Unions Heal Thyself
Nicole Gelinas looks at how big labor monopoly power has bankrupted cities and the end result is their retirees are getting the shaft because of it. Imagine you’re a retiree with chronic health problems on a fixed income, but…
A house of cards, this idea
Crain’s New York takes the New York City Council to task for wasting taxpayer money in order to help the union bosses:…
Big Labor Massachusetts Governor Wastes Taxpayers' Money
The 2.8 million members and supporters of the National Right to Work Committee and many other like-minded Americans oppose union-only “project labor agreements” (or PLAs) on taxpayer-funded projects primarily because they force nonunion companies to impose union monopoly bargaining on…
Monopolistic Teacher Unionism Is 'Strangling Policies That Could Help Student Achievement'
In a post for the National Review’s Corner blog this morning (see the link below), Andrew Stiles discusses a new paper by Sally Lovejoy and Chad Miller of the American Action Forum that analyzes the impact on educational outcomes of…
California Supreme Court Violates Basic Constitutional Rights
Sean Higgins looks at an outrageous decision by the California Supreme Court that found that employees must pay union dues even if they are not in the union and the union has the right to your personal, private information:…
Public-Sector Forced Union Dues in Maryland: Cui Bono?
During his six years as Maryland governor, Big Labor politician Martin O’Malley has repeatedly pushed for passage of and signed into law measures expanding the power of the Free State’s government union officials to force public servants to fork over…
Childcare Providers Are Not State Workers
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and members of the state legislature will force thousands of home health care workers into unions if a judge allows the scheme to go into place. The legislature, in a blatant payback to the SEIU and AFSCME…
Overreaching for Big Labor
The liberal Minnesota Star Tribune takes state Democrats to task for trying to reward union bosses with the forced unionization of Minnesota child care providers: If a child care provider union comes to pass, some of the $207 million…
Union-Label Politicians in Minnesota Eager to Corral Independent Day-Care Providers Into Unions
As even pro-forced unionism legislators in the Land of 10,000 Lakes acknowledge, in-home child care workers and in-home personal care attendants are not public employees. Nevertheless, government union bosses are demanding enactment of a bill empowering them to force thousands…