Banning Compulsory Dues Curbs Cost of Living
On average, forced-unionism states are 23.2% more expensive to live in than Right to Work states. And decades of academic research show that compulsory unionism actually fosters a higher cost of living.
Is Chicago Doomed to Become the Next Detroit?
With CTU President Stacy Davis Gates calling the shots, taxpayer costs for Chicago schools are skyrocketing even as educational outcomes get worse and worse. But the miserable status quo works for Big Labor politicians.
Big Labor-Ruled Illinois Headed For Collapse
Year after year, Big Labor-dominated Illinois is losing taxpaying citizens to states where union bosses wield less unwarranted power. That’s now true of neighboring Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri and Wisconsin.
Union Monopolists on the Defensive in Virginia
In November 2021, Virginians elected a governor, Glenn Youngkin, and a House majority opposed to monopolistic unionism in government. And this year all 40 of the state’s Senate seats are potentially up for grabs. (Credit: Rachel Leppert, Youngkin for Governor/…
Big Labor Collection Racket Under Fire
Dade County teacher union kingpin Karla Hernandez-Mats brazenly skims dues from Florida teachers’ paychecks long after they’ve resigned from her radical organization. But a pending state labor-law reform should force her to stop. (Credit: Karla Hernandez-Mats/ Wikimedia Commons) With Committee’s…
Union Monopolists Shield K-12 Sexual Predators
At least “16 subsequent criminal charges have been filed” against adults affiliated with the school district “for sex-related crimes by prosecuting agencies.”
Stubbornly Clinging to Florida Teachers’ Wallets
Gov. DeSantis is vowing to help public educators cut off all financial support for government unions they don’t support.
Fighting Right to Work, and Math, in Michigan
Right to Work Michigan’s Factory Job Growth Over Double the U.S. Average
More and More Teachers Exercise Janus Rights
The Janus-facilitated decline in the NEA union bosses’ empire has accelerated over time. In the 2021-22 academic year alone, the NEA union’s working membership fell by just over 40,000,