http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/sc-abortion-compromise-could-mean-higher-insurance-premiums-for-state-workers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/sc-abortion-compromise-could-mean-higher-insurance-premiums-for-state-workers/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 19:57:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134639 The State: State employees could pay higher health insurance premiums in order for the state health plan to continue to cover abortions in the case of rape or incest, according to a compromise reached in the S.C. Senate. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/sc-abortion-compromise-could-mean-higher-insurance-premiums-for-state-workers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/public-sector-millionaires/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/public-sector-millionaires/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 15:57:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134558 Washington Times: Lavish governmental payrolls and gold-plated retirement packages are straining finances from coast to coast. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/24/public-sector-millionaires/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/romney-backs-vouchers-more-school-choice/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/romney-backs-vouchers-more-school-choice/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 18:22:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134468 Washington Times: Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will expand Washington’s endangered voucher program as part of a broad push for more school choice nationwide, setting up a dramatic contrast with President Obama, who has called for the D.C. program to be phased out, and with teachers unions, which have fought against expanded choice. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/romney-backs-vouchers-more-school-choice/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ny-times-publishes-hit-piece-on-highly-successful-state-school-choice-scholarships/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ny-times-publishes-hit-piece-on-highly-successful-state-school-choice-scholarships/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 16:12:21 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134299 Public Money Finds Back Door to Private Schools Public school officials view the tax credits as poorly disguised state subsidies, part of an expanding agenda to shift tax dollars away from traditional public schools. “Our position is that this is a shell game,” said Chris Thomas, general counsel for the Arizona School Boards Association. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/22/ny-times-publishes-hit-piece-on-highly-successful-state-school-choice-scholarships/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/dems-shift-tactics-pound-wis-governor-on-probe/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/dems-shift-tactics-pound-wis-governor-on-probe/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:38:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133935 AP: Lost in the hoopla over the effort to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after he took on union rights is an ongoing secret investigation that has already ensnared a handful of the Republican governor's former aides. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/dems-shift-tactics-pound-wis-governor-on-probe/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/poll-walker-up-by-9-in-recall-home-stretch/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/poll-walker-up-by-9-in-recall-home-stretch/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:08:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133922 Washington Times: his week, however, a new poll from We Ask America of over 1,200 likely voters puts Walker on top by nine, 52-43. ... ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/17/poll-walker-up-by-9-in-recall-home-stretch/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/the-union-pension-bomb/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/the-union-pension-bomb/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 15:06:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133654 Wall Street Journal (via Google): Imagine the panic if investors discovered that many of the nation's biggest public companies had hidden liabilities so large as to make them worth a fraction of their value. That's something akin to the shock created by the recent Credit Suisse report on multi-employer pension plans. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/15/the-union-pension-bomb/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/judge-strikes-down-union-election-rules/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/judge-strikes-down-union-election-rules/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 22:14:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133622 AP: U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the National Labor Relations Board never had a quorum when it voted last year to approve regulations to speed up the pace of union representation elections. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/14/judge-strikes-down-union-election-rules/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/union-with-obama-ties-rents-offices-for-occupy-dc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/union-with-obama-ties-rents-offices-for-occupy-dc/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:33:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133324 Examiner.com: A labor union with strong ties to President Obama is helping make the Occupy Wall Street movement a more permanent fixture in the nation's capital, moving Occupy DC into office space the group can use to organize and grow through the presidential election. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/union-with-obama-ties-rents-offices-for-occupy-dc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/wis-recall-is-rematch-of-2010-governors-race/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/wis-recall-is-rematch-of-2010-governors-race/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 16:14:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133274 AP: The candidates may be the same, but Wisconsin isn't. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/09/wis-recall-is-rematch-of-2010-governors-race/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/analysis-public-pension-fixes-face-stout-legal-challenges/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/analysis-public-pension-fixes-face-stout-legal-challenges/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 21:54:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133229 Reuters: San Jose is part of a broader legal and political struggle shaping up across the United States as cash-strapped state and local governments, Republican- and Democratic-led, try to rein in rising pension costs that are gobbling up big chunks of their budgets. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/analysis-public-pension-fixes-face-stout-legal-challenges/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/pa-union-gripe-targets-abortion-benefit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/pa-union-gripe-targets-abortion-benefit/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:01:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133179 Hazelton Standard Speaker: But now that the board has removed elective abortions from the employee benefit package, the union plans to file a grievance. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/pa-union-gripe-targets-abortion-benefit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/union-cash-floods-states-to-combat-republican-agendas/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/union-cash-floods-states-to-combat-republican-agendas/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:23:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=133157 The Hill: Annual financial reports filed with the Labor Department by national and local unions show they gave nearly $16 million in contributions to more than a half-dozen umbrella groups, according to a review by The Hill. