Job Question (Vanity)
Posted by admin / Under Union Democracy
I was let go from what was to be a permanent job, last week. It took me a year to get it too, now I'm empty-handed. I have a hot tip for a local company that's hiring, but it's a union shop. The state I reside in is not a right-to-work state. What do I need to know about getting into a 'closed shop', and do I even want to?
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 07:16:44 PM
Union Money Helps 'Dues Skim' Stay Alive
Posted by admin / Under Union Democracy
A law has been passed to stop the Service Employees International Union from taking money from home health care workers, and the dummy employer that was created to facilitate that action has been defunded. Yet money is still being taken and the dummy employer is still in operation thanks to a donation of at least $12,000 from the SEIU to keep the scheme alive. Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act also show that the executive director of the dummy employer, known as the Michigan Quality Community Care Council (MQC3), works from her house in Okemos but uses a...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 07:16:44 PM
Union Friendly GOP Legislator Spurned by Big Labor
Posted by admin / Under Union Democracy
State Representative Dale Zorn has often been a Republican ally to public sector unions by trying to thwart some of his own caucus' reform efforts. For example, Rep. Zorn voted against the emergency manager bill that would give appointed managers the tools to bring financial stability back to communities and school districts — including the ability to tear up unsustainable union contracts. He voted against giving school district's more flexibility to shop for less expensive insurance than the Michigan Education Association-backed MESSA health care plan. He voted against preventing union stewards from being paid to do union business on school...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 07:16:44 PM
Judge rules Wisconsin public union members must opt in on dues
Posted by admin / Under Union Democracy
MADISON, Wis. -- State unions were dealt a setback Friday when a federal judge said they would have to get their members to opt in, rather than opt out, to having the state deduct union dues from their paychecks. What's more, the judge did not rule on dues deductions for unions that he earlier found the state improperly decertified. The state's largest unions were decertified, and the ruling -- at least for now -- will make it harder for them to get money from dues. But U.S. District Court Judge William Conley gave unions one beneficial ruling by saying that...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 07:16:44 PM
Judge deals setback to state(Wisconsin) unions on dues withdrawals
Posted by admin / Under Union Democracy
- State unions were dealt a setback Friday when a federal judge said they would have to get their members to opt in, rather than opt out, to have the state deduct union dues from their paychecks. What's more, the judge did not rule on dues deductions for unions that he earlier found the state improperly decertified. A substantial number of state unions were decertified, and the ruling - at least for now - will make it harder for them to get money. But U.S. District Court Judge William Conley gave unions one beneficial ruling by saying that members who...
Published on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 07:16:44 PM
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