public sector

  • New York School Aide Booted from Ballot

    Author(s):
    Mischa Gaus

    Excerpt:
    Tripping up an insurgent campaign among school aides, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 372 disqualified in mid-November a dissident candidate for the union’s executive board. . . .

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  • Help Mexico Teach North Carolina About Unions

    Body:
    North Carolina is under new scrutiny for its poor labor standards, this time from a foreign government. Under a side accord in NAFTA called the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation, the Mexican government is challenging the state to implement collective bargaining rights for public sector workers. It has also requested a progress report on a recent inquiry by the International Labor Organization (ILO) into the state’s prohibition against bargaining.

    Earlier this year, the ILO ruled that North Carolina’s failure to comply with “freedom of association principles...has resulted in grievous working conditions for many public sector workers.” It called on the U.S. to ratify and adhere to the ILO’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, which includes collective bargaining.

    Expiration Date:
    Mon, 12/31/2007 - 11:59pm

  • The Loyal Opposition in New York's Teachers Union Collapses After Making Deal with Unity Caucus

    Author(s):
    Marian Swerdlow

    Excerpt:
    Recent elections in New York’s United Federation of Teachers -- the nation’s largest teachers union local -- marked a sea change in the union’s internal politics.
    In the short term, no serious challenge is posed to the Unity caucus, an efficient monolith which has dominated the UFT for decades and rewards members with jobs outside the classroom. But in the long term, these elections may signal a revitalization of opposition to Unity within the UFT.

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  • Union Leaders Suspended for Being Part of Reform Caucus

    Author(s):
    by Leah Samuel

    Excerpt:
    The top elected officers of a major section of the California State Employees Association/SEIU Local 1000 have been suspended from membership. CSEA President Perry Kenny suspended the leaders of CSEA's Civil Service Division, charging them with creating a competing union. Those suspended are members of an internal union group, the Caucus for a Democratic Union.

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