Public Safety Compensation and Public Safety

By Edward Ring
02/26/2020
Public sector unions are by far the most powerful special interest in California. And they are united in their goal to pay themselves as much or more than public agencies can afford, which shields unionized public servants from the worst effects of the laws (which they almost always support) that have made California’s cost-of-living the...

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Los Angeles Department of Monopoly and Power

By Larry Sand
02/23/2016
Educating students is far from the #1 priority of the school board and the teachers union in LA. On February 11th, LA School Report released an internal Los Angeles Unified School District document which stated that just 54 percent of seniors in LA are on track to graduate. The drop off from 74 percent last...

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Moral Values That Underlie Opposition to Government Unions

By Edward Ring
10/13/2015
Often missing from entirely legitimate criticism of government unions is an accompanying explanation of the moral values that underlie the criticism. Last month we published a post entitled “Deceptive and Misleading Claims – How Government Unions Fool the Public,” which listed ten myths that government unions use repeatedly in their propaganda campaigns. Missing in that...

TAGS: California Teachers Association, government pension funds, government unions, labor movement, public sector unions, Vergara lawsuit

Deceptive and Misleading Claims – How Government Unions Fool the Public

By Edward Ring
09/08/2015
California’s public sector unions collect and spend well over $1.0 billion per year. When you have that much money, you can hire thousands of skilled professionals to wage campaigns, litigate, lobby, negotiate, and communicate. You can hire the best public relations firms money can buy. You can commission research studies that spin facts to support...

TAGS: California Teachers Association, government pension funds, government unions, labor movement, public sector unions, Vergara lawsuit

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Statistical Review of United States Drought Monitor

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