Unions in the News – Weekly Highlights
Napa County declares impasse in labor negotiations By Barry Eberling, October 21, 2014, Napa Valley Register Napa County has declared an impasse in its contract negotiations with its largest employees...
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California Teachers Brace For Impact By Blake Neff, November 4, 2014, Daily Caller The expensive race for California superintendent of public instruction may have the biggest education impact of any...
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Unions wasted millions in Wisconsin, Michigan governor races By Jason Hart, November 11, 2014, Watchdog.org Union bosses dumped more than $7.5 million into the Wisconsin and Michigan governor races...
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In April 2013, the Center for Individual Rights (CIR), as noted on their website, “filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of 10 California...
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Court Agrees With Labor Unions: Giant Inflatable Rats Are Protected Speech By Elizabeth Nolan Brown, November 17, 2014, Reason In case you were wondering, displaying giant inflateable rats is protected...
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Union bosses investing in Ohio Senate Republicans By Jason Hart, October 28, 2014, Ohio Watchdog Labor groups supporting big government and mandatory union dues gave $178,867 to eight Republican...
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A Landmark Retail Workers ‘Bill of Rights’ Passes Unanimously In San Francisco By Dave Jamieson, November 25, 2014, Huffington Post Amid growing concern over erratic work schedules, the San Francisco...
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Union-Sponsored Ads By SEIU Target ‘Anti-Immigrant’ Politicians By Melanie Trottman, December 2, 2014, Wall Street Journal One of the country’s largest labor unions launched television ads Tuesday to...
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How Police Unions and Arbitrators Keep Abusive Cops on the Street By Conor Friedersdorf, December 2, 2014, The Atlantic When Frank Serpico, the most famous police whistleblower of his generation,...
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Voters want Congress to protect employees from unions By Newt Gingrich and Rick Berman, December 16, 2014, Washington Post On Election Day, voters didn’t just rebel against President Obama. There was...
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‘Black Lives Matter’ but the union always wins By Chris Ladd, January 6, 2015, Houston Chronicle When Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio spoke at the funeral of slain New York City police officers,...
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Congestion at West Coast ports is getting even worse By Andrew S. Ross, January 13, 2015, SF Gate The seasonal rush is over and federal mediators are in San Francisco to help settle a contract dispute...
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State of the (Labor) Union: movement still counts on the White House By Jana Kasperkevic, January 20, 2015, The Guardian In his state of the union address tonight, President Obama is likely to talk...
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Public Sector Unions Gain Power, Lose Popularity, says Economist By Nancy Thorner, January 26, 2015, Heartlander Magazine While becoming more and more powerful, public sector unions are losing favor...
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Rauner says state must curb union powers, lower salaries February 3, 2015, Chicago Tribune Gov. Bruce Rauner said Monday that Illinois must curb government union powers and reduce spending on state...
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Illinois Governor Acts to Curb Power of Public Sector Unions By Monica Davey and Mitch Smith, February 9, 2015, The New York Times Gov. Bruce Rauner, the newly elected Republican who has often...
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Are private unions cooling toward Democrats? By Shannon Bream, February 17, 2015, FoxNews.com President Obama has long been a friend of organized labor, wholeheartedly supported by unions that helped...
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With Contract Negotiations at Impasse, Los Angeles Teachers Edge Closer to Strike By Stephen Sawchuk on February 23, 2015, Education Week The Los Angeles district and its teachers’ union have hit a...
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Latest attempt to end BART strikes deserves high marks for creativity Contra Costa Times editorial, March 3, 2015, Bay Area News Group Assemblywoman Catharine Baker’s bill to end BART strikes...
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It’s not just right-to-work: Bills targeting unions multiply By Jonathon Mattise and Nicholas Riccardi, March 10, 2015, Associated Press It’s not just Gov. Scott Walker. Republican lawmakers in...
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