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SPN State Labor Policy Exchange - Volume 3, Issue 38
Published on Friday, September 26, 2008
LABOR POLICY
SPN State Labor Policy Exchange - Volume 3, Issue 38
LABOR POLICY UPDATES, ARTICLES, AND BLOGS
Alliance for Worker Freedom
Big Labor Promises $300 Million in Election Spending
Education Intelligence Agency
CTA Hates State Budget, Holds Emergency Board Meeting
The September 8 Communique' Is Up!
Whew! No Teacher Layoffs... in Vegas!?
Eduwonk
School Reformers For Card Check!
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Boeing machinists may get more than they bargain for
Taxpayers help fund both sides of labor negotiations
Machinists threaten to seal Boeing's fate
Day 17 of Boeing Machinists' strike - who will blink first?
Labor Pains
Al and Elwyn: Dancing to the Union Bosses' Tune
LA's Mark Zelden discusses EFCA with Jeff Crouere
Jeff Merkley: Supporting the Right to a Private Ballot (Except for Working Men and Women)
Lunsford Tries to Explain His Support for the EFCA; He Fails
US Chamber Of Commerce Attorney Weighs in on EFCA
Musgrove Makes A Talkradio Blunder
American Rights at Work Dodge Substantive Debate on EFCA
Liberty Live
Boeing's future hanging in the balance
More WEA money spent on politics
Union contracts disappoint state workers...but, it could be worse
Moscow Education (Idaho)
Washington State Ruling On Religious Objector Charity Designation Stands
National Right to Work Committee
Alaska's Public-Safety Union Monopoly
Do Massachusetts Union Bosses Approve Boston Economic Development?
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation
Card Check Forced Unionism: Biggest Intervention Since New Deal?
Many Ways to Get Wired in to America's Right to Work Movement
Foundation Defends Ohio Religious Objectors
Two Ohio Teachers of Faith Win Right to Refrain From Supporting Objectionable Union
Foundation Pushes NLRB to Make Its Shadowy "Card Check" Database Public
Nevada Policy Research Institute
The Government can't create jobs
New York Public Payroll Watch
NYC pays teachers without classrooms $74 million
New Utica teachers' contract: Cost of retirees benefits unknown
City, police nearing labor agreement
Utica Board of Education approves teachers' contract
Board still won't release teachers' contract
A disability epidemic among a railroad's retirees
Shopfloor
Card Check: Senators Stand Up for Employees' Rights
Card Check: Marching...That Sounds Like Marching
The Union Label
Colorado Amendments 47,49,50 Attacked by Unions
Union Folks For McCain? Just Racists Says Newspaper
SEIU Formally Removes Embattled Freeman
Union Operative Infiltrates Grocery Store to Organize
Unions Forcing NJ Newspaper to Fold
Union Folks For McCain? Just Racists Says Newspaper
The Union News
SEIU unit sets big anti-Stern rallies
Anti-choice Big Bedfellows smacked down
Labor strikes insult true professionals
ACORN's phenomenal history of fraud
Consumer Rights group rips ACORN
Voter fraud alert in Miami-Dade
ACORN's role in mortgage ripoff revealed
ACORN: Voter fraud is much ado about nothing
LA Times exposes Andy Stern's corrupt SEIU
Unions deny workers' freedom of association
Labor's fascistic assault on the secret ballot
Worker-choice, Fi-Core questions answered
Teachers strike compared to extortion
Expanding scope of union-backed voter fraud
U.S. Department of Labor
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report
Washington Policy Center
Paid Family Leave Program Suspended
Workplace Horizons
ADA Amendments Act of 2008 Signed Into Law
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Transgender Plaintiff in Title VII Discrimination Case
UNION SOURCES
AFL-CIO
Momentum for Employee Free Choice Keeps Growing
CEOs Get Bailed Out. Workers Get Sold Out
My Vote, My Right Voter Protection Action Across the Nation
On Wall Street, Union Members Protest Corporate Bailout
As Health Care Costs Skyrocket, Wages Fall, We're Cutting Back on Needed Care
Roberts: Mine Workers Won't Fall for NRA Tricks
Candidates Hold Firm on Employee Free Choice Act Despite Attacks
Report: Strong Workers' Rights Good for Economy, Trade
740,000 Sign on to Million-Member Mobilization for Employee Free Choice
Zimbabwe Supreme Court to Hear Union Leaders' Case
Corporate Ads Are Wrong. Employee Free Choice Would Increase Democracy
33,000 Washington State Employees Win New Pact and More Bargaining News
IBEW Union Leaders: Don't Take Your Prejudice to the Voting Booth
43 Days: Around the Country, Union Members Reaching Out
Verizon Contract Includes 2,500 New Union Jobs
National Education Association
NEA president supports agenda for strengthening America's public schools
Service Employees International Union
SEIU Members Offer John McCain 656 Billion Reasons To Participate in Tonight's Debate
Virginia Senate Candidate Mark Warner "Walks A Day in the Shoes" of SEIU Personal Care Assistant
SEIU Nurse Connie Gallagher Asks Senator McCain When Will He Bring Troops Home in "Dear John" Letter
Three SEIU Members Making the Difference for Obama
SEIU Personal Care Assistant to Introduce Senator Biden at Virginia Event Today
John McCain's Health Care Plan Based On Same Policies That Are Causing Wall Street Meltdown
Working Life
NATIONAL LABOR NEWS
Biden Aide Hints At Concessions In Card-Check Bill
The Debate Over Workers' Rights
SEIU pays millions to companies with connections
Unions Seek Pension Protections in Bailout
Union Activity, Bill Could Push Up Salaries
NEA Mostly Backing Democrats in Congressional Races
SEIU's Andy Stern: Fed Changes to Rules Restricting Private Equity
