Quinn’s Copycat Play Still Leaves Taxpayers on the Hook

By: Matt Batzel (Diary)  |  February 20th at 04:00 PM  | 

Promoted from the diaries By Sarah Gough and Matt Batzel Don’t look now but it looks like Gov. Quinn is stealing a page from the Wisconsin budget playbook.  Facing an ongoing fiscal crisis, Quinn is looking to move the teacher’s pension expense off of the state’s budget by having suburban and Downstate school districts start contributing to their teacher pensions.  This move is similar to | Read More »

Ticking Time Bomb: Ongoing Labor Dispute Shows the Problem With Union Pensions

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  April 17th at 11:35 AM  | 

In Orange, CT, there have been two arrests over the last few weeks (the most recent on Saturday afternoon) in front of Dichello Distributors, where there is an ongoing labor battle between Teamsters, Local 443 and the company. The issue is over the company’s desire to exit the Teamsters’ grossly underfunded multi-employer pension plan, as well as asking union members to pay 10% of their | Read More »