Iowa Curtails Big Labor Monopoly Privileges
The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing found that, from 2020-2023, nearly half of the elections that were required to take place [...] simply did not occur.
Big Labor bosses in Wisconsin are getting nervous. You can sense it from this Associated Press story lamenting that the unions may have bite off more than they can chew by attemtping to recall Gov. Scott Walker. AP quotes Greg Junemann, boss of the Professional and Technical Engineers union as saying “If we lose, it’s a shot in the mouth. We can survive it, but we’ll be reeling.”
“After devoting so much effort, energy and funds to the recall, unions have to show positive results or it will be judged to be a sign of a weakened labor movement,” said Gary Chaison, professor of industrial relations at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. “If they can’t win in one of the most liberal states, where can they win?”
Good question. Now you know the stakes.
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The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing found that, from 2020-2023, nearly half of the elections that were required to take place [...] simply did not occur.
Personal income tax filers moving out of a forced-unionism state in 2023 reported a total of $187.6 billion in adjusted gross income (AGI) on the IRS forms they filed that year, or $95,163 per filer.
Gov. Hochul’s decision to back additional bloating of government pensions, despite the severe blow it will deal to already overburdened property taxpayers, as she seeks reelection this year is about Big Labor monopoly power and the extraordinary political power that it affords union bosses.