A new study by a group of Stanford University graduate students, the shortfall facing California’s public pension systems could reach more than half a trillion dollars over the next decade and a half. Government employee unions…
The potential bankruptcy of California’s government hasn’t stopped the politicians from demanding taxpayers pay more for public works projects by ensuring only Big Labor-backed construction firms get the work. By demanding Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) politicians drive up the cost of construction…
The Los Angeles Times reports that two labor unions in California have spent a remarkable $318 million influencing public officials in the last decade. The Teacher Association spent $211.8 million and the California State Council of Service Employees spent…
With California on the brink of bankruptcy, you would think that elected officials would be looking to save taxpayers money rather than paying more than they have to for the cost of construction. You would be wrong.
With California on the brink of bankruptcy, you would think that elected officials would be looking to save taxpayers money rather than paying more than they have to for the cost of construction. You would be wrong.
As government unions grow more powerful than private sector unions, in part because of their ability to force workers into unions through a “card check” process, the drain on taxpayers continues to grow. California is a shining example.
The National Right to Work Committee (NRTWC) released its first Obama Personnel Alert of 2010 exposing the ongoing failure of President Obama’s ethics pledge and executive order as it relates to ethics and transparency in his administration. According to…
The United Teachers Union of Los Angeles has filed suit over the establishment of a charter school campus designed to relief classroom overcrowding at a local high school that was the basis of the movie Stand and Deliver. Union officials…
A California state worker hopes to recover from a bloody brawl at a union hall. He says members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000 beat him up and sent him to the hospital all because he wanted to expose…