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/08/union-cash-floods-states-to-combat-republican-agendas/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/wisconsin-recall-amnesia-why-arent-democrats-running-against-scott-walkers-union-reforms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/wisconsin-recall-amnesia-why-arent-democrats-running-against-scott-walkers-union-reforms/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 18:26:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132956 Wall Street Journal: Since Mr. Walker's reforms went into effect, the doom and gloom scenarios have failed to materialize. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/wisconsin-recall-amnesia-why-arent-democrats-running-against-scott-walkers-union-reforms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/gallup-poll-said-teachers-unions-hurt-the-quality-of-education/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/gallup-poll-said-teachers-unions-hurt-the-quality-of-education/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:43:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132895 Education News: A conundrum: Polls show that teachers are some of the most admired people in America. Yet, nearly half of the respondents in a 2011 Gallup poll said teachers unions hurt the quality of education, while just 26 percent said they helped. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/04/gallup-poll-said-teachers-unions-hurt-the-quality-of-education/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/washington-a-state-that-just-says-%e2%80%98no%e2%80%99-to-charters-other-reforms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/washington-a-state-that-just-says-%e2%80%98no%e2%80%99-to-charters-other-reforms/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 15:21:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132786 Washington Post: Washington is one of nine states that does not have a charter school law. Our state has defeated charter laws three times at the ballot box — two were citizen initiatives and one was a referendum to repeal a charter law passed by our legislature. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/03/washington-a-state-that-just-says-%e2%80%98no%e2%80%99-to-charters-other-reforms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/hawaii-hotel-workers-sue-union-over-political-use-of-dues-money/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/hawaii-hotel-workers-sue-union-over-political-use-of-dues-money/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 21:41:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132760 eTurboNews.com: With free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, two Honolulu Hilton employees have filed federal unfair labor practice charges against the UNITE HERE Local 5 union. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/02/hawaii-hotel-workers-sue-union-over-political-use-of-dues-money/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/threat-from-mounting-public-job-losses-tested-obama%e2%80%99s-economic-strategy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/threat-from-mounting-public-job-losses-tested-obama%e2%80%99s-economic-strategy/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:48:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132456 Washington Post: Since the beginning of his term, state and local governments have shed 611,000 employees — including 196,000 educators — according to government statistics. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/30/threat-from-mounting-public-job-losses-tested-obama%e2%80%99s-economic-strategy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/wisconsin-judicial-commission-to-consider-complaint-against-judges-who-signed-walker-recall/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/wisconsin-judicial-commission-to-consider-complaint-against-judges-who-signed-walker-recall/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:33:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132147 PostCrescent.com: The Wisconsin Judicial Commission is expected to decide Friday in Madison whether to take action against Dane County Judge David Flanagan and 28 other circuit court judges who signed petitions to recall Gov. Scott Walker. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/wisconsin-judicial-commission-to-consider-complaint-against-judges-who-signed-walker-recall/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/blue-dog-democrats-trying-to-stave-off-extinction-following-pennsylvania-losses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/blue-dog-democrats-trying-to-stave-off-extinction-following-pennsylvania-losses/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:54:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132132 Washington Post: Just two years removed from being the most powerful voting bloc on Capitol Hill, Blue Dog Democrats are now trying to stave off political extinction ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/blue-dog-democrats-trying-to-stave-off-extinction-following-pennsylvania-losses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/senate-votes-down-motion-to-block-nlrb-union-election-rule/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/senate-votes-down-motion-to-block-nlrb-union-election-rule/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:35:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131967 The Hill: The Senate on Tuesday voted down a Republican-backed motion meant to block a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that speeds up union elections. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/senate-votes-down-motion-to-block-nlrb-union-election-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/public-unions-bankrupt-illinois/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/public-unions-bankrupt-illinois/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:06:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131889 Townhall: Illinois is bankrupt and corrupt politicians like governor Quinn, Speaker of the Illinois House, Mike Madigan, and all the union panderers in Chicago ruined the state by giving into "collective bargaining" demands from public unions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/24/public-unions-bankrupt-illinois/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/scott-walker-to-newsmax-obamas-machine-spending-60-million-to-defeat-me-read-more-on-newsmax-com-scott-walker-to-newsmax-obamas-machine-spending-60-million-to-defeat-me-important-do-you-su/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/scott-walker-to-newsmax-obamas-machine-spending-60-million-to-defeat-me-read-more-on-newsmax-com-scott-walker-to-newsmax-obamas-machine-spending-60-million-to-defeat-me-important-do-you-su/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:08:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131828 Newsmax: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says President Barack Obama’s political machine is pulling out all the stops to defeat him in the pivotal June 5 recall election — a race that could determine the future of many efforts around the country to curb runaway government spending. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/23/scott-walker-to-newsmax-obamas-machine-spending-60-million-to-defeat-me-read-more-on-newsmax-com-scott-walker-to-newsmax-obamas-machine-spending-60-million-to-defeat-me-important-do-you-su/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/judge-rules-against-nlrb-union-poster-rule/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/judge-rules-against-nlrb-union-poster-rule/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:24:28 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131179 The Hill: U.S. District Judge David Norton said in his ruling that Congress didn’t authorize the labor board to issue the poster rule. