Is Union Reform Partisan?

By Editor
03/30/2011
Advocates of public sector union reform have long been accused of playing partisan politics, but the data suggests it is the unions, not the reformers, who are political partisans. According to OpenSecrets.org, a nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit research group tracking money in U.S. politics, just the top 20 labor unions over the past 20 years...

Union Watch Highlights

By Jack Dean
03/29/2011
Florida state workers flock to Capitol for ‘death-match’ over pensions, privatization By Bill Cotterell, March 29, 2011, Florida Today Hundreds of green-clad government employees converged on the Capitol today for a “death match” lobbying effort to protect their pensions, maintain payroll deduction of union dues and fight privatization of state services. Members of the American...

Teacher Union Leaders Go Public and Confirm Their Fecklessness

By Larry Sand
03/28/2011
Weingarten is schooled by WSJ’s Jason Riley; Van Roekel is clueless as usual. The National Education Association and the American Federation of teachers represent over 4.5 million teachers and educational support workers across the United States. These two unions have been under attack for the past few years by reformers who point to their slavish...

TAGS: American Federation of Teachers, Dennis Van Roekel, National Education Association, Randi Weingarten

Teachers Unions and Truth: Rarely Does the Twain Meet

By Larry Sand
03/23/2011
Misinformation is at the heart of unionspeak. Public school teachers have been told for years that they are only respected by the general public because Big Union fights for them and gets them that respect. However, the opposite would appear to be true. America still loves its teachers…the good ones, that is. They don’t like...

TAGS: Andrew Coulson, Dennis Van Roekel, Michael Lovenheim, Mike Petrilli, National Education Association, teachers unions

Unions Threaten Wisconsin Businesses

By Mike Shedlock
03/23/2011
In Wisconsin, unions have not yet gotten the message that taxpayers have had enough. In the wake of much needed legislation signed by Governor Walker, Unions Threaten Wisconsin Businesses. Here is a snip of a letter sent to Mr. Tom Ellis, President of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation: Dear Mr. Ellis: As you undoubtedly know, Governor...

Union Watch Highlights

By Jack Dean
03/22/2011
Recession of 2008 Exposed True Cost of Public Employee Unions By Tad DeHaven, March 21, 2011, Washington Examiner A silver lining in the dark cloud of the recession that began in 2008 is that it has awakened the nation’s beleaguered private-sector work force to the fact that government employees are prospering at their expense. For...

Union Power Destroys Working Families

By Editor
03/22/2011
A great irony of American politics is that the agenda of the left, especially big labor, causes more economic harm than good to the average American worker. Explaining this irony is not easy, but a contributor to the Washington Times, Doug Ross, did a pretty good job yesterday in his guest column entitled “Union members...

Collective Bargaining is a Privilege, not a Right

By Dave Bego
03/18/2011
Collective bargaining in the private sector is a time-honored and respected means of resolving differences between a company’s employees, who have organized willingly absent union intimidation, and the ownership/management of a private company. Collective bargaining is productive when conducted in a civilized manner, free of coercion, and not for political gain. Unfortunately, collective bargaining in...

TAGS: difference between public and private sector unions

Union Backed Miami Mayor Recalled

By Mike Shedlock
03/17/2011
Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Alvarez and Commissioner Natacha Seijas were ousted in recall votes. Both voted for huge tax hikes that will saddle county taxpayers for years to come. This should serve as a warning shot to union sympathizers that taxpayers have had enough. Please consider Alvarez, Seijas trounced in Miami-Dade recall election With almost all...

Unions Ignore Pension Realities

By Steven Greenhut
03/16/2011
There’s no getting away from the pension issue these days or from the fact that the state’s pension system is on the brink of disaster unless pensions for state and local workers are pared back dramatically. The only people in denial these days are the Brown administration and the state’s legislative leaders, as their response...