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…
In a new commentary for The Freeman (see the link below), pro-Right to Work economist Charles Baird opines that, with the adoption last year of the 23rd and 24th state Right to Work laws in Indiana and Michigan (!), respectively,…
Margaret Thatcher passed away early today. It’s been nearly a quarter-century since the “Iron Lady” stepped down as Great Britain’s prime minister, but, as Reason Magazine contributor Ira Stoll observes in the commentary linked below, she remains highly relevant…
James Sherk of the Heritage Foundation looks at big labor’s campaign to force private day care providers into paying union dues: As union membership has fallen, union organizers have become increasingly aggressive. They have now turned to organizing…
Jesse Jackson had no problem was marching alongside the International Socialist Organization to protest against Rahm Emanuel’s school closings. When a blogger asked about it, he was assaulted: The Chicago Teachers Union and the Chicago Police Department were obviously working in tandem last…
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…
On Monday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Klein cleared the way for Stockton, Calif., to file for bankruptcy, as the city of nearly 300,000 has been seeking to do for nine months. As of last summer, after trying for three years…
U.S. Census Bureau data have long shown a substantial net migration out of states in which employees may be compelled to join a union or pay union dues as a job condition to states that protect the individual employee’s freedom…
Mike Antonucci of the Education Intelligence Agency offers an excellent report (see the link below) on the latest news regarding the state of Indiana’s lawsuit against the National Education Association teacher union-affiliated Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) for “unlawful sale…