Unions could avoid the ongoing membership exodus if they focused on offering better services rather than acting as a political money funnel. But instead, they’ve sent the Freedom Foundation staff death threats, nasty emails and threatening voicemails–merely for telling their members the truth.
By Hunter Tower
Philadelphia union sued for planned strike
A Philadelphia union faces legal action after a New Jersey-based food distributor claims an impending strike violates its collective bargaining agreement.
By Christen Smith
Guy Ciarrocchi: The PRO Act is really a political power grab
Some Democrats in Congress are pretending to fight for workers, but are actually trying to change labor law to strengthen their party’s power.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Gina Diorio: How local politicians are betrayed by their union friends
PACs funded by public-sector unions often spend overwhelming sums to defeat local Republican politicians who the unions have publicly befriended and even endorsed. This shows that they are happy to rent Republicans and their votes until they can own a Democrat and their allegiance.
By Gina Diorio
Michael Farren: The minimum wage — who actually wins and loses in Pennsylvania?
Lifting the minimum wage has been an increasingly popular effort. But who’s for and against it — and what are the consequences of the policy?
By Michael Warren
Orrell & Bishop: Biden’s “Green Jobs” mirage
By prioritizing green workforce as job creation, President Biden risks misallocating limited political and fiscal capital, while leaving American workers without the supports they urgently need to care for themselves and their families.
By Brent Orwell & Mason Bishop
WATCH — Mom unloads on Teachers Unions: You need to be at work!
“There is nothing in the constitution that says you are entitled to your job!” So says, Kira Davis, a mom and editor at RedState, in this epic message to teachers unions that are refusing to go back to work in the face of contrary evidence that Covid-19 is NOT spreading […]
Jessica Barnett: To fix Philadelphia’s “bad cops” problem, end special privileges for unions
Reforms that expose the current system will usher in the transparency and accountability needed to reestablish the trust upon which public safety depends.
By Jessica Barnett
Christen Smith: Pennsylvania educators fret as the school year looms with no concrete state guidance
Will the Wolf administration re-open schools for in-person education this year?
By Christen Smith
Hunter Tower: Two years after Janus, Pennsylvanians are just starting to hear about an important right
On this second anniversary of the Janus decision, public-sector employees in Pennsylvania are questioning where their hard-earned union dues dollars are really going. By Hunter Tower