Dec 28, 2012
Privatizing Government Services in the Era of ALEC and the Great Recession – Part IV – Unions and Collective Bargaining
IV. UNIONS AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
Many ALEC bills target teachers and collective bargaining, and laws that
are similar to those bills have been enacted in the aftermath of the Republican victories in 2010. For example, in Indiana, where Republicans had a 60-40 House majority and a 37-13 Senate super-majority, the Senate labor committee chair coupled limits on teacher collective bargaining with teacher merit pay and state-funded vouchers for students to attend private schools. 121 In addition, teacher collective bargaining was limited to salaries, benefits, and total number of work days. 122
A. Public Employee Freedom Act
ALEC Summary: “Excluded from National Labor Relations Act (NLRA),
public employees are subject to state and local laws governing collective
bargaining. Many of these laws are ‘monopoly bargaining laws,’ which More →