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Minimum Wage and Decentralization

12 hours ago ago from Working Indonesia

In a recent post, I wondered aloud about the effect of decentralization on labor's ability to push for increases in the minimum wages, which are set by tripartitie bodies at the provincial and district levels.  This exact issues was mentioned  by the head of Kongres Serikat Pekerja Indonesia (KSPI) in this Jakarta Post article : Chairman of the Confederation of Indonesian Workers Union (KSPI) Thamrin Mossie said the decentratilization ...

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21 hours ago ago from New Haven Independent :: It's Your Town. Read All About It.

by Melissa Bailey | December 18, 2009 5:16 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) Chief Operating Officer Will Clark (pictured) tried to intimidate and harass custodial union leadership by threatening to put their jobs out to bid then followed through with the threat, according to a complaint filed this week with the state labor relations board. The complaint was filed Monday by AFSCME Council 4 Local 287, which represents about 200 ...

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Union Veto Power in Race to the Top Agreements?- Teacher Beat

1 hour, 11 minutes ago ago from Transparent Christina

To follow my previous post on the MOUs that states are beginning to create for their Race to the Top applications, it's quite interesting that some states are giving their teachers' unions seemingly much more leverage over whether or not the district will actually participate. Some states, like Colorado, are using the Education Department's model MOU wholesale. (It is in [...]

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