The Future of Labor?

In case you missed it, the cover story of yesterday's NY Times Magazine Section was about SEIU president Andy Stern and the rift dividing union leaders over the future direction of organized labor. The article has its problems, but it's worth a read.

To get a feel for the different perspectives on Stern's proposals, check out the AFL-CIO's "Strenghtening Our Movement" web page and SEIU's "Unite to Win" site.

Federal Sector "Pay-for-Performance"

Kevin Drum, from Washington Monthly, has an interesting blog entry about the Bush Administration's attempts to weaken federal employee unions. The new work rules for DHS employees will place restrictions on their collective bargaining rights and will tie employees' compensation and promotions to performance evaluations.

Look for AFGE, NTEU and other unions to file a lawsuit to stop these regulations from taking effect and see AFGE's website for more information about how the president's plan affects unions in the public sector.

First Timers

So, we're in the midst of redesigning our law firm's website and we figured, why not a blog?

This is where we'll post news about our firm for clients, the general public, and any other interested parties. Heck, we'll even let opposing counsel get a glimpse of what it's like working for the good guys.

The ambitious side of us intends to try to post about recent developments in labor law and related topics. There are already some bloggers out there doing great work on these issues (see, i.e., Nathan Newman), but we will do what we can to increase labor's voice in the blogosphere.

Later.