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Commentary posted March 10, 2011 by Jason Richwine, Ph.D. Government vs. Unions: Are State's Public Employees Overpaid?
Amid the rage over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposals to shrink government worker compensation, one question predominates: Are these workers overpaid? If so, it makes …
WebMemo posted September 21, 2007 by James Sherk Unionizing Public Safety Employees Threatens Volunteer FireDepartments and Public Safety
A House-passed bill threatens the existence of many volunteer firedepartments and could put millions of Americans at greater risk offire-related injury or death. …
Blog Post on Thursday, May 31, 2012 Morning Bell: How Radical Were Wisconsin's Reforms?
One year ago, the state of Wisconsin adopted sweeping reforms that curbed collective bargaining rights among government workers, brought the state's pension system into line, …
Blog Post on Monday, September 10, 2012 Chicago Teachers' Strike: Unthinkable and Intolerable
“Unthinkable and intolerable.” So President Franklin Delano Roosevelt considered strikes by government employees. Karen Lewis, the president of the Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU), has a …
Blog Post on Thursday, July 01, 2010 Unionizing Government Employees Should Be a Local Choice
Despite mounting state budget crises and growing public discontent with government unions, the House of Representatives added the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act to the …
Blog Post on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Chicago Teachers' Strike Contradicts Principle of Public Service
Students at Chicago schools are spending another day at home today, after a 700-page court filing against the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) was sidelined for …
Blog Post on Thursday, February 24, 2011 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 …
Blog Post on Monday, July 26, 2010 Public Service Is Not What It Used to Be
Managing the city of Bell, California, is apparently twice as challenging as being President of the United States. The Los Angeles Times reported …
Blog Post on Friday, November 13, 2009 Morning Bell: Big Labor Is Bankrupting Our Country
Last month when the White House released its visitor log for the first six months of the Obama presidency, one name appeared far more often …
Commentary posted December 10, 2012 by James Sherk The Right-to-Freeload Myth
"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant," President Reagan once quipped, "but that they know so much that isn't so." …
Issue Brief posted January 3, 2013 by James Sherk Voluntary Union Representation: States Should Let Workers Choose Their Representatives
[1]Most U.S. states have collective bargaining laws governing some or all state …
Audio on Thursday, June 07, 2012 Public Employees Freed by Wisconsin's New Law
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Blog Post on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Morning Bell: Should We Pay Government Employees More?
Federal employees—who work on average a month less than private-sector workers and get paid more—are lobbying for higher pay. Government unions know that Congress is looking …
Audio on Friday, January 20, 2012 Wisconsin Recall
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Backgrounder posted August 27, 2012 by James Sherk Unelected Unions: Why Workers Should Be Allowed to Choose Their Representatives
[1]In most cases newly organized unions do not raise their …
Commentary posted November 18, 2012 by Jason Richwine, Ph.D. The Truth About Federal Salary Numbers
Should federal workers get a raise? With salaries and benefits paid to the government’s civilian workers totaling $271 billion in 2011, deciding whether to extend …
Backgrounder posted February 5, 2013 by Jason Richwine, Ph.D. Nine Fallacies Used to Defend Public-Sector Pensions
[1] Jason Richwine, “The Real Cost of Public Pensions,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder No. 2694, May 31, 2012, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/05/the-real-cost-of-public-pensions. [2] …
Backgrounder posted March 19, 2012 by James Sherk The Employee Rights Act Empowers Workers
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Commentary posted June 8, 2012 by James Sherk Whence Walker's Win?
The roots of Gov. Scott Walker's recall victory in Wisconsin can be traced to Springfield, Ill. The same year that Wisconsinites first elected Walker governor, …
Commentary posted October 8, 2012 by Edwin J. Feulner, Ph.D. A Costly “Proposal”
It sounds so innocuous: the “Protect Our Jobs” amendment. At a time of high unemployment, who wouldn’t find such a concept appealing? So union leaders …
Blog Post on Friday, February 03, 2012 Government Unions Support California Tax Hike
Two well-connected government unions in California are teaming with Gov. Jerry Brown to support a multibillion-dollar tax increase. The California Teachers Association and Service Employees International …
Blog Post on Thursday, March 03, 2011 Wisconsin and Government Unions - Let the Voters Decide
President Obama calls Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to curtail the collective-bargaining rights of state employees an "assault." But the real assault is the conspiracy …
Blog Post on Thursday, February 02, 2012 Indiana Enacts Right to Work; Arizona Moves to Restore Voters' Voices
Indiana’s Senate yesterday passed—and Governor Mitch Daniels (R) signed—the state’s long-awaited right-to-work law, making it the 23rd state in the nation and the …
WebMemo posted January 27, 2012 by James Sherk Unions' Declining Appeal Shows Need for Alternatives
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Factsheet on Monday, February 28, 2011 Government Unions 101: What Public-Sector Unions Won't Tell You
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