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SPN State Labor Policy Exchange - Volume 3, Issue 32
Published on Wednesday, August 20, 2008
LABOR POLICY
SPN State Labor Policy Exchange - Volume 3, Issue 32
LABOR POLICY UPDATES, ARTICLES, AND BLOGS
Alabama Policy Institute
Allegheny Institute
Time for Action on Prevailing Wage Law
Edspresso
Teachers' Union Has Quiet Clout in Local Votes
Education Intelligence Agency
The August 11 Communique' Is Up!
Employer Report
Labor Union Update & Alligators, Wolves, and Bears (Oh My!)
The Union Label
Union Loses in California, Now Trying to Go National
Obama's Dangerous Sop to Unions
Union, Charity Paid Thousands to Firms Owned by Official's Relatives
Union Negotiates State Contract While Running TV Ads for Governor
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
State workers stage rally for bigger pay increases
Labor Pains
Do not pass go, do not hold an election
Being "anti-free-trade" is not enough for labor's support
Tricky Dick (Durbin) spins NLRB elections
Jeff Merkley...Wrong AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN
Al Franken Porks Out, Ducks Questions About The EFCA
Knock, Knock ... I know you're there ... you better support EFCA
Moose, Rocco, Help Ashwin With His EFCA Statement
Liberal newspaper whines on behalf of Lunsford
Congressman Udall Pledges Continued Support For Unpopular Employee Free Choice Act
More EFCA Evasion >From Ashwin Madia
Liberty Live
AG candidate comments on public union contracts
Metro union loses to competition
"There's no money in the bank"
National Institute for Labor Relations Research
Nurses Attack Backroom Deal Between Tenet and CNA To Force Texas Nurses Into Union Ranks
Even Far Left Icon George McGovern Says "No" to Coercive Card Check Organizing
National Right to Work Committee
Another Automaker Expands Into Tennessee
Forced Unionism Linked to More Onerous Taxes
Who Loves Barack Obama? Union Bosses
Look Ahead to An Obama Presidency
Union-Only Big Dig Project Price Tag Balloons
National Right to Work Foundation
EXPOSED: CNA Union Boss Hypocrisy
National Legal and Policy Center
ACORN Cracks Wide Open, Dr. Carl Horowitz, Townhall.com
New York Public Payroll Watch
Teachers union's financial muscle
Breaking news of your divorce...to your employer
Transparency reports: teacher pensions, state overtime
Shopfloor
More Deflection - That's the Nice Term - on Card Check
The Union News
Labor-state helps pay SEIU's political vols
School union: No discount for non-members
Extortion lawsuit v. UFCW cleared to proceed
Unions' voter-fraud unit ahead of schedule
Worker-choice is a moral issue
Left-wing GOP Senator denounces free speech
Secret-ballot elections thrown under bus
Unionist voters sour on Franken
Union-backed voter-fraud groups activate
Gov't-union dues flow threatened by furloughs
SEIU gets away with election violations
Corrupt Chicago Teamster big ousted
Bargaining unit abandoned by UAW
Governor no obstacle to SEIU, AFSCME in Ohio
Highly-skilled dues embezzler nabbed by Feds
Townhall
Senator George S. McGovern, Manifesting Wisdom as to the Union Card-Check Issue
Unionizing Our Way to Greater Taxes
U.S. Department of Labor
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
U.S. Department of Labor awards $250,000 to Idaho to establish regional strategic plan in panhandle
Workplace Horizons
NLRB General Counsel Issues Guidance Regarding Protected PoliticalActivity
Religious Freedom Advocates Seeking to Negotiate Compromise to Get Employment BillPassed
California Group Issues Report Urging Passage of State Paid Sick LeaveBill
UNION SOURCES
AFL-CIO
Pennsylvania Union Veterans Get Ready for Election
Guatemalan Workers Need Your Help
Social Security at 73: Strong as Ever But Not if McCain Takes Office
AFL-CIO Files Complaint with FEC on Wal-Mart Electioneering
California State Employees Suffer for Arnie's Hissy Fit
School Administrators Back Obama
Colombian Flower Workers Celebrate New Contracts
Obama: McCain Won't Fight for America's Jobs
IBEW Union Leader Describes Connection Between Political Action and Bargaining
U.S. Internet Speed Could Be 100 Years Behind Japan
We Pay Taxes. Most Corporations Don't.
