Michigan union officials opt to dump pensions to keep collecting mandatory dues

03/31/2013

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.

TAGS: Michigan, unions

Follow the money: CPS school closings, teacher layoffs mean lost union dues

02/28/2013

After Chicago Public Schools officials gave notice that the district would be closing 54 schools and a total of 61 buildings, Chicago Teachers Union leaders were quick to decry the move, citing concern for students and fear of ruining neighborhoods.

TAGS: unions

Reckless rhetoric how CTU has become the roadblock to education reform in Chicago

02/28/2013

Karen Lewis basically accused the CPS board and Mayor Rahm Emanuel of racism.

TAGS: Karen Lewis

CPS school closings: the writing was on the wall

02/28/2013

Chicago Public Schools on Thursday announced the largest school shakeup in the nation: closing 54 schools and 61 buildings, jostling 30,000 kids and leaving the future of more than 1,000 teachers unclear

AFSCME: Steps toward a walkout

01/31/2013

The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, Council 31 sent a message to its employees last week urging them to prepare for a walkout.

TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, strike, unions

West Chicago teacher strike: lack of collective bargaining transparency leaves taxpayers in the dark

01/31/2013

Faced with the prospect of lean financial times, the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board decided it would be prudent to reduce automatic annual pay increases and lengthen the amount of time it takes for teachers to reach the top of pay scale

Grayslake teacher contract details remain a mystery

12/31/2012

Grayslake sounds like a great place for a mystery. It could be the name of a mansion overlooking a foggy moor upon which a wealthy young heiress was found dead of arsenic poisoning among half a dozen acquaintances, all with serious grudges.

TAGS: contract, Grayslake, strike

Contagion 2.0: Did you really think it was over?

12/31/2012

The holidays are over and kids have been back in school for weeks. But students in Grayslake District 46 are back at home now that teachers are on strike.

TAGS: unions

Illinois can’t afford DCFS appropriation

12/31/2012

Paul Kersey Director of Labor Reform A state with $9 billion in unpaid bills and at least $96 billion in unfunded pension obligations cannot afford to overpay for anything, even wages for child protection workers. So while some lawmakers may want to grant the Department of Children and Family Services, or DCFS, with a supplemental...

State workers break the rules, get a paid vacation

10/23/2012

Overall, paid leave cost the state

Paul Kersey

Michigan union officials opt to dump pensions to keep collecting mandatory dues

Follow the money: CPS school closings, teacher layoffs mean lost union dues

Reckless rhetoric how CTU has become the roadblock to education reform in Chicago

CPS school closings: the writing was on the wall

AFSCME: Steps toward a walkout

West Chicago teacher strike: lack of collective bargaining transparency leaves taxpayers in the dark

Grayslake teacher contract details remain a mystery

Contagion 2.0: Did you really think it was over?

Illinois can’t afford DCFS appropriation

State workers break the rules, get a paid vacation

Chicago Forward 2026: A pro-growth plan to end city budget deficits

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Diana Graham

Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students