3rd Circuit Rules Punitives May Be Available for Union's Privacy
Obama Slips Merit Pay Into Larger Plan on Schools
A Hostile Takeover Of American Business
Essential To The Future Of America's Middle Class
Unionization And Black Workers
Big Labor's Billion Dollar Bet on Obama
Amidst Wall Street Woes, Labor Activist & Writer Bill Fletcher on His New Book
Teamsters head Hoffa stumps for Obama
STATE LABOR NEWS
Arizona
Minimum wage up to $7.25 in January
Contractor owes workers millions, lawsuit alleges
California
SF Airport Workers Take Strike Vote
Redding City Council candidates answer Question 4
University Workers Continue to Fight for Higher Wages
Union wages and benefits take a hit
Health Care Workers Strike Bay Area Nursing Homes
Hearing Officer Secretary Ray Marshall Sets Process For UHW-W
School District Extends Labor Agreement
Windsor Healthcare to Maintain Quality Patient Care During Labor Action
UC Berkeley employees go on strike
Family care is crux of county worker's benefits battle
SEIU contemplates county-worker strike
Union Aftershocks in California
Colorado
Colorado ballot loaded with labor questions
New organization promises to revamp Colorado education
OPINION: Governor rejects peace proposal
Patrick Wayne Germond: Please vote yes on amendment 47
'No' on Amendments 53, 55, 56 and 57
Teachers union chides Phila. district on contract talks
Caldara proposes deal to pull labor ballot issue
Caldara: Would pull Amendment 49 if Ritter reverses executive order
Amendment 47 - Prohibition on Mandatory Labor Union Membership & Dues
Connecticut
For Many, Expansion Delay Hits Sour Note
Casinos: Crisis on Wall Street hits home at Mohegan Sun
Cops, supervisors, disagree on morale
Hawaii
Anti-Con Con group gets mainland funds
Idaho
Teamsters walkout against Oak Harbor Freight Lines gets little backing in Idaho
Fremont Board OKs teachers' contracts
Idaho Supposition, Milky Proposition
Illinois
Mitsubishi, union sit back down at contract negotiation table
Educators push for more state funding
Union members voice concerns over contracts
Wilmette teachers to vote on contract
Milton, Conley defend performance-based raise system
Indiana
Carmel Clay Schools halts contract talks
Carmel School Board declares impasse over contract talks
MasterBrand, union draw workers' ire
Did wage hike cost 160000 jobs?
Iowa
Key unions redirect money away from Culver
Kentucky
Local Unions Step Up Political Activity
Tensions high at Local S6 rally
Maine State Employees Union Boss Could Face One Year In Jail
Political Overtones A Part Of Union Conflict
Political overtones a part of union conflict
Massachusetts
Boeing strike, layoff chain reaction
DC donations flood Mass. ballot question campaigns
Michigan
Bay County stuck in last century's war for unions
Union raises issues in DPS bid
Minnesota
Election Could Tip Future Of Labor Bill
Missouri
Campaign for Fair Labor Standards for EaglePicher Workers Heats Up
State minimum wage debate revived
Kenny Hulshof: The 'accidental' candidate for governor of Missouri
Nebraska
Union rep: Not all fired at Neb. plant were Somali
Meat plants seem a breeding ground for culture clashes
Editorial Response: Shipyard Union Responds To 'Hatchet Job'
Presidential candidates should feel the pain
New Jersey
NJ gov's ex: E-mails involved union negotiations
Bridgewater-based firm ordered to pay more than $54G in back wages
Staff, board negotiations at an impasse
Verizon union workers ratify three-year labor deal
New York
Judge denies Orange Regional request to toss union suit
Health care workers in western NY plan protest
Investigation showed local union's tangled ties
School board members still haven't seen union contract
Verizon union workers ratify three-year labor deal
North Carolina
Minimum wage hike creates problems for others
Opinion: Extending the Pro-Choice Principle to Union Representation
Ohio
Massillon teachers reach tentative agreement on new contract
APS board approves operations budget
Victory! Issue 4 Coalition Withdraws Petition
Firm would supply teachers, security for Mansfield schools in case
PERSPECTIVE: Ohio governor tests executive power
YSU board OKs borrowing for Williamson building
Candidates differ on bailouts, sick days, union cards
Oregon
Bill Sizemore's latest measure again takes on Oregon-employee unions
An Attack On The Secret Ballot
Oregon minimum wage to increase to $8.40 per hour for 2009
Truckers strike Oak Harbor Freight Lines
Pennsylvania
Teachers deserve a fair contract
Clarion Area Authority prepares to award repair contract
Senate panel OKs measure to ban mandatory overtime
Teachers union chides Phila. district on contract talks
Denying workers freedom of association
Rhode Island
Teachers union disputes school board position in East Providence
Tennessee
Texas
Not all teachers deserve the same pay
Virginia
Where Do McCain, Obama Stand On Labor Issues?
Washington
The Schrammie: Picking up the tab
Boeing strike triggers subcontractor layoffs
Boeing strikers encouraged to file for jobless pay
Boeing's new hires go right on strike
Federal Labor Law Violations Provoke Teamster Strike at Oak Harbor
Schools Chiefs Scrap for Ballot Spotlight
Collective bargaining ends to mixed reviews among unions
Washington state's minimum wage to hit $8.55 per hour
Launch a statewide campaign to raise awareness
West Virginia
Insurance group pulls plug on meeting at The Greenbrier
Greenbrier County Resort And Union Back At Negotiating Table
Possible Zoning Change Stirs Opposition
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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