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California’s Public Sector Union Pension Secrecy Lobby 27 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
Last month, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that it would post the names and pension amounts of its retirees. But after the Retired Public Employees Association ...
Lowering the Cost of Living is Better than Raising the Minimum Wage 23 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm
Editor’s Note: This post by Michael Shedlock explains quite well why significantly increasing the minimum wage is a terrible idea. If the union’s new “Fight for Fifteen” (dollars per hour) campaign w...
Unions Adopting New Strategies to Rebuild Membership 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Big Labor bosses are facing the increasing realization that their organizations are rapidly facing extinction. A trifecta of difficulties, consisting of recent revelations of the impact Obamacare will...
Union Watch Highlights 21 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. L...
Governor Brown Fighting Obama Administration to Defend Pension Reform 21 Aug 2013 | 04:30 am
Remember AB 340, the pension reform successfully pushed by Democratic Governor Brown, that even Governor Brown acknowledges is only a first step towards making public employee pensions financially sus...
Some Republican State Legislators in California Push the Union Agenda 21 Aug 2013 | 03:21 am
It seems that some Republicans in competitive California state legislative districts have devised a strategy for political survival: join the Democrat leadership in supporting the union legislative ag...
Teachers Unions and School Boards Must Disconnect 20 Aug 2013 | 10:22 pm
Teachers unions’ goals are in direct conflict with those of school boards. Two powerful entities in public education have very different agendas. The teachers unions’ goal is to derive every benefit ...
The Unions’ Own “1%”: Extravagant Pay, Nepotism, Government Indifference 20 Aug 2013 | 08:26 pm
Summary: Union leaders are increasingly distant from the everyday workers they claim to represent, with faster-growing pay and an entrenched ruling class, data show. Nepotism is in full force, union m...
Maine Legislator Speaks Out Against Public Sector Union Power 16 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
For years, an unhealthy alliance between Democratic politicians and labor unions has taken its toll on our state’s budget and economy. When Republicans held the majority in the Legislature for the fir...
Union Watch Highlights 14 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. H...
