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SPN State Labor Policy Exchange – Volume 3, Issue 19
Published on Thursday, May 08, 2008
LABOR POLICY
SPN State Labor Policy Exchange - Volume 3, Issue 19
LABOR POLICY UPDATES AND ARTICLES
Alliance for Worker Freedom
Legislative Alert: AWF Urges "NO" Vote on Forced Bargaining Bill S. 2123
Interview Alert: In 19 days...Iowa will know if Gov. Culver is a friend or enemy of worker freedom
Press Release: NC Union Merger Will Cost State
AWF Opposes Prevailing Wage School Construction Mandates
Capital Research Center
Courts Side With Workers on Union Financial Disclosure
Heritage Foundation
H-1B Workers: Highly Skilled, Highly Needed
Independence Institute
Big Labor WINS collective bargaining at taxpayers' expense
International Heating
Mackinac Center
Shedding light on teacher contracts: Mackinac Center creates union contract database
National Federation of Independent Business
Legislative Alert: Big Labor Has Big Plans For Next Congress
National Right to Work Committee
"Vegas Style" Union Organizing
Kennedy Measure Targets Graduate Students
National Right to Work Foundation
No Questions Please. Just Sign the Card
Compulsory Unionism Undermines DC Schools
Fact Check: The Source of Big Labor's Forced Dues Powers
Reason Foundation
The Union Label
Get Ready- Barak Obama Win Means the End of Democracy in Unions
You mean the Unions DON'T want teachers to have more money?
Obama Agrees to PROTECT Union Corruption, not Eliminate it
Electrical Workers Union Chief Embezzles Dues
Public-Sector Unions Must Disclose Financial Dealings, District Court Rules
LABOR BLOGS
Education Intelligence Agency
North Carolina Election Footnote
Vermont NEA Executive Director Saves His Job
At Least He Didn't Wear a Bikini
Evergreen Freedom Foundation
Adult family home union vote decided
and the Hits Just Keep Coming from WEA & Friends
California Crazies? Not So Fast...
Does the WEA finally want more transparency?
And speaking of that grant the WEA doesn't want
Getting Exactly What They Pay For
Labor Pains
Dockworkers Union Protests Against Iraq?
Moscow Education
And You Thought the Schools Were Starving?
National Association of Manufacturers
Card Check: Unions Will Give Congress No Choice
Solidarity This, Fellow Union Workers
Red County
The Union News
'We're passing card check'
Defending forced-labor unionism is costly
UFCW angered by worker-choice proposal
Gov. uses the ballot to fight for union dues
SEIU - CNA feud only getting worse
The Union-Free Employer
Employees Vote Against Second Union At Foxwoods
May Day Port Strike and a New Definition of "Solidarity"
UNION SOURCES
AFL-CIO
Report Says Crandall Canyon Managers Should Face Charges
McCain to 14-Year-Old Girl: ‘No Fair Pay for You'
Score 1 for Darwin, 0 for Wal-Mart
Fatigue, Short Staffs ‘Recipe for Disaster' in Summer Flying Season
Tell Us What You Think: The 2008 Working Woman Survey
American Rights At Work
NEA News
Perdue Primary Win a Victory for North Carolina's Children and Public Education
Nation 'Thanks' Teachers in a Huge Way
Working Life
How Government Statistics Mislead
Obama and The Teamsters--More Thoughts
Obama Pledges to End Teamsters Oversight
STATE LABOR NEWS
Alaska
CBJ Sued by Union Over Construction Contracts
Contractors sue city of Juneau
Contractors sue city over project labor agreement
Arkansas
California
Vallejo, California City Officials Vote to File for Bankruptcy
LA janitors on strike back at work
City Hall approves union pay raises 4-1
County's SEIU workers are standing firm
Striking LA janitors back at work temporarily
Labor Lobby Melee: Union Rivalry Gets Physical
Producers break off contract talks with actors
Union poised to make difference in Valley vote
Janitors OK strike after contract talks fail
Medical coverage, job security are at issue
Ken Maddox Is A Big Labor Republican
Organized labor supporting Catholic teachers union
Janitors' union talks strike over two-tier labor contract
Deal sweetens already lavish city pensions
Labor raises $2.5 million to aid Mark Ridley-Thomas' bid for LA County supervisor seat
Settlement reached in cost-of-living raise for social workers
Colorado
Big Labor Pours Money Into Colorado
Colorado's other revenge-initiative war, and the NYT
Why is CEA fighting Right-to-Work
Unions reach out to expand war chest
Education lobbyist joins group fighting severance plan
Title board approves two union-backed ballot initiatives
State lawmakers examine road ahead
Ritter questions TABOR strategy
Ballot fight brews below the border
Settlement reached in cost-of-living raise for social workers
CoorsTek funds right-to-work campaign
Right-to-work amendment put on ballot
Florida
State Fiscal Woes Start to Put Squeeze on K-12 Budgets
Evolution's Critics Shift Tactics With Schools
Georgia
Flight attendants, mechanics say Delta merger will hurt consumers
Indiana
Slated candidates win in Washington Twp.
