Archive for January 2016
In Forced-Unionism States, State and Local Taxes Consume an Average of 10.8% of Personal Income
Taken in conjunction with personal income data supplied by the U.S. Commerce Department, data from a report on “Tax Freedom Day 2015” published by the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation last…
Read MoreWhy Are Breadwinners Fleeing West Virginia and Other Forced-Unionism States?
The vehemently anti-Right to Work Economic Policy Institute (EPI) has issued a new briefing paper suggesting that it’s impossible to say  whether or not enactment of a state Right to…
Read MoreFriedrichs’ Oral Arguments Completed
Richard Wolf, USA Today Online, reports on the now closed oral arguments in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case before the Supreme Court. The case could free public sector…
Read MoreWhy We Should End Compulsory Union Dues
In her own words, Rebecca Friedrichs explains why the Supreme Court should end compulsory unionism for all, on cnn.com. Rebecca Friedrichs is the lead plaintiff in Friedrichs v. CTA. The Supreme…
Read More“AGENCY SHOP”: Union Dues Required, Competence Ignored
“AGENCY SHOPâ€: Union Dues Required, Competence Ignored Charleen Sciambi, a 13-year veteran California teacher honored in 1983 as the state’s best “Foreign Language Teacher of the yearâ€, was fired for…
Read MoreCan Forced-Unionism Apologists Handle the Truth?
In an op-ed published this week regarding a landmark legal case about to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California, Irvine School…
Read MoreOut-Migration of Residents From Forced-Dues States Accelerated Last Year
On December 22, a U.S. Census Bureau data release(see the first link below for more information) revealed an acceleration of the massive exodus of employees, prospective employees, and their families…
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