Labor
I will be on John’s radio show at 9 a.m. this morning to talk about the East Greenwich teachers’ strike. TIMING UPDATE I will now be on at 9:30 a.m. instead of 9:00 a.m.
Having just received the press release that the Tiverton School Committee sent around on Sunday, I’m surprised not to have heard the details of its side of the negotiation elsewhere: “Just as with the health care proposal, we have been working with NEA-Tiverton regarding salary issues,” stated deMedeiros. “However, it was our understanding that the…
You heard it here first: East Greenwich teachers will strike on Tuesday morning. More thoughts on their illegal strike here. UPDATE: ARE THERE REALLY 8-12% ANNUAL SALARY INCREASES IN THESE CONTRACTS? Regarding Bob’s comment of “I am certain no one is asking for such high pay increases, as you propose…You might want to get accurate…
All indications are that Tiverton’s teachers will be striking tomorrow. This bit from the Providence Journal adds a little bit of flesh (although not much) to the rumors floating among parents in town: The Tiverton School Committee and the union representing town teachers appear headed for a confrontation tomorrow, when the schools are scheduled to…
Here is the latest on the East Greenwich School District teachers’ contract status: The NEA voted last Thursday to let their negotiating team call a strike. The current contract expired last Friday. There was a special School Committee meeting last Saturday. Tuesday is the first day of school. Teachers are paid prospectively and, because of…
I’d also like to thank Mr. Crowley — especially on Labor Day — for highlighting the tactical philosophy of one of his union heroes: Power is not only what you have, but what your enemy thinks you have Never go outside of the experience of your own people Whenever possible, go outside the experience of…
Since it’s appropriate to Labor Day, and since NEA Executive Director Bob Walsh has already invoked his name in an earlier comment, let’s post a few more quotes from Samuel Gompers, the first President of the American Federation Labor. This is my personal favorite…The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to…
I’ll start by thanking Pat Crowley for taking the initiative of putting some actual details out there for consideration. Having read through his description of the NEA-Tiverton’s healthcare proposal — doing my best to see past his ham-handed spin — I find I can only say that it’s not enough information. Given the privacy of…
In a prior post, these words were written: It is incredibly ironic that it is now the labor unions who spend lobbying monies like a Fortune 500 corporation – just so they can protect their powerful monopolies. Underperforming monopolies at that!… [On the other hand], this belief in freedom also leads [others of] us to…
A lot of fur is flying in the Comments sections of various posts on teachers’ union contracts. If you want to get some good information on such contracts in RI, your best bet is to go read the three annual reports by The Education Partnership: Teacher Contracts: Restoring the Balance (Volume I, 2005) Teacher Contracts:…
