public-sector monopoly bargaining Archives

December 7

Does Government-Sector Union Monopoly Bargaining Really Result in a 'More Satisfied and Productive Workforce'?

On November 30, the U.S. Supreme Court granted a request from the Obama Administration that U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli be allowed to participate in the High Court oral arguments now scheduled for the morning of January 11, 2016. The…

February 28

Union Bosses: We Prefer More Teacher Layoffs, Based on Seniority Alone, Over Fewer Layoffs, Based on Individual Performance

Fewer and fewer parents are willing to put or keep their kids in Newark Public Schools (NPS), the struggling, state-administered district located in New Jersey’s largest city. As a consequence of parents’ fleeing the city, or, alternatively, putting their children…

December 16

Scranton Public-Safety Union Bosses Urge Court to 'Throw Out the Rulebook'

State labor law and the courts in Pennsylvania are heavily biased in favor of government union bosses, but they have yet to furnish police and fire union officials in Scranton, located in the northeastern part of the Keystone State, with…