Bernie Sanders beat Hillary Clinton by double digits in the Wisconsin primary last night. Whoo-hoo! The media will continue to remind us of the daunting delegate…
Tag: labor
In this week’s Convergence File, a Scalia-less Supreme Court deadlock has left the door open for a pro-union ballot measure in South Dakota. Back in January,…
If part of Donald Trump’s appeal is his promise of strength and prosperity to an economically anxious middle class, then we could really use an upswing in the…
Among the less-than-truths Mike Rounds used in 2014 to become our U.S. Senator was his claim that we needed to build Keystone XL to free up…
During floor debate on Senate Bill 159, Senator Phyllis Heineman’s make-my-hubby-richer stealth vouchers bill, Rep. Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Watertown) said that the Governor’s teacher-pay-raise plan would force private schools…
Governing posts unemployment data that might make David Novstrup think his youth minimum wage was a good idea. According to new U.S. Department of Labor data for…
From Ken Santema’s video, here’s my two-minute drill on Initiated Measure 23, the “fair-share” union dues proposal: As I’ve noted before, strengthening unions is one component of a broad…
What’s another way to fight corruption in South Dakota? Support unions. Beleaguered employees at the South Dakota Developmental Center in Redfield may pursue unionization to better…
The Department of Labor and Regulation annually reports on job placement outcomes for our postsecondary graduates. The 2015 report tells us how many graduates from Fiscal Years…
Sanford Health exerts a lot of political pull in South Dakota (pull which will be tested by its current effort to undo the will of…