Move Over, Chris Christie: Wisconsin’s Walker Gives Public-Sector Unions Some Tough Love

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  February 12th at 10:00 AM  | 

He’s been in office for less than two months, but it’s become clear that newly-elected Governor Scott Walker plans on cleaning up Wisconsin’s fiscal house and public-sector unions are not too happy. Wisconsin, according to the Sunshine Review… …[F]aces an estimated $58 million shortfall in its Medicaid budget, according to a new memo released this week by the Legislative Fiscal Bureau. This comes after the | Read More »

Viva la Union? Breaking the Stranglehold of Government Unions Before It’s Too Late.

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 25th at 12:00 PM  | 

Last week, it was revealed that the government workers’ union AFSCME is spending $87.5 million to try to keep Democrats from being defeated on November 2nd. Interestingly, some people seemed shocked by this. They really shouldn’t be though. For decades, America’s union bosses have touted a desire to be more like their European counterparts and they’ve figured out the only way for them to accomplish | Read More »

Unions Throw a Fit, Taxpayers Take the Hit…

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  May 14th at 12:25 PM  | 

In a union city like Philadelphia, it really shouldn’t come as a shock that when unions pitch fits, politicians’ knees buckle, and taxpayers end up paying the price. A few months ago, we posted on Philadelphia’s proposed soda tax that drew union protests by the Teamsters.  To be clear, we also believe the soda tax idea is a stupid idea–sort of like tea taxes were | Read More »

Menaces to Society? Reason Gives Three Reasons How Public-Sector Unions Are Killing the Economy

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  March 31st at 12:32 PM  | 

For the first-time ever, in 2009, public-sector workers belonging to unions surpassed private-sector workers who belong to unions.  This trend is likely to continue, irrespective of the fact that the SEIU is now running the National Labor Relations Board.  Moreover, as public-sector union membership swells under President Obama, the consequences to the economy will continue. Reason’s Nick Gillespie offers three reasons why public-sector unions are | Read More »