The agreement marks the end of the often tense negotiations to replace a teacher contract that expired 12 years ago - the longest contract stalemate in the history
of public sector collective bargaining in New York, according to the New York State United Teachers, the parent union of the Buffalo Teachers Federation.
In fact, the proposed legislation — the Respecting Collective Bargaining Act (Public Sector), 2012 — has the potential to completely eviscerate
public sector collective bargaining in Ontario.
The Center for Union Facts, an anti-union organization that is part of lobbyist Rick Berman's family of front groups, received $ 1.55 million between 2007 and 2010 from the Bradley Foundation and spent heavily to support Walker and smear teachers unions with an anti-union website during the 2011 fight
over public sector collective bargaining rights.
The states «have a substantial interest in avoiding the vast disruption in state and local labor relations that would occur if the Court were now to overrule Abood's approval of
public sector collective bargaining arrangements utilizing agency - fee rules,» lawyers for the states argue.
Achieving that portion of the $ 302 million «presumes that Cuomo will be able to knock out State Police, correctional officers and other unionized employees with three zeros,» said Lee Adler, who
teaches public sector collective bargaining and labor law at Cornell University's ILR School, referring to the lack of salary increases.
The agreement marks the end of the often tense negotiations to replace a teacher contract that expired 12 years ago - the longest contract stalemate in the history
of public sector collective bargaining...
After the hurricane, Rossello suspended
all public sector collective bargaining agreements, claiming it was needed in the post-hurricane emergency.