Public Unions

Walker Explains His 'Divide And Conquer' Strategy

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Video, Scott Walker Recall, As Goes Janesville, Wisconsin Recall, Right to Work, Scott Walker, Walker, Wisconsin Recall Elections, Public Unions, Walker Recall, Unions, Brad Lichtenstein, Politics News

MADISON, Wis. — Newly released documentary film footage shows embattled Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker shortly after his election describing a "div...

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The Dos and Don'ts of Dealing With an Impasse

Xavier L. Suarez | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Mayor Gimenez, Gimenez Veto, Public Unions, Pba, Miami News

We agonized over the decision, with the administration saying it could not yield one inch and the union saying that the administration had failed to look for savings and efficiencies in all kinds of other areas.

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Shades of Brown: Cities and the Governor's Pension Reforms (Part 2)

John Mirisch | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Opeb, Governor Jerry Brown, California Pension Reform, Dan Walters, Local Control, Pension Reform, California Pension Funds, Public Unions, Unions, California Legislature, Los Angeles News

Without serious pension reform, kiss new taxes or tax extensions goodbye, no matter how much money special interest groups or unions spend trying to sell us the latest bill of goods.

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Shades of Brown: Cities and the Governor's Pension Reforms (Part 1)

John Mirisch | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: California Legislature, Governor Jerry Brown, Dan Walters, Local Control, Pension Reform, Opeb, California Pension Reform, California Pension Funds, Public Unions, Unions, Los Angeles News

Even though there are those who would make it political, the subject of pension reform for government employees in California is not really a political issue: it's a mathematical issue.

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Is Chicago's 'Managed Competition' Fair Competition?

Nick Kaleba | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Managed Competition, Public Unions, Budget Cuts, Labor Unions, Unions, Chicago Budget, Chicago Unions, Chicago News

While Chicagoans eagerly await the mayor's proposed budget for 2012, the unions wonder if managed competition will have a role in his plan to reduce city expenses. And if so, what will it look like.

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Collective Bargaining Battle Heating Up In Ohio

Patch.com | Chris Mazzolini | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Armond Budish, Tim Burga, Ohio Collective Bargaining Bill, Aflcio, Ohio, Ohio AFLCIO, Elections 2011, Ted Strickland, We Are Ohio, Ohio Senate Bill 5, John Kasich, Ohio Public Unions, Public Unions, Unions, Shannon Jones, Politics News

In March, Ohio GOP legislators passed Senate Bill 5, which drastically reduced the bargaining power of public employees' unions. Unionists and their D...

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Chicago's Longer School Day: Reform, Politics Or Both?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joseph Erbentraut | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Education, Longer School Day, Karen Lewis, Cps Longer School Day, Chicago Public Schools, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Schools, Teachers Unions, Education Reform, Public Unions, Chicago Teachers Union, Labor Unions, Chicago News

When Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced last year that he would begin a campaign toward his current gig, it was only a matter of weeks before he int...

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POLL: Democratic Voters Want Pension Reform

latimes.com | Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: California Pension Reform, Pubilc Pensions, California Public Pensions, California-Labor-Federation, Pension Reform, Public Unions, Jerry Brown, Times/Usc Dornsife Poll, Los Angeles News

Reporting from Sacramento-- California voters want government employees to give up some retirement benefits to help ease the state's financial problem...

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Eerie Echoes of a Long-ago Battle

William Lucy | Posted 06.08.2011

Read More: Martin Luther King Jr., Wisconsin Unions, Public Unions, Unions, Memphis Sanitation Strike, AFSCME Union, Mlk, MLK Assassination, Politics News

I was with Dr. King during his time in Memphis. Today the struggle of union members in Wisconsin and elsewhere stirs my memories of that time.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election A Dead Heat

AP | By TODD RICHMOND | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Public Employees, Wisconsin, Madison, Public Sector Unions, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Scott Walker, Madison Wisconsin, Wisconsin Unions, Governor Scott Walker, David Prosser, Public Unions, Wisconsin Anti-Union Bill, Public Sector, Wisconsin Anti-Union Law, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

MADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin Supreme Court election that offered the public its first formal opportunity to weigh in on the national fight over union ...

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The States With The Strongest & Weakest Unions

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, Uaw, State Unions, Teacher's Unions., Wisconsin Unions, Public Unions, Union Jobs, Unions, Municipal Debt, Business News

The size of American labor unions has fallen sharply in the last decade. Much of this has to do with the erosion of the US manufacturing base. The sin...

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Wisconsin GOP Senators Pass Anti-Union Bill Without Democrats Present

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Employees, Collective Bargaining, Wisconsin, Collective Bargaining Rights, Madison Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker, Labor Unions, Politics, Public Sector Unions, Scott Walker, Anti-Union, Public Unions, Unions, US News, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a bold gambit to put an end to the weeks-long budget standoff in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R) split his controversial budget-repa...

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Stop Scott Walker's Sleight of Hand

Ellen Bravo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attack on Workers, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Protests, Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, Public Employees, Collective Bargaining, Wall Street Crisis, Wisconsin State Senate, Governor Scott Walker, Public Unions, Labor Unions, Public Workers, Politics News

CEOs on Wall Street and at Wisconsin corporations should be the target of the budget-repair bill. Not the woman who teaches severely disabled teens.

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Wisconsin Assembly Passes Anti-Union Bill

AP/The Huffington Post | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Employees, Collective Bargaining, Wisconsin, Governor Walker, Madison Wisconsin, Wisconsin Assembly, Wisconsin Collective Bargaining, Governor Scott Walker, Labor Unions, Public Employee Unions, Wisconsin State Senate, Scott Walker, Public Unions, Unions, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

MADISON, Wis. — (AP) The Wisconsin Assembly early Friday passed a bill that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining right...

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Smash Unions? It Never Even Occurred to Me

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Omelettes, Public Employees, Republican Legislators, Wisconsin, State Legislators, Spam, Fence, Scott Walker, Ohio, Democratic Legislators, Public Unions, Boehner, Civil Unions, Beck, Comedy News

The House of Representatives has just voted emergency funds for building a fence around the state of Ohio.

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'Magnets In Our Shoulders': The Union Of Unions

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wisconsin Union, Private Unions, Collective Bargaining, Wisconsin Budget, Wisconsin, Labor Unions, Scott Walker, Wisconsin Union Bill, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, Walker Anti-Union Bill, Public Unions, Walker Union Bill, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

MADISON, WIS -- For the past ten days, tens of thousands of union protesters have swarmed the state capitol building in Madison, Wis. to protest Repub...

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Facing Huge Cuts, State Workers Say: 'Don't Blame Us'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Employees, State Jobs, State Workers, State Worker Cuts, Government Jobs, State Budget Cuts, Public Unions, Business News

NEWARK, New Jersey (Daniel Trotta and Edith Honan) - When a New Jersey family with an autistic child walks into the state office seeking help, Nor...

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Wisconsin Governor Threatens To Fight Union Protest With National Guard

HuffingtonPost.com | Lila Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wisconsin Public Unions, Deficit, Muni, Unions Wisconsin, Public Unions, Budget, Municipal Debt, Business News

State workers in Wisconsin are protesting a statement by Republican Governor Scott Walker that, union reps say, amounts to a threat to use the Nationa...

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Dem State Senator in Colorado Seeking Union Transparency? (VIDEO)

Kelly Maher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Wins, Colorado Politics, Public Unions, Shawn Mitchell, Betty Boyd, David Ohmart, Denver News

Colorado WINS should have to answer some common-sense questions, like who they are and what their budget looks like.

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