Labor
Last night’s Anchor Rising on the Matt Allen Show was a bit more expansive than usual, as Andrew and Matt discussed binding arbitration’s relationship to governing philosophy. Stream by clicking here, or download it.
A couple days ago I noticed that, with the arbitration bill coming up, Sen. John Tassoni had just been approved as a mediator. (The ProJo story reporting this also mentioned a few others). That led me to remark that it looked like the arbitration/mediation deck was being stacked ahead of time. The ProJo editors have…
I’m not entirely sure how authoritative this reference is, but the website called Rhode Island Arbitration –dot- com is promoting the fact that the decisions of arbitrators can take precedence over the law…Did You Know…Courts cannot overturn an arbitration award. Typically, the courts cannot overturn an arbitration award because the arbitrator made a mistake of…
Let’s you and I play a game. We’ll start out with you giving me a certain sum of money. Then every five minutes, I’ll propose how much more money you should give me, and you can propose a slightly lower increase, and if I refuse to accept those terms, we’ll take our disagreement to a…
As Monique notes, the bill requiring binding arbitration in union/town disputes is slated to be heard this Wednesday. You can also hear NEA/AFT funded radio advertisements touting the bill. I wonder why labor unions–which traditionally take pride in being negotiating pit bulls–are apparently going all warm and fuzzy over the prospect of a supposedly fair…
I’ve got an op-ed in the upcoming Providence Business News addressing a topic that’s on a great many Rhode Island minds: binding arbitration.
Marc’s post on education and “dirty jobs” — the entire recent discussion about college and the necessity thereof — brings to mind this passage from Walter Rose’s wonderful book The Village Carpenter, which reflects on Rose’s family business as the era of the automobile and the machine came on strong: These words are not to…
It’s worth your time, if you haven’t already read through the Sunday Providence Journal article about RI Education Commissioner Deborah Gist’s elevation of the state’s standardized test requirement for prospective education students to the highest in the country. The college and university estimates of how many students would miss the mark are head shakers, but…
I’ve procured a copy of the proposed change in the Ethics Commission’s general advisory pertaining to union members’ voting, as elected officials, on contracts and such that affect other locals of their unions (PDF). There’s nothing in it that will surprise those who’ve been following along, and frankly, with the exception of replacing “adequate” with…
That layoffs of police in East Providence are “the first in years” in Rhode Island is surprising, but not particularly noteworthy. In fact, we should hope that organizations — whether companies or municipalities — will operate in such a way as to ensure consistent, long-term employment. It’s difficult, however, not to see some sort of…
