Jackie Lichter, the Political Director for SEIU Local 500, will be on the Political Pulse TV Show in Montgomery County, Maryland on: Tues, July 28th at 9:30 p.m.Wed., July 29th…
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MCEA, SEIU Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (MCAASP) have reached a tentative deal with the school system on contract savings. Here are the…
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MoCo School Unions Agree to Reopen Contracts
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Below is the text of a press release from MCEA, SEIU Local 500 and the Montgomery County Association of Administrative and Supervisory Personnel (MCAASP), the three unions that represent employees…
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In a victory for some of the D.C. Metro Area’s lowest-paid professionals, Montgomery College’s adjunct faculty voted by a 365-105 margin in favor of representation by SEIU Local 500. We…
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The Limits of Labor
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Ann Marimow is a good reporter and I respect her work. But in her Sunday Post article, “Union Influence Sways Montgomery Budget Talks,” I believe she overstates her case. Montgomery…
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Labor Between the Hammer and the Anvil
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As Montgomery County’s budget battle draws to a clamorous climax, a new bomb has been dropped.Yesterday, Council Member Trachtenberg sent the following letter calling for a 2 percent cost of…
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Challenge to the Unions, Part Two
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In Part One, we reported on County Council Member and Management and Fiscal Policy Chairwoman Duchy Trachtenberg’s letter to public employee union MCGEO offering a choice between layoffs and COLA…
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Regular readers will recall how Montgomery College told its adjunct professors that they were “not public employees” in order to avoid allowing them a union election. Now the college is…
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Last Pre-Election County D4 Round-Up
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By tomorrow night, this race will be over. Here’s the state of play one day out.On press, coverage has picked up in the last week. The Post has written its…
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More Union Busting at Montgomery College
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I’ve seen quite a few union-busting tactics in my time but the latest one used by Montgomery College against its adjunct professors ranks as one of the most creative.A couple…