Tale of the Red Tape #19: A More Perfect Union Advantage
Let’s take a closer look at how the Obama Administration demonstrates “efficiency” and “economy” in actual practice. Fair warning: It ain’t pretty. New rules (supposedly)… Read More
Video: A Tough Year for Big Labor
It’s been a rough year for unions in America. Yesterday on PBS NewsHour, Heritage’s James Sherk explained why unions–both in the public and private sectors–are… Read More
Morning Bell: A Jobless Labor Day
For 14 million unemployed Americans and their families, this Labor Day will not be a happy one. Instead of enjoying a day off of work,… Read More
Big Labor Makes Big Spending Demands on President Obama
The Big Labor full-court press is in full swing ahead of President Barack Obama’s speech next week in which he will roll-out a new jobs plan…. Read More
In Verizon Strike, Unions Protest Obamacare Law They Supported
Two unions are on strike against Verizon Communications in protest of proposed company policies that the unions themselves helped bring about. The new Obamacare law,… Read More
Verizon Strike Update: Judge Prohibits Union From Throwing Feces
A New Jersey Superior Court issued an injunction against a local chapter of the International Brotherhood of Electrical workers, which is one of the two… Read More
Pennsylvania Considers Changes to Profligate Prevailing Wage Laws
State governments across the nation are looking for ways to tighten their belts in the face of declining tax revenues and growing budget shortfalls. In… Read More
Verizon Strike, Day Five: More Reports of Illegal Activity, Violence
Strikes continued Thursday against Verizon Communications by 45,000 members of the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers unions. Tensions continue to… Read More
Only Days In, Verizon Strike Already Getting Ugly
Verizon employees went on strike this week in protest of the company’s proposed changes to its employee benefits. The company’s collective bargaining agreement expired at… Read More
Morning Bell: Wisconsin Holds the Line
The liberal political machine was in full throttle. Millions of dollars in campaign ads streamed on TV. An army of union workers descended on the… Read More
PODCAST: Obamacare and Unions Drag Down Job Creation
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, labor economist James Sherk discusses his two new reports, one on Obamacare’s effect on recovery and the other on… Read More
Morning Bell: Unhappy Anniversaries, President Obama
The Obama Administration has seen its fair share of milestones this month. Yesterday marked the first anniversary of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 20, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. Ten Oil Rigs Have Exited Gulf… Read More
With Pensions Threatened, Postal Workers Union Goes on Offense
The Postmaster General is warning that a postal budget crisis could cause mail delivery to be consolidated to just three days a week. Meanwhile, the… Read More
Former NLRB Chief Warns Against Board’s ‘Radical’ Snap Elections Rule
A former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board on Thursday blasted a proposed rule that would expedite elections for workplace unionization, insisting the proposed… Read More
Obama Touts Federal Worker Pay Freeze That Isn’t
President Obama offered few concrete proposals for promoting fiscal responsibility during his “Twitter town hall” on Wednesday. One that he did mention was his drive… Read More
Right-to-Work Grassroots Effort Coming to True Blue Union Michigan?
It took Nixon to go to China, and now it’s taking a coalition of union members to push for right-to-work legislation in big labor’s heartland… Read More
Morning Bell: Victory in Wisconsin, but the Fight Goes On
Consider it a victory for taxpayers and for the rule of law. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4–3 in favor of upholding the… Read More
Justice Wins Out in Wisconsin on New Labor Law
In approving Wisconsin’s new collective bargaining law yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dropped an anvil on Dane County Judge MaryAnn Sumi’s political rulings. The state… Read More
NLRB Faces Backlash on Eve of Boeing Hearing
An administrative law judge with the National Labor Relations Board takes up the agency’s dubious charges against Boeing tomorrow in Seattle. The hearing comes at… Read More
U.S. Chamber and AFL-CIO Join Forces to Lobby for Spending Spree
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO do not agree on much. But they have joined forces to persuade Congress to spend more on infrastructure…. Read More
Union Hypocrisy in the Skies
Secret ballots protect voters from intimidation. As long as a vote remains private, no one can retaliate against individuals for voting the “wrong” way. The… Read More
Hotel California: Million Dollar Sheets on the Taxpayer’s Dime
The California hotel workers union is pushing a bill that requires all hotel mattresses to have fitted sheets instead of flat sheets. They argue that… Read More
Minority Rule?
Should a union need the support of most workers at a company in order to represent them? Most people would say yes—but most people are… Read More
Don’t Mess with Texans’ Paychecks
Union members in Massachusetts support Senator Scott Brown (R). So it is perhaps surprising to see Massachusetts unions announcing their plans to target him for… Read More
Obamacare Subsidizes Health Benefits for State and Local Government Retirees
It’s no secret that Obamacare is chock full of favors for big labor. One example is the new law’s excise tax on “Cadillac” insurance plans,… Read More
Government Unions 101: What They Won’t Tell You
There has been a lot of discussion and confusion as of late about the role of government unions. What does collective bargaining look like for… Read More
Wisconsin: An Education in Special Interest Power
Early yesterday morning, the Wisconsin assembly passed Governor Scott Walker’s (R) budget repair bill, which includes language requiring public employees to contribute 5.8 percent of… Read More
Lunch With Heritage – Online Chat on Wisconsin
Join us right now for our “Lunch with Heritage” online chat. We will be taking questions about the turmoil that is unfolding in Wisconsin and… Read More
Do Government Workers Make More than Private Sector Workers?
The Heritage Foundation has posted a new working paper that considers whether public workers in California are overpaid compared to their private sector counterparts. The… Read More
