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State Teacher Union Strength and Student Achievement While grass-roots opponents of compulsory unionism tend to focus on the simple unfairness of laws and legislation under which the individual employee’s Right to Work is contingent on forking over dues or fees…
TheNortheast is getting older, and it’s going to cost them In 1990, Florida had already long been established as a mecca for retirees weary of snow and ice, and, with a median age of 36.2, according to the U.S. Census…
Rex Obama and SCOTUS’ Labor Pains : The Freeman : Foundation … It seems incredible that two and a quarter centuries after the Constitution was ratified, it is falling upon the U.S. Supreme Court this fall to determine whether or not the…
Teacher pensions are a bad deal for teachers- Public Sector Inc… A new study prepared for the Manhattan Institute (MI) by Marcus Winters and Josh McGee, and summarized in a post last week for the MI’s Public Sector Inc. blog…
Big labor’s federal union violence exemption has cost workers their lives The Daily Caller Online, August 30, 2013 Many Americans believe that union violence is a thing from a long-ago era in labor relations. Sadly, on Labor Day 2013,…
Right-to-Work Debate Heats Up in Missouri – The Missourian: State … As I often point out in blog posts on this web page, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) hands union officials a number of extraordinary special privileges vis-a-vis employees as well as employers.…
Mark Mix, President, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But as union bosses rush for face time to show they “stand with workers,” what is often forgotten on Labor Day…
Economic Growth and Right-to-Work Laws[Mackinac Center] Today many supporters and practically all opponents of Right to Work laws focus on the question of whether or not such statutes and constitutional amendments lead to higher incomes and more job creation. But…
Paul Kersey of the Illinois Policy Institute, has published a book explaining the weakening of union power in Illinois, a bastion of compulsory unionism. Scott Reeder has the story in the Northwest Herald. For years, organized labor has boasted of…
The California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) is protesting San Bernardino’s bankruptcy case, pointing out it’s theirjob to protect the pension fund.Who protects taxpayers from CalPERS and union officials who demand more and more money from taxpayers and unwilling union…