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At Walk-Ins Across 9 Flagler Schools, a Call to Lawmakers To Stop Undermining Public Education

April 17, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 7 Comments

Just before sun-up at Indian Trails Middle School, walk-in participants, including teachers, administratorsm service employees and students, gathered at the flagpole, as they would at all nine of the county's traditional public schools this morning. (© FlaglerLive)

Teacher and service employee unions organized the walk-ins at the schools to pressure lawmakers to improve per-student allocations and lessen the favored financial and other terms granted charter and voucher programs.

Time for $15 an Hour and a Union

April 9, 2019 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

After years of idling lawmakers, the idea now has more traction in Congress thanks to the recently introduced Raise the Wage Act, which would set a national minimum pay of $15 an hour by 2024.

Nurse Assistants at Grand Oaks Rehab Strike for $15/hr Wage in Echo of National Movement

April 14, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 32 Comments

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Workers at Grand Oaks Rehab Center in Palm Coast, most on poverty wages, walked out for 24 hours, though they’d given the facility almost two weeks’ notice and replacements ensured no residents lacked care.

61% of Palm Coast’s Blue-Collar Workers Unionize, Citing City’s Inattention to Grievances

July 28, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

Palm Coast's 140 blue collar workers run the city's water and sewer plants, and its streets, stormwater and fleets departments. (© FlaglerLive)

A decisive majority of the 140 blue-collar workers in Palm Coast’s utilities department—the city’s largest—voted last week to unionize, making them the second city department to do so. The city’s 50-some firefighters unionized in 2010 but are currently at an impasse over contract negotiations.

When a Senator Turns Anti-Union Goon: A Labor Defeat Reverberates Across the South

February 22, 2014 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

In light of the failed vote to unionize a VW plant in Tennessee, why should we care about the travails of labor unions in our country? Because, with no one in Washington able to effectively represent workers nationwide, unions are the only ones left to fight for a living wage.

Union-Busting’s Tasteless Florida Flavors

January 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Labor union membership has been in precipitous decline since 1980, along with with a decline in job security, workers’ wages and benefits, and Americans’ standard of living. It’s not a coincidence, though the vilification of labor unions continues.

Union Membership in 2012: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

January 27, 2013 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

Union membership in 2012 data by state, gender and other characteristics, including median salary earnings and other historical data, as released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Flagler’s Teachers Union President on FCAT, The GOP, and High-Stakes Misconceptions

June 28, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 14 Comments

Jill Woolbright, a Bunnell Elementary teacher--and an inspiration to Jacob Oliva, the recently appointed deputy superintendent of Flagler schools--is a strong union advocate with a purpose. (© FlaglerLive)

Katie Hansen, president of Flagler County’s teachers union, forcefully argues against FCAT’s culture of high-stakes testing and false but pervasive notions that unions protect bad teachers and contribute only to Democrats.

Facebook, First Amendment Rights and Employers’ Censors: The New Rules

June 11, 2012 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

Facebook’s big brothers: As employers develop policies to restrict what employees post on their personal Facebook pages, the federal labor board (NLRB) has found that employees fired or disciplined had engaged in “protected concerted activity” and were punished illegally.

Firefighter Hero-Worship and Floridians’ Hypocrisy: When Public Employees Save Lives

June 10, 2011 | FlaglerLive | 39 Comments

Hero-worshippers' smoke can be lethally hypocritical, too. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County and Florida residents are falling in heaps with praise for the same public and union employees they and the lawmakers they elected just finished bashing, insulting, demeaning and robbing. The disconnect is sickening.

Yes, Stetson Kennedy Is Still Alive: Labor and Civil Rights Legend at Stetson Wednesday

March 28, 2011 | FlaglerLive | Leave a Comment

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Stetson Kennedy, who unmasked the Ku Klux Klan after infiltrating it and remains a prominent voice for unions, labor and civil rights, gives a free lecture at Stetson University. He is 94.

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