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/judge-rules-against-nlrb-union-poster-rule/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/president-obama%e2%80%99s-priority-eliminate-the-d-c-voucher-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/president-obama%e2%80%99s-priority-eliminate-the-d-c-voucher-program/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:24:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131087 Education News: “Budgets are about choices,” stated President Obama in recent remarks to governors about his massive fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget request. Nothing more clearly demonstrates the Administration’s priorities than Obama’s decision to once again place the successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP) on the chopping block while simultaneously growing the Department of Education’s (DOE) budget more than any other federal agency. In so doing, President Obama is showing low-income D.C. families that his priority is maintaining the unacceptable status quo . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/13/president-obama%e2%80%99s-priority-eliminate-the-d-c-voucher-program/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/mine-union-boss-coal-industry-could-suffer-same-fate-as-bin-laden/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/mine-union-boss-coal-industry-could-suffer-same-fate-as-bin-laden/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:01:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130501 The Hill: The coal industry will suffer the same fate as Osama bin Laden under new climate regulations proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the head of the United Mine Workers of America said this week. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/mine-union-boss-coal-industry-could-suffer-same-fate-as-bin-laden/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/wisconsin-recall-elections-could-have-massive-abortion-impact/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/wisconsin-recall-elections-could-have-massive-abortion-impact/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:56:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130420 LifeNews: While the impetus for the recall stems from leftwing opposition to Governor Scott Walker’s policies regarding collective bargaining and public employee benefits, there is much at stake for unborn children. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/wisconsin-recall-elections-could-have-massive-abortion-impact/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/ny-group-aims-to-counter-influence-of-teachers%e2%80%99-union/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/ny-group-aims-to-counter-influence-of-teachers%e2%80%99-union/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:28:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130410 Education News: The group, called StudentsFirstNY, is an arm of a national advocacy organization that Ms. Rhee founded in 2010. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/ny-group-aims-to-counter-influence-of-teachers%e2%80%99-union/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/wi-custodian-victim-of-union-hostility/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/wi-custodian-victim-of-union-hostility/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:23:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130147 One News Now: The hostile environment against Wisconsin's Gov. Scott Walker (R) has led to the firing of a school custodian because of the pro-governor sign on her car. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/wi-custodian-victim-of-union-hostility/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/bankrupting-public-unions/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/bankrupting-public-unions/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:31:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130126 Townhall: Distressed cities are finally doing what they should have been doing long ago, declaring bankruptcy to force concessions from public unions. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/02/bankrupting-public-unions/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/unions-successful-in-ordering-recall-election-on-wisconsin-gov/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/unions-successful-in-ordering-recall-election-on-wisconsin-gov/#comments Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:26:31 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130004 One News Now: A recall election has been officially ordered against embattled first-term Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker after more than 900,000 signatures were collected on petitions to force a vote. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/30/unions-successful-in-ordering-recall-election-on-wisconsin-gov/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/charter-schools-a-point-of-contention-in-olympia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/charter-schools-a-point-of-contention-in-olympia/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:06:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129596 Seattle Q13 Fox News (includes video): Last week Gov. Christine Gregoire was livid with the senate Republicans and their three Democratic supporters for reintroducing this idea. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/charter-schools-a-point-of-contention-in-olympia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/george-f-will-union-business-on-the-taxpayers%e2%80%99-dime/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/george-f-will-union-business-on-the-taxpayers%e2%80%99-dime/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:25:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128738 Washington Post: This is a crucial difference between release-time provisions negotiated by private companies: In the private sector, unions are not effectively on both sides of the negotiation table. Collusion between the employer and the employees union is inherent in public-sector unionization, particularly because public-sector employers and employees have congruent interests in increasing government budgets. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/15/george-f-will-union-business-on-the-taxpayers%e2%80%99-dime/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/senators-will-soon-have-an-important-choice-affecting-millions-of-american-workplaces/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/senators-will-soon-have-an-important-choice-affecting-millions-of-american-workplaces/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:08:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128445 Townhall: In the coming weeks, S.J. Res. 36, a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act will come to the floor of the U.S. Senate. If passed in both houses of Congress and signed by President Obama, this resolution of disapproval will nullify the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recent rule amending its election procedures limiting the ability of employers, particularly small businesses, to obtain the legal counsel and fair representation they need to express their views on unionization. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/13/senators-will-soon-have-an-important-choice-affecting-millions-of-american-workplaces/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/florida-fight-over-parent-empowerment-bill-becomes-latest-litmus/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/florida-fight-over-parent-empowerment-bill-becomes-latest-litmus/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:05:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=128002 Miami Herald: A series of bills attacking public sector unions, along with a judge’s favorable ruling on pensions, has coalesced the once desperate group. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/08/florida-fight-over-parent-empowerment-bill-becomes-latest-litmus/feed/ 0