Posts Tagged ‘National Education Association’
NILRR Right to Work Clipsheet October 30, 2015
Union calls for full investigation into Housing Authority of Baltimore City Baltimore Sun Online, October 23, 2015 Union leader Glenard S. Middleton called Thursday for a “full investigation” into the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, following allegations some maintenance workers demanded sex from female residents to make repairs. Why 8,737 UPS retirees are bracing for…
Read MoreSorry, NEA Union Lawyers, Supreme Court Has Already Admitted That Monopoly Bargaining Strips Union Nonmembers of ‘Valuable . . . Rights’
For more than 70 years, federal courts have concocted an array of excuses to avoid finding as unconstitutional federal and state statutes that force employers to recognize a single union as the monopoly-bargaining agent of all their front-line employees, including employees who choose not to join the union, on matters concerning pay, benefits, and work…
Read MoreNew Labor Scheme for Bernie Sanders
Labor for Bernie intends to engage rank and file union members to get out the vote for Bernie Sanders using forced dues to realize their goals.But it seems that only union bosses are currently engaged in the campaign. Mario Vasquez has the story on In These Times. Labor for Bernie, a new nationwide network for…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips April 26, 2013
New Twinkie Maker Shuns Union Labor Wall Street Journal Online, April 25, 2013 Chief Executive C. Dean Metropoulos said the company will pump $60 million in capital investments into the plants between now and September and aims to hire at least 1,500 workers. But they won’t be represented by unions, including the one whose nationwide…
Read MoreTop Union Bosses File U.S. Supreme Court Briefs Contending That Government Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages Is Constitutionally Required
AFL-CIO Files Supreme Court Amicus Briefs to Support Marriage … Last May, few Democrat party constituencies were quicker and more vociferous than the union brass in commending President Obama’s public endorsement of state court decisions and statutes that change the traditional definition of marriage by formally instituting same-sex unions. The top bosses of the AFL-CIO,…
Read MorePresident Obama, Union Bosses Shed Crocodile Tears Over Math-Science Teacher Shortage
Daily Kos: President Obama’s remarks at Green Bay, WI, campaign … NEA Recognizes Need for STEM Teachers – Michigan Capitol … As Election Day nears, one of the few specific second-term initiatives President Obama is campaigning on is to “recruit 100,000 math and science teachers so that high-tech, high-wage jobs aren’t created in China, they’re created right here in…
Read MoreSeven Lowest-Ranking States For Cost of Living-Adjusted Income Lack Right to Work Laws
Despite High Cost of Living, New Jersey Has Yet to Bump Up Its … Professional economists and ordinary Americans alike understand that the purchasing power of a dollar varies widely from state to state. That’s why employees who are considering relocating to another state and businesses seeking to hire capable out-of-state employees often consult the interstate cost-of-living…
Read MoreMike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable”
Mike Antonucci Looks at Membership Numbers After Officials “. . .Tried Every Tactic Imaginable” NEA hada total of 3,166,761 members of all types, of whom 2,807,332 were active and employed in the public school system. Be aware that these are individual souls, not full-time equivalents. Forty-four state affiliates lost active members in 2010-11. The following…
Read MoreLarry Sand: The Nation’s Biggest Union Finds Itself in a Big Hole and Keeps Digging
With his impeccable insight, Larry Sand has tied up the problems with the NEA into a neat little package. He references two of the most notable names in education reform scene today, Terry Moe and Mike Antonucci. While Terry Moe’s book, Special Interest, predicts an earthquake which will completely change the fact of education reform,…
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