Posts Tagged ‘SEIU’

The Purple Wave Finds Conflict with New Orleans City Plans

The Purple Wave Finds Conflict with New Orleans City Plans

Mayor Mitch Landrieu has requested limited removal of seniority privileges from consideration in city lay-offs, and the local chapter of the Service Employees International Union is unimpressed.

Budget, Corruption, Featured, Labor June 29, 2011 1:21 pm 0 Comments

Commentary: Obama’s Renewed Commitment to Card Check a Cause for Alarm

The President has been busy catering to his union allies, even to the point of soliciting them for funding to keep Democrats in office in upcoming elections. As part of his appeal to unions for political and material support, the President promised reinvigorated efforts to muscle into law the “Employee Free Choice Act,” commonly known [...]

Labor August 18, 2010 2:16 pm 0 Comments

Commentary: Public Backlash Against Union Abuses Finally Taking Shape

A number of media outlets in the past few weeks have been assailing teachers’ and government workers’ unions for their implacable greed. It is important to draw the distinction between unions and their original purpose and unions in their current manifestation as politicized goliaths. When unions began forming, their grievances were well-founded . Hours and [...]

Education, Labor May 25, 2010 10:49 am 0 Comments

California’s Failure a Lesson for Other States

In a previous blog post we noted that public-sector unions impose higher labor costs, increase public debt, and lower the state’s management quality. The end result of the growth of public sector unions can be seen in California. A member of California’s Service Employees International Union (SEIU) was recorded saying “We helped to get you [...]

Budget, Labor April 20, 2010 7:55 pm 0 Comments