A Green Light For Union-Free Job Training?
One of the key goals of the U.S. Department of Labor since President Donald Trump’s second term commenced in January 2025 has been to expand the number of apprenticeships in America to “at least a million.”
Union Pension Scandal
There is another union pension scandal brewing. A Hudson Institute study in September demonstrated that the union hierarchy’s staff plan is funded at over 95 percent, while the average funding percentage of a rank-and-file member’s pension plan is 79 percent. Not one of the staff pensions are on the Department of Labor’s list of critically underfunded pension plans, while more than half of rank-and-file pension plans are endangered. The evidence is clear, the bosses are padding their pockets while leaving the rank-and-file out to hang.
