March 9, 2021, the House passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO), introduced by Bobby Scott of Virginia, in February. H.R. 842 is a sweeping left-wing revision of labor laws. A similar bill passed the house last year…
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The Iron Law of Oligarchy
“Public schools are government schools. The inherent insulation of education from real accountability aggravates a phenomenon known as the Iron Law of Oligarchy. This law says that in almost any group endeavor, a small (group of) elite will emerge as…
Government Destroys Jobs
If the media tells us that XYZ has created 1,000 new jobs we get excited; when QRS closes and jobs are lost, we’re sad and the politician who can provide a subsidy to save QRS is almost assured of wide-spread…
White House Boots NonUnion Retirees Out In The Cold To Save Union Pensions
In 2009 as Obama and White House officials rushed to nationalize the U.S. Auto Industry with $80 billion in taxpayer’s money, Timothy Geithner and White House officials cut a deal to save union pensions by terminating the pensions of 20,000 nonunion…
Project Labor Agreements Are Taxpayer Funded Special Interest Handouts
Project Labor Agreements (PLA) are special interest schemes that discourage competition from nonunion contractors for taxpayer funded public sector construction projects. In order to bid on a local, state or federal project, nonunion contractors must agree to recognize the union…