Take Action to Stop Wal-Mart from Telling Workers How to Vote
McCain's Record Shows Big Support for Outsourcing U.S. Jobs
Candidates in Key Districts Support Employee Free Choice, Working Families
State of Working America Preview: Productivity Up-Wages, Living Standards Down
SEIU
SEIU Statement on Announcement of KKR Prospectus
SEIU MEMBERS LAUNCH TV AD ON GORDON SMITH'S SUPPORT FOR BUSH-CHENEY AGENDA
SEIU MEMBERS LAUNCH TV AD ON SUNUNU TIES TO DRUG COMPANIES AND INSURANCE INDUSTRY
SEIU Members Boost Voter Rolls in Key Battleground States
Working Life
The Song Appears To Remain The Same
McCain: 5 Reasons You Should Curb Your Enthusiasm for Curb Your Enthusiasm
Need Health Care, Get Divorced
Bye, Bye, Jobs: The Idiocy of The Education Lie
Giving Up On Single Payer Before The Fight
NATIONAL LABOR NEWS
The Secret Ballot Is A Foundation Of Our Democracy (LTE from Rep. George Miller)
The Secret Ballot Is A Foundation Of Our Democracy (LTE from Employee Freedom Action Committee)
Wages for H-2B workers lower than prevailing wage
Union Card-Check Issue (Employee Free Choice Act) Gets Veto From George McGovern
Did Wal-Mart Violate Federal Election Laws? Labor Groups Want to Know
AFL-CIO files complaint against Wal-Mart
Employee Free Choice Act is anything but free
Obama: Not Owned by Teachers Unions
Two Arkansas institutions, two positions
'Card Check' would violate worker privacy
Put unionizing power back in workers' hands
Verizon and union reach tentative labor contract
Verizon Reaches New Labor Contract, Avoids Strike
Labor's fight against racism has impact
Obama's Record Backs Teachers, Building Trades
Faith groups push to increase minimum wage to $10 an hour
Putting The "Rank" in "Rank And File"
Wal-Mart, the Free Choice Act, Workers and Unions
My Party Should Respect Secret Union Ballots
STATE LABOR NEWS
Alaska
'Card Check' would violate worker privacy
Arkansas
Two Arkansas institutions, two positions
California
32 Protesters Arrested in Disney Labor Dispute
Hospital wins union case with labor board
Hospital workers to vote on union
Union negotiations with county break down
LA County Federation of Labor Approves a Request to Strike
Hospital wins union case with labor board
Actors unite for SAG board election
Teachers to start school year without contract
Teachers spurn tax cap backers
California State Employees Suffer for Arnie's Hissy Fit
Tulare County, union at contract impasse
Ex-union worker accused in theft
Providing quality workers assures Local 1184 union's future
NLRB Backs SEIU-UHW in Nation's Largest Organizing Drive
Final SF budget cuts in health programs, pay
Workers accuse public works contractor of shorting pay
Former employees sue Oakland contractor NBC General
Are Teachers' Unions Un-American?
