Archive for October 2016
Roads Worse in Forced-Unionism States
As the National Institute for Labor Relations Research reported early this year (see the first link below for more information), state and local taxes consume, on average, a 25% higher share of personal income in forced-unionism states than in Right to Work states. What do residents of Big Labor-dominated states get in exchange for all…
Read MorePhiladelphia Union Bully & Clinton Crony Breaks Electrician’s Nose
In a lawsuit filed early this week, Philadelphian Joshua Keesee, who owns and runs a small, union-freeelectrical contracting business, charges that union bigwig John Dougherty sucker punched him and broke his nosein January.When that failed to cowKeesee to Dougherty’s satisfaction, the business manager of Local 98 of the InternationalBrotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) union and…
Read MoreNLRB 3-0, Exclusivity a Thing of Value, No Forced Fees
Who benefits from the federal labor laws that authorize union officials to act as the “exclusive” (monopoly) bargaining agents of all the front-line employees in a business with regard to their pay, benefits, and work rules? Early this year, three of President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) appointees were confronted with this question.…
Read MoreGovernment Union Bosses Battle to Keep Massachusetts Teachers Under Their Control
From the 2000-2001 through the 2015-2016 school years, enrollment in charter schools across the U.S. skyrocketed from 400,000 to 2.9 million. During the 2015-2016 academic year alone, more than 400 new charter schools opened. Charters are public institutions that furnish their services to K-12 schoolchildren free of charge, but are subject to fewer regulations than…
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