Forced Unionism Linked to Public-Payroll Bloat
Taxpayers Suffer Dearly, But Most Public Servants Benefit Little (Click here to download the July 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter)…
Taxpayers Suffer Dearly, But Most Public Servants Benefit Little (Click here to download the July 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter)…
The Washington Examiner finds there are 19 cities with larger government worker to population ratios than Detroit where city workers accounted for the largest employer: Detroit declared bankruptcy due in no small part to $3 billion in unfunded public employee…
Nicole Gelinas looks at how big labor monopoly power has bankrupted cities and the end result is their retirees are getting the shaft because of it. Imagine you’re a retiree with chronic health problems on a fixed income, but…
It’s a common refrain — As California goes, so goes the nation. Unfortunately, in the case of cities like Stockton, it may be true. …
Wall Street Journal reports “The Service Employees International Union has filed charges of financial misconduct against the New York-based head of its garment workers affiliate. SEIU spokeswoman Inga Skippings said Wednesday that the charges against Bruce Raynor would be handled…
A New York District Attorney is on a mission to clean out 50 years of mob influence in the LIUNA union (NY Daily News): Fresh from a record mob takedown, the feds have targeted one of the city’s most important…
The Daily News is reporting that Federal prosecutors have opened a criminal probe of allegations that union bosses conspired to paralyze the New York City in last week’s blizzard.
Americans overwhelming choose Right to Work freedom when they are given the choice. As Diana Furchtgott-Roth points out in her Real Clear Politics article, people prefer the choice to job or not a join…
Public Sector Employee Monopoly Bargaining Running Amok! Taxpayer funded federal, state, and municipal no-show jobs exist throughout the country. In 2002, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) union Local 12 had 9 such full-time union time jobs at the United States Department of Labor. These 9 union officials were working full-time on union activities as union employees and officers and never spent any time working as federal employees. Yet, they were paid by the federal government (taxpayers). In 2003, the NY-NJ Port Authority Police Department union was allowed to have four union officers/"police officers" spend their entire time working on union activity, and none for the Port Authority. Yet, the Port Authority paid their salaries and benefits. Now, during the NY City Big Snow Slowdown controversy, it comes to light that New York City taxpayers pay six (6) SEIU sanitation officers to work full time on union business, not city business. BigGovernment .com has the report: [Additional supporting information (to download complete supporting documentation packet, click here)] Big Labor and politicians across the United States have transferred union costs to taxpayers. For example, SEIU Local 444 (The Sanitation Officers Association, see related snow slowdown stories) has six full-time union officials who are paid full-time city benefits and salary, yet work 0.00% of the time for New York City. These Sanitation Officers are working on everything but New York City business – including political activities and golf outings – all on the taxpayers’ dime. SEIU Local 444 – NY City Contract Language (pertinent part)