Politicians Accelerate Chicago’s Race to Ruin
Chicago's financial crisis deepens due to reckless union-backed legislation increasing pension liabilities, with leaders failing to take corrective action.

Andy Stern is living in a world of delusion. According to the soon-to-be retiring union boss and President Obama confidant, forced unionism “is the greatest middle-class, job-creating mechanism that we have ever had in America that doesn’t cost tax payers a dime.”
Is he kidding? From Project Labor Agreement kickback schemes to bailouts of mismanaged union pension funds, Big Labor has become a drain on taxpayers. Who was it that was rallying in front of the capitol building in Illinois this week chanting for higher tax rates for government union member raises? Public workers union bosses are bankrupting the country. Mr. Stern, who do you think pays their salaries and benefits packages?
Chicago's financial crisis deepens due to reckless union-backed legislation increasing pension liabilities, with leaders failing to take corrective action.
Since Big Labor-backed legislation repealing Right to Work protections for employees went into effect in early 2024, the state has gone from adding jobs to losing them.
A July 9 ESPN news story documents what appears to be a remarkably cozy relationship between top bosses of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA/AFLCIO) union and the NFL.