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19 Jul 2012, 4:13 am by Brennan W. Bolt
Houston Janitors' Strike Goes Coast to Coast: Cole Stangler of the Huffington Post reports that SEIU Local 1's janitor strike in Houston is spreading to other cities across the country: Due to so-called "conscience clauses" in contracts negotiated by the union with several contracting firms across the country, SEIU janitors employed by those same contracting firms elsewhere can choose not to cross the picket line in Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Seattle,… [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 5:37 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Shortly after the 30-day objection period expired, the SEIU sent another letter to unit employees announcing a “special assessment” amounting to a temporary 25% increase in dues to build a “Political Fight-Back Fund” to pay “for a broad range of political expenses” aimed at defeating several anti-union propositions that had been placed on the ballot by then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 10:39 am by nflatow
  To know what side Justice Samuel Alito and his four colleagues were going to take, a reader only had to go to page 3 where he discusses the budget battle in California that prompted the special assessment that was challenged in Knox. [read post]
23 Jun 2012, 8:48 pm by Lou M
California law permits public-sector employees to create so-called "agency shops" in which all employees are represented by a union, and nonmember employees are required to pay an annual fee for "chargeable expenses". [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 9:35 am by Marylee Abrams
 Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the union  violated its’ members First Amendment rights when it assessed extra fees to fund a political campaign in California. [read post]
21 Jun 2012, 3:02 pm
MARCIA COYLE: Well, very basically, the union wanted to impose a mid-year special assessment on members and non-members in order to raise money to react to ballot issues, ballot initiatives in California that were anti-union. [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 12:59 pm by Walter Olson
Times via Amy Alkon] Tags: California, labor unions, public employment, Wisconsin Related posts March 15 roundup (1) Wisconsin: a frisky-union vignette (1) Wife: city improperly demoted hubby for dating subordinate (2) SEIU to Washington legislators: raise taxes or we’ll keep suing you (9) November 16 roundup (1) [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 8:15 am by Joe Consumer
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, as states like Illinois and California have shown. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 8:15 am by Joe Consumer
Of course, nothing could be further from the truth, as states like Illinois and California have shown. [read post]
5 Jan 2012, 7:01 am by Ross Runkel
SEIU SEIU and the state of California had a series of agency shop agreements. [read post]
30 Dec 2011, 5:38 pm by Robin E. Shea
The Concepcion decision overruled the interpretation of the California courts that class claims could not be arbitrated. [read post]
18 Nov 2011, 11:30 am by Judicial Watch Blog
In Oakland California police were forced to use riot gear and tear gas to disperse the huge, violent crowds and in Las Vegas nearly two dozen protesters were arrested. [read post]
4 Nov 2011, 12:31 pm by George Lenard
embaPub="6e3197aae95c2ff8fcab35cb730f6a86"; “Occupy” Movement’s Citywide Strike and Port Shutdown in Oakland CNN reported on Wednesday, November 2, 2011: Demonstrators in Oakland, California, appeared to carry out a successful strike of downtown businesses Wednesday, as most merchants and retailers shuttered their doors during a largely peaceful protest. [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 5:14 am
She also is a research assistant to California-Davis Dean Kevin R. [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 8:44 am by Lovechilde
The Badger State's Bloody Stalemate By Andy Kroll, cross-posted from Tom Dispatch. [read post]