Big Labor Gov. J.B. Pritzker (pictured with state teacher union czarina Kathi Griffin, a close political ally) is hiking taxes on all kinds of Illinoisans, including unionized workers whose forced dues and fees helped put him in office. Credit: J.B.
Union officials chalked up a staggering 3,633,290 hours of taxpayer-funded union time in 2016, at a cost to taxpayers of over $177 million in payroll costs alone for just that one year. This includes, for example, over $700,000 spent on travel expenses for union bosses in the Social Security Administration.
Force Oregon Taxpayers to Bankroll Unions? Beaver State Right to Work supporters face an uphill battle trying to keep a bill imposing direct taxpayer funding of government unions from reaching the desk of Big Labor Gov. Kate Brown (pictured). Credit:…
A new scholarly study shows convincingly that more extensive monopoly privileges and greater political clout for teacher union bosses result in worse educational outcomes at a higher cost to taxpayers. Credit: Henry Payne/Scripps Howard Union Monopolists Make Schools Less Effective…
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…
Teacher Union Chiefs Lower Educator Salaries Union bosses are culpable for the surge in public pension costs decried by education policy expert Chad Aldeman. Chart Bellwether Education Partners Big Labor Bosses Benefit, But ‘No Current or Future Teacher Wins’ Government…
The average resident of a Right to Work state is spending two weeks less time this year laboring to pay off his or her total tax burden than is the average compulsory-unionism state resident. This Year, Right to Work ‘Tax…
Steven Greenhut: “It’s no secret” that union bosses put longtime workers’ interests above those of “newbies.” (credit: SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE) ‘You Had No Reason to Expect’ Union Officials ‘Would Betray You’ Today more than 30 states have laws on the…