Why is Detroit the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy? Is the Motor City’s horrendous fiscal plight primarily a result of its own peculiar history and other special circumstances? Or are dozens, if not scores, of other…
WI Teacher Union Losing Its Teacher Healthcare Monopoly What happens when teachers are given a choice whether to join a union? Teachers in Kenosha, Wis., voted to decertify their union, the Kenosha Education…
Year after year, students in Big Labor controlled school systems get farther behind new study documents. Expanding on Terry Moe’s research in his book Special Interest.
Are police union bosses in California bullies? Judging by the ugly tone of the “playbook” used by the Upland law firm, which represents 120 police union locals across the Golden State in contract negotiations, many of them are. In a…
Amy Volk, a state representatives from Maine, makes an eloquent case why the state should adopt a Right to Work law: For years, an unhealthy alliance between Democratic politicians and labor…
Largely because of Big Labor-backed work rules that encourage healthy employees to retire in their early 50’s and cash in unused sick leave, vacation time, and even fringe benefits to jack up their pensions, Phoenix taxpayer costs for public-safety retirements…
What happens to government union bosses when they lose most of their monopoly privileges? The Badger State is now offering Americans across the country an opportunity to find out. A little over two years ago, Wisconsin legislators approved Act 10,…
Yesterday, Detroit, once a magnet for ambitious job seekers across the country, became the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy. As Detroit News columnist Daniel Howes discusses in the commentary linked below, a key factor in the Motor…
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…