Open Letter to the Union Organizing Committee at UNO Schools
Open Letter to the Union Organizing Committee at UNO Schools
Dear Sirs and Madames, Your concerns about my communications with United Neighborhood Organization charter school teachers are duly noted. However, since you are not, as yet, certified as the collective bargaining representative of UNO charter teachers, it is presumptuous of you to speak on their behalf at this time. Therefore, I will continue to contact...
AN ADVISORY FOR UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION TEACHERS
AN ADVISORY FOR UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION TEACHERS
With union organizers actively pursuing the unionization of United Neighborhood Organization, or UNO, charter schools, it is extremely important that teachers understand how the process works. You have the right to support a union; and you have the right
Will teachers at UNO at least get a secret-ballot vote?
Will teachers at UNO at least get a secret-ballot vote?
Under the agreement, union organizers would be allowed to make their pitch for unionizing to teachers on school property, and would even be given personal information for teachers.
Union attempts to take over charter schools
Union attempts to take over charter schools
If you can't beat them, join them.
Mead on labor reform: are we heading for a Blue Civil War?
Mead on labor reform: are we heading for a Blue Civil War?
There is precedent for fratricide between unions and their progressive allies, and the aftermath of a labor-versus-the-left donnybrook could very well create an opportunity for a free market oriented reformer.
What Margaret Thatcher can teach us about unions
What Margaret Thatcher can teach us about unions
Politicians on this side of the Atlantic, especially in Illinois, would do well to consider Margaret Thatchers example.
Michigan unions looking for ways around Right to Work
Michigan unions looking for ways around Right to Work
Illinoisans should keep an eye on Michigan, where a new Right-to-Work law has now gone into effect.
Reporter posts footage of CTU school closing rally showing aggressive union behavior
Reporter posts footage of CTU school closing rally showing aggressive union behavior
When Jeremy Segal attempted to approach CTU President Karen Lewis and activist Jesse Jackson to ask about radical groups that were present at the rally, union members and officials blocked the correspondent off and forced him away.
Michigan union officials opt to dump pensions to keep collecting mandatory dues
Michigan union officials opt to dump pensions to keep collecting mandatory dues
For union officials, self-preservation and the desire to avoid accountability to workers trumps their desire to maintain defined benefit pensions; they were willing to dump those pensions to continue mandatory dues.
The battle for Right to Work is a marathon, not a sprint
The battle for Right to Work is a marathon, not a sprint
Labor unions have a virtual lock on Illinois politics. Unionized government delivers services ever-less efficiently in rough proportion to its ever-increasing size.
Citizens deserve a seat in the room — it’s time to require open meetings for collective bargaining
Citizens deserve a seat in the room — it’s time to require open meetings for collective bargaining
On February 28, 2013, Illinois’ largest government union, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, which represents nearly 40,000 state employees, completed months of negotiations with state government over a new contract, yet taxpayers were locked out of the bargaining room during all of them. Since that time, taxpayers are still waiting to...
By Chris Andriesen
Collective bargaining transparency bill HB 2689 shot down in House Committee
Collective bargaining transparency bill HB 2689 shot down in House Committee
Yesterday a bill that would allow the public to see union contracts and comment on them before they are signed stalled in committee, becoming yet another victim of pressure from union officials who want to keep the public in the dark about the deals they make. The bill actually had both supporters and opponents from...
By Paul Kersey
New details of AFSCME contract emerge, painting a troubling picture of overly generous benefits
New details of AFSCME contract emerge, painting a troubling picture of overly generous benefits
The more you know about the recent contract between the state and Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the less there is to like. While the final contract itself remains out of public view, a description put together by AFSCME for its members reveals troubling details. It appears that...
By Paul Kersey
Under Quinn’s deal with AFSCME, taxpayers still pay 95 percent of retirees’ health insurance costs
Under Quinn’s deal with AFSCME, taxpayers still pay 95 percent of retirees’ health insurance costs
For years, retired state government workers have contributed little or nothing toward the cost of their health insurance premiums. This sweetheart deal costs Illinois taxpayers roughly $1 billion a year, with costs continuing to climb year after year. The state’s unfunded liability for retiree health insurance is more than $54 billion. Lawmakers decided to do...
By Jonathan Ingram