6 days agoSally Pipes: Union workers, be careful what you wish for – 2020 Dems might ruin your excellent health benefitsUnion workers have some of the best health benefits around. "Medicare-for-All" would take those benefits away -- and lead to long waits for poor-quality care.
August 5California teachers union has spent $4.3M in 2019 to try to stymie charter schools: reportThe California Teachers Association (CTA) has spent more than $4.3 million on lobbying this year in an effort to overhaul the state's charter school program and slow its growth, according to a report.
August 4Ohio city's ban on hiring smokers, vapers could be 'slippery slope,' some fearMore bad news for smokers and vapers: The city of Dayton, Ohio, says it will no longer hire anyone who uses nicotine or tobacco.
August 2Big Labor warns 2020 Dems: Don't take union workers' support for grantedBig Labor warned Democratic presidential contenders Wednesday against taking union support for granted, adding that Dems would need to be more honest about the party’s record on workers’ rights, reports said.
June 26John Tillman: Lessons from a blue state in the post-Janus worldThomas Jefferson said, “to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhor[s] is sinful and tyrannical.”
June 21Matthew Brouillette: Janus vs. Obergefell -- Are union fees different from same-sex marriage?State lawmakers nationwide should act swiftly to assure public workers that their rights stand protected by state law.
June 20Ashley Varner: Supreme Court opened the door a crack with Janus decision but unions still block way to freedomOne year ago, as the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to issue its landmark right-to-work ruling in Janus v. AFSCME, labor leaders around the country complained to anyone who would listen that banning mandatory dues and/or agency fees for government workers would put a nail in the coffin of public-sector unions.
June 11Aaron Withe: 2020 Dems are courting unions and it doesn't bode well for regular AmericansIt’s high time for unions to emulate other private-sector benefit providers who compete in the free market.
June 8Trade union holds up Silicon Valley residential project over potential threat to birdsA California trade union is seeking to block a major residential construction project in the heart of housing-starved Silicon Valley, claiming there will be a bloodbath of birds due to the proposed building's reflective windows.
May 10Big Labor group tweets 'guillotine' joke after Delta Air Lines CEO opposes unionization effortsThe AFL-CIO, the largest labor organization in the U.S., came under fire Thursday after tweeting a parody version of a real Delta Air Lines print ad that suggested that workers could find other uses for the $700 a year they would spend on union dues. The parody ad suggests that the workers could instead spend $1,200 to build a guillotine -- perhaps implying that the device would be used on company executives.
