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Hard predictions at the asymptotes, union version
Shorter story of the Wisconsin conflict over collective bargaining, Yglesias Depressing Version: [T]he classic postwar American dynamic of an economy with a large minority of the workforce unionized is fundamentally unstable. In the long-run the two equilibria are toward a non-union economy or else toward the Nordic model where virtually everyone is in a union. […]
Overinterpreting the DC arbitrator’s ruling
Andy Rotherham comments on the 2008 DC teacher firings' arbitration decision, and I think that in a way like those who opposed Rhee cheering the ruling, Rotherham overinterprets it as well. Essentially, the arbitrator ruled that the DC Public Schools violated the collective bargaining agreement and the rights of probationary teachers by not presenting teachers with […]
Check the policy mirror before going out
Larry Ferlazzo, someone I generally enjoy reading, made me wince with a blog entry attacking the parent-petition mechanism for charter conversions. Using this methodology, a group (generally one that has recently received a large amount of grant money to work in low-income neighborhoods) hires plenty of staff and throws “time” at a community. Often, the group […]
Now Meeting: Committee To Encourage Use of “The”
Fate must be taking its revenge on me for making fun of universities that put "The" in their official names. A story in this morning's Tampa Tribune that represents my and other union members' views quite well quotes me as saying phrases such as "health of state pension fund" and " it's up to state Legislature." For […]
Uncouth and consequences
So USF and former football head coach Jim Leavitt settled the pending lawsuit over Leavitt's firing for $2.75 million. My flippant email to fellow union activists: "DO NOT HIT STUDENTS IN HOPES OF GETTING $2.75 MILLION!!!! … the coaching staff is different from you and me."* The St. Petersburg Times says that the payoff was a terrible […]