Labor
The East Providence School Committee just won the day in court — at least to the extent that the judge denied the union’s request for an injunction against the imposition of the School Committee’s remuneration change. Decision: PDF School Committee Press Release: PDF
RI General Treasurer Frank Caprio invited Anchor Rising for a sit-down chat in his office last night, centering on pension issues, but touching on various other matters. In general, I think the four of us in attendance were reasonably impressed with the treasurer’s explanations for economic policies and his knowledge of political history in Rhode…
As Marc and I have been illustrating, there are a number of ways to cut the data on education expenditures. That, indeed, is what makes it possible for unionists to declare this or that slice decisive, even if reality disagrees. In the comments to Marc’s post, for example, NEA Assistant Executive Director Pat Crowley seizes…
They’ll call it jealousy, the unionists, but I think a caller in to Jim Hummel on the Dan Yorke show yesterday put it more accurately: “Why do the union members think they’re better than us?” I really do wonder if they know what the average (thinking) private-sector worker hears when they say such things: But…
I might be missing something, but this seems to be becoming a bigger deal than necessary: But after hearing mayors, school administrators and union leaders warn of potential chaos 10 weeks before the end of the school year, Gallogly said she consulted with the state’s actuarial consultant yesterday and was told the state could move…
This is classic Crowley: Repeat the lie. Repeat the lie. Repeat the lie. No matter how wrong, no matter how damaging. Repeat the lie. This must be posted in the Projo editorial room somewhere: The lie. Crowley’s first step to this particular platform was finding a bit of data that looks, in the light of…
Jim Hummel, filling in for Dan Yorke, has had three unionists on the program since 3:00, and as I’ve pulled up flooring and cleaned my jobsite, I’ve been itching to make three points: 1. Regarding the teachers’/union’s behavior at the latest School Committee meeting, NEA lawyer John Liedecker pointed out that the police had said,…
Andrew’s call in to the Matt Allen show, last night, turned into a longer form interview about the East Providence School Committee meeting. Stream by clicking here, or download it. To the conversation about Anthony Carcieri’s microphone volume (or lack thereof), I’d add my impression that Carcieri fully anticipated a disruptive atmosphere and was focused…
Jim Hummel made the point, while filling in for Dan Yorke today, that teacher union contracts are the product of years — decades — of cumulative negotiations. Compromise on X for reason A, one year, and expect to make it up a few years down the road. Consequently, a rollback (his point goes), as appears…
Anchor Rising has received the following: The East Providence School Committee is providing 2 examples of the financial avalanche facing our entire community. Attached is legal action by the Northern RI Collaborative seeking past due payment of $563,214.30 for tuition payments for our special-needs students. It is irrational that the teachers’ union chooses to ignore…
