Post Janus: An Opportunity, and a Challenge
Post Janus: An Opportunity, and a Challenge
A first step, but only the first step, in the fight against public employee unions. It’s arguably the greatest blow for liberty since the 1964 Civil Rights Act. When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down forced-union fees for government workers yesterday in its Janus v. AFSCME decision, labor leaders shivered while liberty lovers loudly cheered.
By Matt Patterson
Farmworkers and the New Civil Rights Struggle – Decertification of Bad Unions
Farmworkers and the New Civil Rights Struggle – Decertification of Bad Unions
Summary: It’s a basic civil right: the ability of union members to get rid of a union if it no longer serves its members effectively. Today, that right is being denied to a group of farmworkers in California by officials who refuse to count the votes the workers cast in a decertification election. That denial...
By Matt Patterson