Former union bookkeeper arrested for embezzlement
Governor sues to force state pay cuts
No on Prop 8 Raise Millions Local Fundraiser
Stanford Hospital Workers to Vote on Union
Investigation of spending by care workers' union is sought
Theater fans work toward restoration
Investigation of spending by care workers' union is sought
California Hospital News Roundup for August 8, 2008
SEIU 6434 Invites International Union to Review Its Books
Union, charity paid thousands to firms owned by official's relatives
Colorado
Colorado minimum wage on rise, thanks to inflation
Dissension in DPS ranks over contract talks
TRUTH TEST: Anti-Schaffer ad critiqued
From Teach For America to Obama's Camp
State employees pick labor union
Colorado Economic Leadership Coalition opposes labor, union measures
Social Initiatives on State Ballots Could Draw Attention
An explosion of ballot petitions
Judge partially dismisses challenge to right-to-work amendment
Connecticut
Pay cut targets clerical workers, janitors
Florida
Florida's teachers union wants top court to hear appeal on voucher votes
Teachers union files unfair labor complaint
Georgia
Atlanta schools pension fund in trouble
Hawaii
NEA conference provides valuable experience for Hughey
Idaho
Teachers who join IEA aren't getting what they pay for
Illinois
Groups seek share of Olympics benefits
Huntley schools, teachers nearer to deal
Huntley-area teachers file intent-to-strike notice
New: Teachers union nixes D-158 meeting
DeKalb teachers union file intent to strike notice with state
Indiana
AFL-CIO ends rift and endorses Long Thompson
Iowa
Iowa lawmakers pledged average $5K salary bump for teachers
Kansas
Allegations of misconduct by county officials surface
Louisiana
Sen. Landrieu: Enemy to Louisiana Workers
Landrieu, Kennedy Race For Senate Is Already Heating Up
Maine
Chellie Pingree earns backing of more than 10000 service workers
Efforts on Health Care, Prescription Drugs and Public Good
Loss Of Secret Ballot And Push-Back On Dirigo
Massachusetts
Firefighters, town in arbitration
Decision reached on firefighter's contract
A red flag: Should civilians be directing traffic?
Civilian flaggers may be directing traffic by Oct.
Michigan
Union files suit to void Synagro sludge contract
Strikes Hit Hyundai, Kia, GMDAT; Unions Call for Shorter Shifts
Guest Opinion: Right to Work is more than economics
Council must back market development
Minnesota
St. Cloud schools clerical workers authorize strike
City to lay off up to 217 workers
Missouri
Nevada
Party faithful turn out to support Democrats
Study undermines key claims about ‘Clean Elections'
New Mexico
Former officer, Grants at odds over PD union
New York
Clinton aid asked in city project
Security Officers Rally For Work Benefits
City Council members blast Willets Pt. plan
Unions Aim TV Ad Blitz At Paterson
Ohio
Sick-leave fight may require a power play by Strickland -- editorial
Clark County is for prevailing wage on hospital project
County wants to negotiate with employees union
Oregon
SEIU releases ad attacking Smith
The Right To Unionize Should Be Universal In America
Social Initiatives on State Ballots Could Draw Attention
Pennsylvania
Northwest union to skip ‘Meet the Teacher' event
Unions lose Pa. furlough lawsuit
Prevailing Wage Law Adds to Cost of Road Projects in Franklin County
Asphalt costs trips up PennDOT projects in Franklin County
Municipal authority waits on window plan
Prevailing wage impacts Carroll Valley road bids
Board approves bus contracts; upsets drivers
Union members rally for detained immigrant workers
Rhode Island
13 school districts lack teacher contracts
South Carolina
Tennessee
Labor Day Reinstated as Paid Holiday at Shelbyville, TN, Plant
Utah
Vouchers are likely to play big role in District 8
Washington
Does union's election interest pass smell test?
Boeing, Machinists highlight positions ahead of talks
Hovde: Teachers get lesson in shifty politics
Does union's election interest pass smell test?
Transit union files unfair-labor practice complaint
Union Negotiates State Contract While Running TV Ads for Governor
Wake the watchdogs; an election is coming
Political Money Flows as Gregoire Negotiates State Worker Contracts
State's union workers rally for contract talks with governor
Local 443 Rally for a Real Pay Raise gathers members and leaders
Complaint filed in race to lead schools
Decision could be quick in state Supreme Court races
"Henderson Best Choice to Replace Spanel is Senate"
Rossi education plan gets rid of the WASL
Union rally planned in support of talks
Budget on minds of negotiators
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Minimum wage increase needs to occur now
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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