The following is an excerpt from our Saturday email, which includes our musings on the latest developments impacting public employees, links to that week’s labor news, and a collection of whimsical reads for your weekend. If you’d like to receive our weekly email, you can use the sign-up form at
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), who claims to fight for a society “where all workers are valued and all people respected” is in hot water with its own employees for using “corporate tricks and delay tactics.” Employees at the Washington, D.C. headquarters announced the strike against their employer, the union,
A report from Americans for Fair Treatment was cited in an opinion editorial in RealClearPolitics: According to a report from the nonprofit Americans for Fair Treatment, FLRA records show 1,211 charges filed by individuals against unions since 2015. Just 21, or fewer than 2%, reached an enforcement action or settlement. You can
Dedicated to serving their city, public employees in NYC are entitled to have their pension dollars managed in a way that best promotes their retirement interests. New York, NY – On Thursday, May 11, Americans for Fair Treatment joined four current and former New York City municipal employees in filing
It’s official: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a paycheck protection bill that allows public employees to stop direct deductions of mandatory membership dues to unions. DeSantis signed Senate Bill 256 on Tuesday, and said that the bill’s signing marked a “very productive day for education.” He added that
The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) held its annual representative assembly last month and claimed the union was in sound and strong financial footing, despite reports showing the union is in poor financial health. In his remarks to the assembly, NYSUT secretary-treasurer J. Philippe Abraham claimed NYSUT is “strong.”
The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) sent an email in support of the controversial proposal out of Pennsylvania known as House Bill 950. The bill creates a “fundamental right” to collective bargaining, as well as empower (and insulate) unions from democratically elected legislators. PSEA listed a plethora of positives about
A member of Americans for Fair Treatment was quoted in an opinion editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer: Philadelphia teacher and former Philadelphia Federation of Teachers member Rochelle Porto told me that’s “a total misrepresentation.” According to Porto, HB 950 will diminish the individual rights of public union members. The proposed
Americans for Fair Treatment’s Senior Organizing Director Brigette Herbst penned a letter to the editor in LoudounNow noting that the narrative about collective bargaining improving student outcomes was based on a problematic study. You can read the full letter to the editor here.
