Blame Gina Raimondo? Not So Fast, Progressives
Regular readers of the blog know that Treasurer Raimondo has become a lightening-rod for criticism of the state’s recent changes to the public employee pension system. As a tactic, I’ll admit it’s a good one, simultaneously riling up the base and drawing media attention to the union and retiree’s position. It’s also the first salvo [...]
One Dem Party That Donna Perry Doesn’t Understand
First, right off the bat: anyone who uses the phrase “Democrat Party” is already showing their ignorance of the Democratic Party. You should still read their arguments, but chances are, they’re going to be off-base. And that’s what Donna Perry’s column in GoLocalProv is (the URL says Julia Steiny for some reason). Ms. Perry tries [...]
NK School Custodians Fight to Save Their Jobs
NORTH KINGSTOWN — Custodians, teachers and other union members from around Rhode Island rallied at the school department here in an attempt to save the jobs of the school custodians whose jobs are in imminent danger of being outsourced to a private company from Tennessee. The custodians and their union representatives say they have met [...]
Solidarity, For Now? The Many Costs of Labor’s Decline
When I moved to RI in 2003 from Washington, I was rather stunned to hear many of my liberal friends repeat the media meme that organized labor was too powerful in the Ocean State [note: I will use the term 'liberal' rather than 'progressive,' because in my experience people on the left my age and [...]
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