Topic: Labor Unions

Unions accused over taxpayers' cash

Daily Express, UK - 4 hours ago
A row has blown up between the TaxPayers' Alliance and some of the country's biggest trade unions after a report claimed unions were preparing to ...

‘Candidate stipend’ helps D’Alessandro pay the bills during primary run

Boston Globe - 4 hours ago
MacDonald "Mac'' D'Alessandro, who is challenging US Representative Stephen F. Lynch in next week's Democratic primary in the Ninth Congressional...

After a Life in Labor, a Union Leader Retires, Frustrated by a Weakened Movement

New York Times - 4 hours ago
After 38 years as a gung ho trade unionist, Anna Burger is retiring - with unmistakable frustration - from her post as the highest-ranking woman in...

Union endorsement sets battle for Dems' legislative primary

Newsday - 4 hours ago
Assembly Democrats rarely face serious primary challenges, so for Assemb. Ginny Fields and three colleagues to be fending off primary candidates...

Lawrence Harmon Coalitions gather for school reform

Boston Globe - 4 hours ago
THERE'S NOT going to be a lot of money around during the next few years to pay for serious changes - such as a longer school day - in Boston's...

Police challenge city on Quinn payments

Boston Globe - 4 hours ago
Sixty Woburn police officers, with the backing of their unions, contend the city is violating their contracts and the law by failing to fully fund ...

Simpson not the only catfood commission problem member

Daily Kos - yesterday
You might remember Honeywell CEO David Cote from this story about his role on the catfood commission. A source familiar with the proceedings of the...

Change to Win: Wage stagnation has broad impact

Daily Kos - yesterday
Middle-class families have lost jobs, homes and savings for their children's education or their own retirement as a consequence of the Great...

Grading the graders

The Economist: Democracy in America - yesterday
A FEW weeks ago I wrote a post about the use of value-added statistical analysis to evaluate teacher effectiveness. Briefly, I think it's a step in...

Mush for Brains in California; Ohio Union Negotiators Picket Union Teachers in Contract Dispute; Oregon Nickeled to Death by Bus Union

Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - 2 days ago
One might think that a salary of $111,000 negotiating contracts for teachers was more than ample pay, especially when teachers themselves have been...