Detroit pundits were quick to pounce on Governor Snyder’s apparent snub of Detroit in his State of the State remarks. True, Snyder steered clear of the city’s financial and criminal crises. No doubt, the state’s sensitive negotiations with the city over a financial manager had something to do with his decision. But a closer look … Continue Reading →
The truth is I like the Michigan governor who calls himself a nerd. Rick Snyder is no procrastinator, nor is he timid about anything. He stepped up to the microphone and stated his purpose and reasoning for changing his agenda, after saying that the right-to-work bill was not it. The governor made it clear that … Continue Reading →
The unions of Walter Reuther and John L. Lewis are needed more now than ever. The union of Jimmy Hoffa and John J. Sweeney must be resurrected. We need unions with muscle, not just talk. There has been too much give and no demands by union leaders recently. But the business and industrial world have … Continue Reading →
How quickly things change. Today’s Labor Voices column by Karla Swift, head of the Michigan branch of the AFL-CIO, is an appeal for cooler heads to prevail in the lame duck session. Specifically, labor unions are afraid that their failed overstep in Proposal 2 would earn the comeuppance of a push, from the business community, … Continue Reading →
Who are the angry, greedy, striking union teachers crowding Chicago’s streets this week? They are the same faces that crowded the floor of the Democratic Convention in Charlotte last week. The American Federation of Teachers (of which the Chicago Teachers Union is a member) and the National Education Association were heavily represented among the Democratic … Continue Reading →
Detroit- Joe Biden came to Detroit Sunday to applaud the good work of teachers unions in the city with the worst public school system in America. The irony, apparently was lost on the vice president. Indeed, Biden spoke very little about students at the American Federation of Teachers convention in Cobo Center. For the Democratic … Continue Reading →
“It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.” -Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts
Responding to comments at my previous post about what unions do for you, here’s a chart that shows the correlation between the decline of unions and workers wages. And no, it has nothing to do with productivity. Workers have never been more productive. Our corporate overlords have forced the workers to take on ever increasing … Continue Reading →
With everyone focused on the Obamacare decision, little attention has been paid to the decision our U.S. Supreme Court rendered in the Knox v. SEIU case. The court ruled beyond the question raised in the suit which effectively is the first step towards abolishing unions altogether. This is real instance of judicial activism in pursuit … Continue Reading →
