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Episode: Labor Relations Radio, E114âFrank Ricci on How Unions are Quietly Embedding Costly Social-Justice Programs Into Contracts
Description: Frank Ricci, a Labor Fellow at Yankee Institute, Retired Union President for New Haven (CT) Fire Fighters, and Battalion Chief, returns to Labor Relations Radio to discuss how teachersâ unions and their progressive counterparts are using the collective bargaining process to put costly social-justice programs into contracts under the nose of taxpayers.In Boston, Ricci wrote recently, teachersâ union president Jessica Tang announced they secured âan unprecedented $50 million to commence bolstering the affordable housing that Boston students and families require.âThe Boston contract is being utilized as a template by the AFL-CIO to advance housing and âenviron...