West Virginia Teachers, Parents: We’re Scared To Disagree With Striking Teachers Unions
Teachers’ unions use children as bargaining chips, intimidating legislatures into giving them endless political power. So what do parents and teachers think of them when they can be honest?
Rahm Emanuel’s Decline Mirrors The Democratic Party’s Identity Crisis
The party is a shrunken core of holdover urban machine politicians being overtaken by an activist base on the far left.
Minnesota Employees Wrest Union Dues Back Thanks To Supreme Court Decision
Two Minnesotans will receive union dues filched without their consent thanks to a Supreme Court decision this year that said no American may be forced to pay unions as a condition of government employment.
Today’s The Perfect Day To Remember Poland’s Working-Class Revolt Against Communism
Lech Walesa turns 75 in September and 35 years ago won the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s probably the most important labor leader of our era.
6 Big Changes Coming To Public Schools And Politics Thanks To The Supreme Court’s Union Smashdown
Every state is now essentially a right to work state. It’s not an overstatement to say this ruling is a death knell for unions as we know them, and will dramatically change Democratic politics.
Union Pressure Tactics Like Their Giant Rat Balloon Prove They’re Not The Good Guys
When I see a giant rat with red eyes and foul yellowish fangs, my knee-jerk response is: These are not the good guys.
Supreme Court Ruling On Forced Union Dues Caps Term That’s All About Compelled Speech
Janus v. AFSCME caps a Supreme Court term that is surprisingly of the moment, given how long cases take to make their way to the court.
Federalist Radio On Janus Vs. AFSCME, Ocasio’s Victory, And Bad Country Music
Mary Katharine Ham and Emily Jashinsky host the Federalist Radio Hour to talk about primary election upsets, Wednesday’s SCOTUS Ruling, and more.
French President’s Push For People To Work For A Living Is A Cautionary Tale For America
An economy cannot thrive if employers aren’t permitted to fire their employees and if businesses aren’t free to solve problems internally.
A Cautionary Tale From Texas About How Cities Hide Debt And Deflate The Economy
Politicians can make promises without having to worry about transparency or its consequences, like honesty and effectiveness. Thus, America is drowning in state and local debt.
Why Pay Full Pensions To Unions That Bankrupted Taxpayers Pockets And Kids’ Minds?
The cumulative debt for all public pension systems is at $5.599 trillion, or $46,884 per household. Most is for teachers, whose unions have for years resisted improvements for kids.
Black Leaders Rip NAACP, Black Lives Matter For Opposing School Choice
Former Black Lives Matter St. Paul leader Rashid Turner says ‘the Black Lives Matter movement has been co-opted. It’s been hijacked by others’ into a movement that opposes things that help black kids.
Video: Union Officials Volunteer To Shield Abusive Teacher
A new video project from guerrilla filmmaker James O’Keefe proves just how ideologically inconsistent many who discuss the campus rape phenomena are.
How Racism And Nativism Enabled The New Deal
A new book romanticizes the New Deal, but fails to grasp how such a liberal watershed doubled down on Jim Crow and anti-immigrant sentiment.
Unions Have Less Effect On Wages Than You Think
The middle class has shrunk primarily because Americans have gotten richer. Unions don’t appear to have anything to do with that, or wages in general.
Rob Ford, Toronto’s Finest Mayor, Dead At 46
Toronto’s former mayor Rob Ford was known for his crazy antics. But he should be known for taking on public unions and corruption — and winning.
James Sherk Explains How Labor Unions Are Like Cartels
On the Federalist Radio Hour we talk labor unions, the media’s lockstep reporting on Planned Parenthood, and news from the NFL.
We All Know What Unions Don’t: They’re History
President Obama’s Worker’s Voice Summit focused on archaic employment ideas instead of the innovations that are creating and improving jobs.
Surprise! Hillary Clinton’s Favorite Chart Is Totally Wrong About Worker Compensation
It is a powerful argument. It also withers under scrutiny.
Where Have All The Unions Gone?
Unions are losing members and public sympathy, and instead of polishing off our ballads, we should ask why that’s happening.
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