EconomyNews
Couple Beats Their Union After 3-Decade Court Fight, Donates Winnings to Right-to-Work Group
A couple’s 30-year court fight with a union that did not allow them to opt out of paying union dues is over, and the couple… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Restrictive Labor Laws Keep Puerto Rico’s Economy Down
An economic crisis has engulfed Puerto Rico. The Financial Oversight Management Board, a federally-mandated advisory group, has worked to help Puerto Rico deal with its… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump Executive Orders Are Surprisingly Popular With Federal Employees
When President Donald Trump recently issued three executive orders that made it easier to fire poorly performing government employees, the backlash from public-sector unions was… Read More
EconomyNews
Court Challenges Loom as Right to Work Gathers Steam in New Mexico
Local laws that free private-sector workers from union mandates continue to gain momentum in New Mexico, among other states. The Chaves County Commission’s five members… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How to Empower the Labor Department Office That Fights Union Corruption
For too long, many union members have been kept in the dark about their union’s finances. Some unions are run in a transparent, democratic manner,… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Podcast: Trump Takes Action Against Bureaucrats
President Donald Trump signed three executive orders last week that are poised to have a big impact on government bureaucrats. The Daily Signal’s Jarrett Stepman… Read More
EconomyNews
Union Sues Trump for Telling Fed Workers to Stop Doing So Much Union Business on Taxpayers’ Dime
A federal workers union sued President Donald Trump over an executive order limiting the amount of time federal workers can spend conducting union business on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump Puts an End to Taxpayer Subsidies for Unions
Government employee unions have enjoyed an absolute boondoggle in recent years, receiving hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds. But the boon could soon be over… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How a New PBGC Director Could Help Protect Private Pensioners and Prevent a Taxpayer Bailout
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is a government entity that provides mandatory insurance to private pension plans. The PBGC’s multiemployer program deficit—estimated to be between… Read More
EconomyNews
The Labor Board Is Now GOP-Run. Here’s 1 Big Change It Could Make to Rein In Unions.
An Obama administration rule that fast-tracked elections to establish unions at private companies could be on the chopping block of a federal labor agency three… Read More
EconomyNews
How Local Right-to-Work Battles Could Land at Supreme Court
If a federal court strikes down a local right-to-work ordinance in Illinois, the case could move up to the Supreme Court, according to legal analysts… Read More
EconomyNews
Policy Watchdog Asks Probe of Labor Board Member Over Leak
Allegations that a member of the National Labor Relations Board improperly disclosed internal deliberations should be investigated, a Washington labor policy analyst says in a letter… Read More
EconomyNews
Daily Signal Exclusive: Ivanka Trump on Jobs, Millennials, and #MeToo
Ivanka Trump, senior adviser at the White House, speaks to The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness about her efforts to promote workforce development and job opportunities… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Crisis of Our Young Men
Writing last week about the opioid crisis, I suggested that, as we consider policy options for dealing with the problem, we consider that at least… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Even Under Right to Work, This Union Bullies Workers Into Submission
MADISON, Wis.—The United Auto Workers Local 833 chapter is worse than an unwanted house guest: It can’t take a hint, and it won’t take no… Read More
LawNews
Union ‘Opt-Out’ Measures Could Dilute Supreme Court Ruling, Teachers Worry
Government workers who don’t want to join unions should be able to “opt in” rather than “opt out” of union fees that finance political activism,… Read More
LawNews
Mandatory Union Fees Divide Demonstrators as Supreme Court Hears Arguments
Government employees who don’t support the political activism of union leaders should not be forced to fund that activism, said demonstrators who turned out Monday… Read More
EconomyCommentary
I’m a Small Business Owner. Raising the Minimum Wage Would Hurt My Employees.
A liberal group in my home state of Virginia recently called on the Virginia General Assembly to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour. This… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Committee Could Try to Bail Out Private Pensions With Taxpayer Funds
The Bipartisan Budget Act made headlines earlier this month for raising federal spending caps by $300 billion over just two years. What is less well… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump Goes After Automatic Raises, ‘Worst’ Employees to Drain the Swamp
Most federal employees—99.7 percent, in fact—get a “performance based” raise each year under the government’s pay system. “We’ve set up a $1 billion fund [to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Corporate Tax Cuts Benefit Consumers and the ‘Little Guy’
Since Republicans passed the tax bill last December, the country has seen a wave of hand-wringing and hysteria. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., gave voice to the opinion… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Robots May Be Coming for Some Jobs, but That’s Not Bad News
Sunday evening comes around and you wish the weekend had just one more day. You are just not feeling it. Monday morning, whether you’ll be sitting… Read More
EconomyNews
Why Other Lawyers Fault Legal Opinion That Scuttled Local Right-to-Work Law
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—County officials who rejected a right-to-work ordinance were poorly served by the county attorney’s flawed legal opinion, other lawyers argue. The five-member Sussex County… Read More
EconomyNews
Delaware County Could Miss Right-to-Work Boom, Chief of Kentucky County Predicts
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—Despite one county’s decision to reject a right-to-work law, Delaware will remain the only state in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with a local statute… Read More
EconomyNews
Right-to-Work Advocate Blames Unions’ Legal Threats for Loss
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—Officials in one of Delaware’s three counties rejected right-to-work legislation Tuesday, shortly after the county attorney detailed his legal opinion and predicted a thicket… Read More
PoliticsNews
Unions Give More Than $1.1 Billion to Democrats, Liberal Groups
From 2010 to 2016 alone, labor unions sent more than $1.1 billion in member dues to anti-Republican advocacy groups, a nonprofit union transparency organization says…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Iceland’s Equal Pay Regime Will Hurt, Not Help, Women. We Don’t Need It.
Iceland this week took its equal pay policies to a new level, as a law took effect requiring employers to prove they don’t discriminate against… Read More
EconomyNews
Delaware County Stalls Right-to-Work Vote as Unions Protest
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—County officials put off action Tuesday on a right-to-work ordinance after dozens of union members turned out in force at government offices to oppose… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Big Is Your State’s Share of $6 Trillion in Unfunded Pension Liabilities?
Despite a solid year for investment returns, the unfunded liabilities of state and local government pension plans increased by $433 billion, the most recent estimate… Read More
EconomyNews
Delaware Town OKs Right-to-Work Law in Advance of County Action
A small city in Delaware quietly has taken the unexpected step of passing its own right-to-work ordinance several weeks before officials in the surrounding county… Read More
