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Government Unions Archives

A Big Labor Bronx Cheer to New York Commuters and Taxpayers
June 25

A Big Labor Bronx Cheer to New York Commuters and Taxpayers

Union-label Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other New York politicians are feeling the heat. The Albany-based Empire Center for Public Policy’s recent analyses of out-of-control overtime costs at New York City’s taxpayer-funded Metropolitan…

Taxpayers Spend Billions Subsidizing Unions
March 6

Taxpayers Spend Billions Subsidizing Unions

‘Billing Taxpayers For Union Work Is Our Right’ Veterans Affairs human resources officer Jacquelyn Hayes-Byrd: Union “official time” harms sick veterans. Credit: VA.GOV So-Called ‘Official Time’ Negatively Affects Patient Care Less than a week after Donald Trump was elected as…

Many Government Employees Remain in Compulsory Situation
October 8

Many Government Employees Remain in Compulsory Situation

Janus, in which Right to Work staff attorney Bill Messenger (right, pictured here with Committee President Mark Mix) was the plaintiff’s lead counsel, established one key thing: Government-sector forced union fees are unconstitutional. Freedom of Association Only Partially Protected Government…

Government Should Stop Collecting Dues for Union Bosses
September 24

Government Should Stop Collecting Dues for Union Bosses

n a 2014 open letter to Alabama teacher union officials, former state teacher union President Paul Hubbert admitted that the loss of automatic “payroll deduction” privileges was a key reason the union’s finances were deteriorating rapidly. Credit: AP file photo/…

Government Union Bosses Bankrupting States
June 21

Government Union Bosses Bankrupting States

Four-and-a-half decades ago, government union boss Victor Gotbaum acknowledged that, in the public sector, Big Labor determines who sits on one side of the bargaining table, and heavily influences who sits on the other. Credit: AP File Photo ‘We Have…

June 29

Government Union-Boss Plunder in the Garden State

According to the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation, state and local taxes combined consume a total of 12.2% of New Jersey residents’ personal income. That’s the third heaviest state-local tax burden in the U.S. And, as a news analysis appearing…

The ‘Official Time’ in Right To Work Virginia Approaches
January 13

The ‘Official Time’ in Right To Work Virginia Approaches

This year, Right to Work legislative staffers will confer with members of the Virginia state Senate and House of Delegates to discuss the best way to move forward legislation barring public employers from cutting deals to compensate public employees or third parties for union activities.

A Burden Too Great, Even For ‘Big Shoulders’
January 7

A Burden Too Great, Even For ‘Big Shoulders’

Chicago Buckling Under the Weight of Government-Union-Boss Abuses (source: National Right to Work December 2015 Newsletter) A little over a century after it was memorialized by poet Carl Sandburg as the “City of the Big Shoulders,” Chicago is struggling…

Why Are Louisiana Government Officials Collecting Union Dues For Big Labor?
October 16

Why Are Louisiana Government Officials Collecting Union Dues For Big Labor?

Even in Right to Work states, where Big Labor lacks compulsory-dues privileges, government union officials often wield inordinate power in the policy-making process. And taxpayers, students and other people who depend on public services, and independent-minded employees whose interests don’t…

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