SPN State Labor Policy Exchange: Volume 4, Issue 45

Published on Friday, January 01, 2010
LABOR POLICY

  

SPN State Labor Policy Exchange: Volume 4, Issue 45

The Labor Policy Exchange is sponsored by the State Policy Network and prepared by the Evergreen Freedom Foundation. If you believe an article will be of interest to other readers, please send the link to rculbertson@effwa.org.

LABOR POLICY UPDATES AND BLOGS

Allegheny Institute

• Money for Teachers, Not for State Police
• Parking, Pensions and Prices in Pittsburgh
• Rendell Claus, One of Obama Claus' Elves

Bluegrass Institute

• A better ‘tale' than Tiger's
• Quote of the day: Parental (school) choice needed

Capital Research Center

• CRS Report On ACORN Is Nonsense
• ACORN Scandal Bigger Than Watergate
• CRS Report on ACORN

Education Intelligence Agency

• Mulligans for Teacher Misconduct in Nevada
• AFT Contribution Causing Problems in Guam
• Court Orders New Union Election for Nevada Support Employees

Evergreen Freedom Foundation

• A Tale of Two Washingtons
• Eastside firefighters' union shows us how to close a deficit
• Oregon's Employer Gag Bill faces lawsuit, but will this be enough to stop its passage in WA?
• When it comes to "getting tough" with unions, leadership's hands seem to be tied

Excellent Education for Everyone (E3)

• NY's budget crunch: charters can help

The Heritage Foundation

• Public Sector Unions Are Killing California

Mackinac Center

• Focus on the Day Care
• Alabama Betrayal: Congressman Provides Tea Party Lessons
• UAW: What We Did for Cars, We'll Do for Your Kids.
• Michigan Forces Business Owners Into Public Sector Unions.
  Stealth Unionization.

National Right to Work Committee

• Need Blood? Tough Luck, Union Bosses say
• Oregon Gag Rule Challenged
• Construction Job Layoffs
• Another Victory for Workers
• Card Check Forced Unionism - West Virginia Style

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

• Wisconsin Schools Ordered to Cram Big Labor Propaganda down Children's Throats
• Grocery Store Union Bosses Face Federal Charges After Blocking Workers from Stopping Dues Payments

OpenMarket.org

• Say No to EFCA in 2010
• Terrorist Charged After Trying to Blow Up Plane; Government Undermines Airline and Railroad Security
• Michigan's population leak

Pioneer Institute

• It's not nice to call the President a liar

ShopFloor

• Senate to President: Reconsider NLRB Nominee

The Union Label

• DeMInt Decries Union Obstruction in TSA
• The Simple Formula for Ending the Recession in No Time Flat (unions kill jobs)
• ACORN's Newest Senate Pal
• Teachers' Unions Are Washington's Fat Cats

Washington Policy Blog

• States face at least $405 billion unfunded liability for retiree health benefits

NATIONAL LABOR NEWS

The Employee Free choice Act

• 2010, The Year of Card Check?
• Companies Urge Workers to 'Stay Union-Free' as Labor Bill Looms
• Plea: Kill Card Check, Stop Choking NY's Small Businesses
• Business and Labor Are Girding for the 'Check Card' War
• Socialists Say: Card Check Is #1
• Small Business Needs To Remain Vigilant, Big Labor Will Not Give Up On EFCA

SEIU

• Michelle Malkin » SEIU Watch: More workers revolt against power ...
• It's a wonderful life working for the government

Health Care

• Workers Union: Health Care Bill Disappoints
• Unions at Odds Over Insurance Exemption for Some Workers, No Relief for Others
• AFL-CIO: Senate Health Care Bill Still Inadequate

Other

• 1969 Yablonski murders spurred union reforms
• Firms Warn of Cuts to Benefits
• Lawmakers Spar Over Nominee for TSA Chief in Wake of Terror Attempt
• Senate rejects Obama's NLRB nominee

STATE LABOR NEWS

Arizona

• Some experts dispute value of New Deal job programs

Arkansas

• 5 workers file complaints against grocery union

California

• Lawsuits involving furloughs of state workers
• Union rift continues for health-care workers in Monterey County
• Simi, police union agree to contract
• Petition: Salinas Valley Memorial workers favor upstart union

Connecticut

• Christmas Eve Means a Furlough Day in Connecticut

Florida

• For unions, a messy bargain
• Union's position on grant hurts teachers

Hawaii

• UH professors to get 6.67% pay cut
• Hawaii parents waiting on details of plan to reduce furlough days
• Hawaii univ. president's letter slammed by union
• University of Hawaii Cuts Faculty Salaries

Illinois

• Springfield police union OKs no-raises deal

Michigan

• Michigan Forces Business Owners Into Public Sector Unions
• Mayor Bing, union headed to court after talks stall
• UAW: What We Did for Cars, We'll Do for Your Kids

Minnesota

• More county unions agree to lower raises

Nevada

• Labor leader: Unions will flourish after recovery from recession

Oregon

• Business lobbyists challenge union law
• Union money flowing into Oregon tax campaign
• Last-Minute Lawsuit Could Delay OR's Worker Freedom Law
• U.S. Chamber Challenges Pro-Union Oregon Law Limiting Employers' Free Speech Rights
• Union money flowing into Oregon tax campaign
• EDITORIAL: For TriMet and costs, the bus stops here

Pennsylvania

• Pa. Supreme Court rules against gov on layoffs
• Valley businesses encounter turbulence

Vermont

• Teachers' Union: Don't Cut Pensions To Fill Budget Gap

Washington

• Migrant Council, union reach settlement
• Kitsap Mental Health workers say Service Employees Union is too 'adversarial'

Wyoming

• Strike would hurt both utility company, union

LINKS OF INTEREST

• State Policy Network
• SPN Labor Policy Exchange Archives

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