Collective Bargaining Rights

What Has Caused Record Inequality (and Greater Recessions)?

Harlan Green | Posted 04.29.2012

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Harlan Green

We can no longer tolerate such a diversion of wealth that has weakened our economic and social fabric so much that we have fallen behind the rest of the developed world in education, health care, aging infrastructure, and even environmental protection.

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Lila Shapiro

Critics Say New Hampshire's Right-To-Work Legislation Would Not Net Jobs

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Public Employees, Politics News, Collective Bargaining, Public Employee Collective Bargaining, Collective Bargaining Rights, Right to Work, New Hampshire Politics, State and Local Government, New Hampshire Collective Bargaining, New Hampshire Right to Work, New Hampshire Legislature, New Hampshire Unions, Business News

The nationwide anti-union push is moving to New Hampshire, where the state legislature is considering right-to-work legislation once again. The pro...

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John Celock

'It Is Wisconsin And Ohio On Steroids'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.20.2012

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The war over public employee collective bargaining has moved to New Hampshire, where the Tea Party-controlled legislature has taken up consideration o...

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Walker's Anti-Union Law May Have Led To Record Number Of Retirements

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 01.13.2012

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A record number of Wisconsin's government employees retired in 2011, the same year Governor Scott Walker (R) pushed a law that took away the collectiv...

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Lawsuit Challenging Walker's Anti-Union Law Could Be Revived

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 02.29.2012

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MADISON, Wis. — A prosecutor asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to reopen his lawsuit challenging Gov. Scott Walker's contentious colle...

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New Hampshire Republicans Fail To Override Veto On Right To Work Bill

Posted 12.01.2011

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The Republican-controlled New Hampshire House of Representatives failed to overturn the Democratic governor's veto of an anti-union bill on Wednesday....

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NBA Season Salvaged: 5 Best Newspaper Columnist Reactions

Danny Groner | Posted 01.27.2012

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Danny Groner

After a 149-day lockout, the NBA announced this weekend that owners and players had finally reached a tentative deal on a collective bargaining agreement that will save the season. Well, 66 games of it.

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Ohio Governor Fumbles Cleveland Browns Comeback Analogy

Posted 01.03.2012

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Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) fumbled the facts of Cleveland football history this week, when he tried -- and failed -- to make a sports analogy about her...

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Judge Upholds Idaho Students Come First Laws

Posted 12.03.2011

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In a ruling last week, Idaho Judge Timothy Hansen ruled in favor of a series of laws that localized administrative power, phased out teacher tenure an...

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Scores Of Wisconsin School Unions Seek Recertification After Contentious Rights Law

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 12.01.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — More than 200 school unions in Wisconsin met Friday's deadline to seek recertification, but it's unclear how many others let it ...

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Union Fight Gearing Up In Ohio

Solon Patch | By Chris Mazzolini | Posted 11.26.2011

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John Morris walked down the tree-lined streets of Shaker Heights, knocking on doors and buttonholing residents. An English teacher at the high scho...

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Scott Walker Law Keeps Unions At Bay

AP | By SCOTT BAUER | Posted 11.22.2011

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By SCOTT BAUER, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin will no longer be obligated to bargain with its largest public employee unions aft...

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Teachers And Other Labor Unions Adjust To New Reality Under Obama

AP | By SAM HANANEL | Posted 11.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the early days of the Obama administration, organized labor had grand visions of pushing through a sweeping agenda that would help bo...

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Doubled Retirement Exodus - Nearly 5,000 Wisconsin Teachers Leave After Cuts

AP | By SCOTT BAUER | Posted 10.31.2011

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MADISON, Wis. -- When students return Thursday for the first day of school across Wisconsin, many familiar faces will be gone, as teachers chose retir...

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Private Employers Now Required To Inform Workers Of Union Rights

AP | By SAM HANANEL | Posted 10.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The National Labor Relations Board has approved a new rule that requires private employers to display posters that tell workers about th...

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GOP Lawmakers Move To Limit Health Coverage For Michigan Employees

AP | KATHY BARKS HOFFMAN | Posted 10.24.2011

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LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republicans dealt another blow to public employee unions Wednesday as they pushed ahead with a plan to force local gov...

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GOP Governor Looks To Stop Effort To Repeal Controversial Anti-Union Law

AP | JULIE CARR SMYTH and ANN SANNER | Posted 10.17.2011

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. John Kasich and top Republican lawmakers said Wednesday they're offering to discuss weakening a new law limiting coll...

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Paige Lavender

Koch-Backed Group Accused Of Voter Suppression In Wisconsin Recall Elections

HuffingtonPost.com | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.03.2011

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Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group backed by billionaires Charles and David Koch, has been accused of attempting to suppress De...

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Joy Resmovits

How It Feels To Be A Teacher In Wisconsin On June 27

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.27.2011

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Margarette Allen was never ashamed to be a teacher. She still isn't -- for the most part. "I'm proud of what I do," the Manitowoc, Wis., high scho...

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Opponents Of Ohio Union Law Say They Have Enough Signatures For Repeal Initiative

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 08.17.2011

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Opponents of Ohio's new collective bargaining law say they have collected hundreds of thousands more signatures than needed in ...

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New Lawsuit Filed Against Wisconsin Union Law

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 08.15.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin state employees will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August, state officials said...

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Wisconsin Anti-Union Law To Take Effect

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 08.14.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court handed Republican Gov. Scott Walker a major victory Tuesday, ruling that a polarizing union la...

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Collective Bargaining Under Fire: When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Arva Rice | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining Rights, Blacks, Unions, New York City, Collective Bargaining, Public Sector Workers, New York State Unions, Public Sector Unions, Private Sector Jobs, Private Sector Unions, New York News
Arva Rice

As politicians all over the nation cast their scrutiny upon public-sector unions, middle-class blacks and other minorities face the prospect of an attack on their collective bargaining rights.

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Scott Walker Defends Hobbling Unions

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 06.14.2011

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WASHINGTON — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker defended his school of union hobbling as a route to fiscal discipline to budget-weary Washington on Thu...

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Return to Wisconsin: The Beginning or the End?

Andy Kroll | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: John Kasich Union Bill, Wisconsin, Collective Bargaining Rights, Wisconsin Union Bill, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Unions, John Kasich, Tom Bird, Wisconsin Anti-Union Bill, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News
Andy Kroll

In the February weeks I spent in snowy Madison, I tried to make sense of the massive protests unfolding around me. What was I witnessing? The beginning of a new movement in this country, or the last stand of organized labor?

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