Tag Archives: labor negotiations

The assault against collective bargaining

By Mark | February 13, 2011

Metafilter has a good thread this evening on the current assault against collective bargaining in America, which is being led by state governments beset by debt. Here’s the post that kicked off the conversation. I’d encourage you, though, to check out the original, posted by a fellow calling himself Saul Goodman, which is chock full […]

Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged Ann Coulter, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, collective bargaining, deregulation, deregulation porn, John Galt, journalism, labor history, MetaFilter, National Guard, open for business, public employee unions, regulation, Saul Goodman, Scott Walker, state employees, stealing content from Metafilter, Steev Taylor, tea party, threats to journalists, union busting, unions, Wisconsin, Wisconsin is open for business | 17 Comments

Ypsi school closings, part II

By Mark | February 10, 2010

Our conversation last week on the very real possibility that more Ypsilanti public schools may close was so fruitful, that I thought the subject warranted another thread. Here, to get the ball rolling, is a quick update on the situation from my friend Maria Cotera, whose daughter attends Chapelle elementary, one of the schools most […]

Posted in Education, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Ardis Elementary, board of education, Chapelle Community School, Chapelle Elementary, charter schools, John Fulton, launching a charter school, Maria Cotera, Mayor Schreiber, public education, Rachel Blistein, save Chapelle, school board, school budget, school closure, school enrollment, taking back our schools, teachers union, the future of Ypsilanti, YPSA, Ypsilanti Public School Alliance | 26 Comments

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