Tucson Weekly – Right-Wing Money Is Greasing The Anti-Teachers Union Skids
Teachers, here’s a pop quiz. How will you receive information trying to convince you to drop ties with the teachers union? (a) Email. (b) Snail mail. (c) Phone call. (d) Knock on your door. The correct answer is (e) Any or all of the above.
One News Now – Santa’s Got A Suit — A Lawsuit, That is
A government agency in Washington state is being challenged for forcing Santa out of its headquarters.
Maclver Institute – UPDATED: Johnson Seeks Answers On Medicaid ‘Skimming’ By Unions
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) praised the Trump administration last Tuesday for targeting a $200-million Medicaid scam that benefits big labor at the expense of taxpayers and home health care providers.
Capitol Weekly – Living With Janus, Unions Adapt
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s split decision dealing a significant blow to public unions, California union leaders remain optimistic about their ability to stay viable.
The Hill – Unions Aren’t A Thing Of The Past. Unions Are Our Future.
I have an embarrassing confession to make: I underestimated how much anti-worker extremist groups really hate organizations that empower working people. After all, I have a good union job. Plus, my employer respects and supports collective bargaining.
Bloomberg – Teachers Union Convention to Focus on Ballot Box
Thousands of American Federation of Teachers members are set to descend on Pittsburgh July 13 for the union’s biennial convention, where they will lay out the organization’s goals for the next two years.
NW Labor Press – Ballot Measure Fight Coming This November
As expected, the pro-corporate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Janus in the Janus v AFSCME case, creating national “Right to Work” for the public-sector.
People’s World – Erie County Legislature Passes Anti-Janus Resolution To Protect Worker’s Privacy
The Erie County, N.Y., legislature passed an anti-Janus resolution to protect the privacy of the county’s public workforce, even as rich and right-wing anti-worker foundations launch a multi-million-dollar campaign to get public union members to dump their unions.
NPR – Behind The Campaign To Get Teachers To Leave Their Unions
Rachael McRae, a fifth-grade teacher in central Illinois, was sitting on the couch the other day with her four-month-old when she saw the email.
Eugene Weekly – Knock, Knock, Who’s There?
It’s only been a few weeks since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Janus v. AFSCME that it’s unconstitutional to require non-members to pay union dues, but the conservative Freedom Foundation has mobilized its campaign on the West Coast to notify every government employee of their right to opt-out from paying dues to unions.
Nisqually Valley News – Santa’s Off-Season Legal Work
Santa Claus will be getting his day in court soon, courtesy of a lawsuit filed on July 10 by the Freedom Foundation against the Washington State Department of Ecology.
