In 2017, the Legislature outlawed collective bargaining by our vo-tech teachers and staff. In 2020, the Legislature banned collective bargaining by our public university faculty…
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Biden to Raise Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors’ Workers, Restore Federal Worker Labor Rights
Published 2021-01-22
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Senator Bernie Sanders wants a $15-an-hour minimum wage for everyone. President Joe Biden (hey, are y’all able to keep up with this guy? what happened…
Referendum Fodder: CAFO Zoning, Collective Bargaining, Pipeline Protests
Published 2020-03-09
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
The Legislature has killed a fair number of the dumb ideas that its members have submitted this Session. But plenty of clunkers have already been…
SDGOP Also Hates Higher Ed: Collective Bargaining Ban Passes Committee
Published 2020-02-25
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
Senate State Affairs heard Senate Bill 147 yesterday, Majority Leader Kris Langer’s proposal to ban collective bargaining by Regental employees. Leading off testimony for her…
Langer, Hansen Revive Mickelson’s Push to Ban Collective Bargaining on Campus
Published 2020-01-31
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Cory Allen Heidelberger
The anti-union spirit of Mark Mickelson lives on! In 2018, one of the crabbiest Republicans in the state tried to ban public university employees from…