settled against contractors in Indiana
Kansas
Carol Strickland files to run for Kansas House
Halstead teachers, district at impasse
Kansas Senate Votes to Punish Unions for Illegal Actions of Employers!
Democrat enters race for state Senate seat
Maine
Poll Shows Allen Trailing, Hindered by Support of Card Check
Maryland
Montgomery College part-time faculty agrees to unionize
Proposed ELL Guidelines Too Rigid, Critics Warn
Massachusetts
Mass. Retailers Need to Stop Their Attack on Teen Wages
Teamsters pin target on Saugus' Falzone
Michigan
Look here to invest that math and science money
'Evening News' Blames GM Cutbacks on Gas Prices, Ignores Union Effect
Barack Obama's words on jobs, health care
Missouri
How the minimum wage hurts teen-agers
Minnesota
St. Michael's employees ratify 3-year contract
Project Labor Agreements proposed by Superior City Councilor
Minnesota House Calls On Congress To Pass ‘Card Check'
Montana
Nevada
Las Vegas chamber officials lobby local congressional delegation ...
New Jersey
Feds uphold dealer unionization vote at AC casino
A push for fewer elections in NJ
May break stranglehold NJEA has on our kids
New York
Audit: Suffolk nursing salaries will drain county
NYSNA to SEIU: Stop Raiding Our Bargaining Units
For Rival Nurses Unions, Focus Is Far From Healing
Union Lawyers Clash in Coast Court Over Whether Andrew Stern Is a ...
Unions Go International to Defeat McCain
Union boycott could hurt International Jazz Festival
Speechless legislators move labor bills
Builders charged with not paying proper wages for New City school ...
North Carolina
Commissioner Wants Board to Endorse Unions Bill
Union workers picket UC as talks continue
Tensions rise as labor union takes UNM Hospital to court over wages
Ohio
State rules prevailing wage law allegation unfounded
Union bemoans YSU payroll woes
Start asking some questions at Plymouth-Shiloh schools
Pennsylvania
Court upholds prevailing wage for repaving
Pa. court: Borough can't skirt prevailing wage law
Youngwood loses appeal in prevailing wage case
Pa. high court says borough can't skirt prevailing wage law
Columbia and workers at impasse
District, union not planning to revote
Board remains silent on offer from teachers
Dad declares war on teachers union
Tennessee
Teachers, mayor get along, for a change
Texas
City Council Members Want To Give Construction Workers More Money
Utah
Teachers set to receive 4.4 percent pay raise
Washington
Strings Attached (FOX News video)
Cindy Omlin of NWPE on CNN Headline News (video)
Cindy Omlin on CNN (transcript)
Guest column: Nonunion associations reflect change for teachers
Loss of grant won't derail Fromholds
Teachers union wins, and no one's the wiser
Union's stance hurts teachers, students
$13 million grant for AP teachers lost over pay dispute
Make those health care promises stick
MY TURN: WASL Wasn't Intended as High-Stakes Test
Pass WASL: check; Graduate: uh ...
Reading, Writing Scores on WASL Win Cheers
Successful WASL retakes allow seniors to graduate
Was it really about WASL? Race would have told all
Look here to invest that math and science money
West Virginia
Flagman Wanted: Will Pay $32 per Hour
Recall effort planned for school board members
Insurance convention cancels at Greenbrier
June 30 union contracts deadline looming
Wisconsin
'Evening News' Blames GM Cutbacks on Gas Prices, Ignores Union Effect
Employees at Print Pack Want Out of Union
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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