Even many state policymakers who acknowledge that the hate-the-boss class warfare waged by bosses of private sector unions has a detrimental impact on business investment and job creation discount the fact that government union-boss excesses typically cause the same problems.
Their recent electoral efforts, including one culminating just a few weeks ago, to install a majority of identified forced-unionism apologists on the state Supreme Court have fallen short so far. But Badger State government union chiefs are still holding out…
Earlier this week, Washington Examiner opinion writer Sean Higgins reviewed Wisconsin Labor Department data to get an updated picture on how the state’s government union bosses are faring in the wake of Act 10, Gov. Scott Walker’s 2011 budget-repair law…
Last year, State Rep. Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake), a staunch foe of compulsory unionism, led the charge in his chamber of the Michigan Legislature for the Right to Work measure signed into law in December by GOP Gov. Rick Snyder. Among…
Regardless of their general opinion of Pennsylvania Democratic politician Michael Nutter, the people of Philadelphia undoubtedly agree overwhelmingly that, as their duly elected mayor, he should be able to address the city council without being drowned out by a mob.
More and more elected officials across the country are coming to recognize the unsurprising fact that public policies promoting monopolistic unionism in the workplace are harmful to employees, employers and consumers. And laws empowering one union to act as the…
Last week, American Interest blogger Walter Russell Mead commented on an extraordinary unfolding battle in the Golden State. As Mead explained in a March 6 post (linked below), the battle is a consequence of San Diego voters’ overwhelming approval last…
Union-label President Barack Obama and his allies in Congress have ferociously opposed legislative efforts to mitigate the potentially disruptive impact of the automatic federal spending cuts coming with sequestration. The White House is making it clear it does not want…
Investor’s Business Daily editorializes about how the federal government is ripping off taxpayers to pay $100,000+ salaries to union officials who do no work whatsoever for the government. This scam, which is especially maddening at a time when the U.S.