Can you say image problem? For the first time in the more than 70 years that Gallup has been measuring the popularity of unions, in 2009 more than half the public didn’t approve of them. The current showdowns have plenty of pre…
American labor unions have been in decline for a half-century now. About the only large unions still growing have been those in the public sector. Until now. Cash-strapped states are attacking unions where it hurts by trying to…
Since the 1930s, when the National Labor Relations Board was established, no state has ever sought to prohibit workers from organizing. But in Wisconsin, collective-bargaining rights are under “assault,” in President Obama’s wo…
Though the media often reports on eye-popping salaries of government officials, such as school superintendents and other political appointees, most public-sector workers don’t do nearly as well. Typically, they earn about 6% le…