More Evidence Maine Should Adopt Right To Work; It Works
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…
Greedy Government Union Bosses Dead Set on Ousting Pro-Taxpayer City Councilman in Arizona
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…
Stripped of Their Monopoly Privileges, Government Union Chiefs in Wisconsin See Their Empire Shrink
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,…
Detroit Bankruptcy Filing a 'Stunning Rebuke' to Government Union Bosses and Their Puppet Politicians
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…
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…
'Unfunded Future Pension and Healthcare Liabilities Are Future Taxes That Are at This Point Unknown'
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.
Wisconsin Teacher Union Officials 'Have a Lot of Soul-Searching to Do'
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…
It's Likely That 'a Lot' of Wisconsin Workers 'Didn't Want to Belong to a Union in the First Place'
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…