Illinois
Porters rode into railroad history
Meth, teaching bills promote child safety
Boeing Unions May Use 787 Delays for Leverage in Contract Talks
CBJ Sued by Union Over Construction Contracts
Professors settle ethics lawsuit
IEA Member-Lobbyists Tell Governor: 'Keep Your Promise'
Iowa
Kentucky
Three-state local loses president to promotion
Maine
Maine Will Increase Minimum Wage To $7.25 On October 1, 2008
Maryland
To Save Money, Some Schools In Region Plan Bigger Classes
Organized labor supporting Catholic teachers union
Massachusetts
State agency seeks to cover 30000 more uninsured
Pukulis hopes to cap roof issue before winter
The high cost of affordable housing
Cleaning company penalized for wage violations
Michigan
'Golden age of capitalism' actually a blip which didn't exist
Chappelle-Nadal about to jump off fence; Medley to stay on
Government-Free Education: Do It For the Children
The rise and fall of new directions in TWU local 100
Missouri
Meth, teaching bills promote child safety
Chappelle-Nadal about to jump off fence; Medley to stay on
APS tackles ‘mean girls' problem
Blunt Signs Bill on Alternative Teacher Certification
Minnesota
Minnesota NFIB Members Get Involved In Key U.S. Senate Race
Minimum wage agreement faces veto from the governor
Governor Says He'll Veto Minimum Wage Increase Over Tips
Minimum wage agreement faces Minn. governor's veto
Minn. Legislators Agree to Raise Minimum Wage $6.75 in July
Where is Pawlenty on the Minimum Wage?
Government-Free Education: Do It For the Children
Part II - Prevailing Wage in need of fix?
Minimum wage bills are focus of Minnesota debate
Settlement reached in cost-of-living raise for social workers
Flynn spends last day on the job pushing for minimum wage hike
Pawlenty chides minimum wage bill
Nevada
Businesses Scurry To Build Defenses For Possible Unionizing Onslaught
UNIONS: Discontent divides RNs
SEIU RNs Condemn Raiding by California Nurses Association
Nurses unions' showdown starts today
Chuck Muth's group to start airing ad against gaming tax initiative
New Jersey
Newton school board gets update on teachers contract
Lakeland union to decide on deal by noon
Funding formula for schools challenged
New York
SEIU President Andy Stern Joins Thousands of Security Officers
North Carolina
Community Brief: State employees vote to join SEIU
State employees vote to join national union
Lobbying group for state employees announces affiliation with union
State employees vote to join national union
Ohio
Three-state local loses president to promotion
Flats developers want to avoid commercial prevailing-wage rules
APS tackles ‘mean girls' problem
McCain ad to air in Cleveland market this weekend
Pennsylvania
Organized labor supporting Catholic teachers union
Rhode Island
Union workers rally for respect at Rhode Island's State House
Tennessee
Chattanooga City Council Gives Final Approval For Pay Plan
Texas
Union Throws Support Behind Barbara Bass For Mayor
Employees protest Aramark practices
Utah
Guv: Education key to viable work force
Convention delegates seek challenger to state's popular Republican
Virginia
To Save Money, Some Schools In Region Plan Bigger Classes
Washington
Why is CEA fighting Right-to-Work
Why are our schools failing our children?
Washington State Schools Lose $13.2 Million Over Union Laws
Boeing Unions May Use 787 Delays for Leverage in Contract Talks
The Future of Teacher Incentives?
Lobbying group for state employees announces affiliation with union
Fromholds' math, science project is canceled
West Virginia
Labor Board seeks order for Massey to hire union workers
Three-state local loses president to promotion
Teachers balk at lowered pay hike
Wyoming
Ballot fight brews below the border
NATIONAL LABOR NEWS
McCain Enters Union Crosshairs
Teachers give job prospects an 'F'
Unions focus against McCain as Democrats still battling
Labor seeks benefits of green economy
H-1B Workers: Highly Skilled, Highly Needed
Card Check: Unions Will Give Congress No Choice
Former NLRB chairman withdraws nomination
Spurred by Manor Care deal, union targets private equity
Teachers weigh in on tenure, evaluations
Obama Says Teamsters Need Less Oversight
25000 Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports
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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