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Alacantra Bill trumps Trump's Janus
While New York may not be able to stop the Janus case, they are taking steps to lessen the impact on local unions. As part of the recent New York State budget, the state passed a number of reforms...
Learn the Truth about Unions
The Bay Shore Classroom Teachers Association's (BSCTA)Political Action Committee has provided some talking points that you can use when you are talking to your co-workers, friends and family...
The Union Pay Advantage
This week, our Political Action Committee takes a look at the union pay advantage. Spoiler alert: teachers in states that aren't Right to Work, such as New York, get paid better! Another aspect...
Preparing for Janus in New Jersey
New Jersey has a new Governor and the NJ AFL-CIO has a long wish of pro-worker and pro-union policies that they would like to see instituted. Two that are making their way through the legislature are...
Unions are Pro-Family, Destroying them Will Destroy the Family
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Feb. 26 in the case Janus v. American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). If the court rules against the unions...
If I were a Supreme Court Justice
I wonder what would become of our democracy if the argument presented in the Janus v. AFSCME US Supreme Court case applied to other aspects of everyday life. I imagine that we can all agree that...
Protestors to Mark Janus: “Shame! Shame! Shame!”
Public Enemy number 1 today is Mark Janus. If you Google Mark Janus, a lot of UCOMM's stuff pops up, as does many stories around one of the most important US Supreme Court cases in recent history...
Booker: Honor Dr. King By Preserving Union Rights
In the early days of April 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. traveled to Memphis, Tennessee, to join in a protest with 1,300 city sanitation workers who had gone on strike after two of their...
"You're basically arguing to do away with unions"
On Monday, lawyers from both sides sparred with judges over whether or not a public employee should be forced to pay for representation that he doesn’t agree with. Mark Janus, a 65 year old...
Janus Rallies 2018: The End of Labor Peace as We Know It
Let’s be honest with ourselves, the Mark Janus v. AFSCME U.S. Supreme Court case that is being heard on Monday will be bad news for many, not just for organized labor’s ability to collect...