Rich States; Poor States
As states face their toughest budgetary climates in a generation, the authors of a new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) point out what states should do to alleviate the fiscal pain, and also…
World Turns Upside Down
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports “New Jersey’s public employee labor unions, long seen as a potent political force and often depicted as an 800-pound gorilla looming over the Statehouse, are running short of friends in Trenton…Democratic labor…
Public-Sector Union Bosses Don’t Care Whether or Not New Jersey Goes Under
(Source: March 2010 Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed) Chris Christie, New Jersey’s freshly minted GOP governor, made national news on February 11 in an address to the state Legislature regarding his proposal to balance the Fiscal…
‘Voters Don’t Know Anything About These Issues’
Big Labor Official Lashes Out at Opponents of Union-Only PLAs (Source: March 2010 NRTWC Newsletter) Big Labor and its pliant politicians from President Barack Obama on down are facing passionate opposition from ordinary citizens and mounting legal concerns as they…
Boss Stern and the SEIU Want Your 401K
MoneyNews.com looks at the SEIU’s campaign to “centralize” all retirement plans, including your own 401K, under a new “retirement system”: The SEIU, which was integral to the election of Barack Obama as president, is working with the…
New Government Agencies Fresh Supply of Forced-Union Dues
Big Labor will have a field day unionizing, often by force, workers in the following 159 new boards, bureaucracies, and programs created by the health care reform bill.
Right to Work Laws ‘Have a Positive Impact’
Eminent Economist Gauges Benefits of Banning Forced Unionism (Source: March 2010 NRTWC Newsletter) A new scholarly article by eminent economist Richard Vedder constitutes an important addition to the already formidable array of evidence that state Right to Work laws increase…
Bosses Don't Care About Taxpayers
Mark Mix wades into New Jersey to point out that the union bosses of the state care about one thing — padding their pockets with money from the taxpayers, come hell, high water or bankruptcy. Pointing out that…
Bosses Don't Care About Taxpayers
Mark Mix wades into New Jersey to point out that the union bosses of the state care about one thing — padding their pockets with money from the taxpayers, come hell, high water or bankruptcy. Pointing out that…