Posts Tagged ‘California’
NILRR Weekly Newsclips February 22, 2013
NLRB Sneak Attack on First Amendment Shopfloor.org, February 15, 2013 The NLRB is up to its sneaky ways and they are hoping to slip another precedent shattering decision under the radar. According to the U.S. Supreme Court in the Beck decision, employees can object to a portion of union dues’ expenditures if the…
Read MoreThe Pension Fund That Ate California
Steve Malanga tells the story of the largest government union pension fund – CalPERS, in the City Journal. After spending years dogged by unpaid debts, California labor leader Charles Valdes filed for bankruptcy in the 1990s–twice. At the same time, he held one of the most influential positions in the American financial system: chair of the investment committee for…
Read MoreHow Much Did Andy Stern Know?
Ivan Osorio questions how much Andy Stern and the SEIU national affiliate knew about Tyrone Freeman’s illegal activities before they came to light in openmarket.org. The important question that the Labor Department needs to ask now is: What did Stern and the rest of the SEIU leadership know and when did they know it? And…
Read MoreEx-SEIU Executive Convicted of Stealing from Low-Income Members
SEIU, one of the most notorious unions for corporate campaigns, and forcing workers with low-paying jobs into paying dues for little, if any, representation, slithers to new lows. Paul Pringle and Hailey Branson-Potts have the story in the Los Angeles Times Online. Tyrone Freeman, who represented about 190,000 homecare workers as a leader of the…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips January 25, 2013
Pay Up or Get Sued Washington Free Beacon, January 23, 2013 Steven Cook, president of the Michigan Education Association, circulated an email to local union officials and staff instructing them to monitor revenue streams in light of the right-to-work laws, which are set to go into effect on March 27, 2013. The law allows…
Read MorePhyllis Schlafly – Union Political Spending in 2012
Phyllis Schlafly, on moralliberal.com comments on union bosses’ use of forced dues to elect President Obama to his second term. Today we are inaugurating Barack Obama for his second term. Let’s talk about just one of the reasons he won his campaign for reelection. The union called SEIU was the top spender on Democratic campaigns this year,…
Read MoreCA Supreme Court Rules for Unions’ Picketing
The California Supreme Court has continued the Golden State’s tradtion of allowing union bosses to run rampant over businesses and workers. Bob Egelko, SFgate.com, has the story: The state Supreme Court on Thursday upheld California laws allowing labor unions to picket in a store’s parking lot or on private sidewalks, but cautioned that unions might…
Read MoreCalifornia’s Monopoly Bargaining Debacle
It has long been suspected that California government employee unions wield enormous power, with glittering, golden retirement plans. Ivan Osorio analyzes a report by Bloomberg reporters on openmarket.org. This isn’t a case of a handful of isolated incidents. The team of Bloomberg reporters found a pattern of fiscal irresponsibility characterized by: â– Lack of control in…
Read MoreUnion Rep Has Ties to Healthcare and Lucrative Contracts
It’s not what you know, it’s how many close ties you have when you’re a union official. Dave Low, Executive Director of the California School Employees Association, and is in charge of an organization of other government union employees, Californians for Healthcare and Retirement Security. Records show that he was also a consultant to Blue…
Read MoreAlly Admits: Organized Labor ‘Works Against the Public’s Interest’ on Multiple Issues
Prop. 32 an unbalanced ‘reform’ plan – California Teachers Association Unhappy Californians Still Embrace the Failed Status Quo On September 17, the San Francisco Chronicle pleased the hierarchy of the California Teachers Association (CTA/NEA) union by publishing an editorial denouncing Prop. 32, a “paycheck protection” initiative. Proponents hope it will curtail the inordinate power of Big Labor and…
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