Backgrounder posted September 1, 2010 by James Sherk
The New Face of the Union Movement: Government Employees
Abstract: Unions have been a familiar part of American working life for more than 70 years. Less familiar is the state of the union movement today: More union members now work for the government than for private employers. The above-market salaries and benefits that government employees receive are paid for by taxpayers. So, the union movement that began as a campaign to…
Play Movie
Video Recorded on June 29, 2009
This Week in Washington: 6/29/09
The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington Video discusses
the declining support for Congress and the Obama Administration's
big-ticket legislative priorities as well as the rumored 4th of
July missile launch by North Korea in the direction of…
WebMemo on May 2, 2007
The Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act
An Unconstitutional Act is Back: Like a vampire in a B movie we thought was long dead, the United States Congress is re-considering the "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act" (now designated as S.310), a bill to authorize the creation of a race-based government for native Hawaiians living throughout the United States.
The following resources discuss what the…