unions
Government
Teachers’ unions lead the way in union decline 

Teachers’ unions are at the forefront of a steep decline in public sector union membership, according to a recent report. The Freedom Foundation, a think tank… Read More

June 16, 2025
Government
Joni Ernst unveils legislation to track bureaucrats’ work for unions on taxpayer time

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Republican Rep. Scott Franklin of Florida introduced legislation Friday to mandate that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)… Read More

March 24, 2025
Politics
Lawmakers propose banning all federal labor unions

(The Center Square) – Labor unions representing federal workers are facing another challenge to collective bargaining rights – and even their very existence – in a newly introduced Republican bill… Read More

March 14, 2025
Public Education
Study shows how Missouri taxpayers are subsidizing teachers’ unions

Since the pandemic, teachers’ unions have been widely criticized for having liberal agendas that undermine public education. What’s worse, according to one union watchdog, is how taxpayers are unwittingly funding… Read More

March 5, 2025
Government
Trump admin agrees to put taxpayer-funded union work back under microscope after Joni Ernst request

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) will again report on how much time and money federal employees spend on union activity after a hiatus during… Read More

March 3, 2025
Government
Republicans take aim at taxpayer-funded union activity

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania introduced legislation Tuesday to force government unions to reimburse the government for… Read More

February 11, 2025
Culture
In new record low, unionization rate falls to single digits in 2024

(The Daily Signal) – Despite the Biden-Harris administration’s “whole of government” attempt to increase unionization, the percentage of American workers belonging to unions notched down each of the past four… Read More

February 7, 2025
Government
New study debunks union claims, shows right-to-work laws are correlated with higher wages 

Researchers have debunked the claim that pro-union states have higher average wages than right-to-work states.  Despite widespread claims that labor unions boost wages, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy… Read More

December 30, 2024
Public Education
Florida teachers’ union membership declined 15% after state law prohibited union strong-arming

The Florida state teachers’ union is bleeding members by the thousands, a year-end report reveals. The Florida Education Association (FEA) told the U.S. Department of Labor… Read More

December 9, 2024
Politics
Country’s largest labor union continues one-sided donations to Democrat candidates

The National Education Association (NEA), the country’s largest labor union, has raised almost $27 million in support of Democrat candidates across the nation. The NEA, which… Read More

October 31, 2024
Courts
California teacher wins $12,000 in case against union for BIPOC-only board seat

(The Center Square) – A California teacher won $12,000 against his teachers’ union for its “BIPOC At-Large” executive board seat in which candidates were required to “self-identify” as a racial… Read More

September 16, 2024
Culture
Millions of taxpayer dollars wrongly went to union pension plans for deceased Americans

(The Center Square) – Lawmakers say tens of millions of taxpayer dollars were wrongly set aside for union pension plans, and now they want those funds back. U.S. Rep. and… Read More

August 8, 2024
Opinion
Op-ed: What Big Labor doesn’t want you to know this Labor Day

(The Daily Signal) – This Labor Day, the Biden administration and Big Labor will no doubt tout the alleged successes of President Joe Biden’s “whole of… Read More

September 4, 2023
Public Education
Nearly 95% of teacher donations in Wisconsin went to Democrats, says report

(The Center Square) – A new report shows just how lopsided the political activity among teachers in Wisconsin really is. The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on Monday shared… Read More

May 9, 2023
Government
Four states advance bills prohibiting union dues deductions

Four states have advanced Republican-sponsored bills prohibiting union dues deductions for certain public-sector employees. Here’s what those bills say and where they stand. Arkansas Arkansas lawmakers delivered Senate Bill 473 to… Read More

April 19, 2023
Public Education
Tucson school district facing legal challenge over union dues

(The Center Square) – Parker Jackson is hoping his words will be enough to get the Tucson Unified School District to do what he argues the law already establishes as… Read More

February 2, 2023
Opinion, Public Education
Op-Ed: Teachers’ unions are ‘political creatures’ feeding on ‘teacher salaries’

Teachers’ unions have a stranglehold on American public education. But now, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking the fight to the unions. “Teacher unions no longer resemble the… Read More

January 25, 2023
Public Education
CDC documents show it followed union wishes, not science, in its COVID-19 masking policies

Coordination between the CDC and labor unions, including teachers’ unions, over pandemic policy guidance was deeper than originally thought.  According to an internal calendar provided to Fox News Digital… Read More

June 9, 2022
Public Education
Charter school teacher gets refund from teachers union that seized dues

(The Center Square) – A California union has backed down after facing a potential legal action threatened by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation on behalf of a… Read More

March 4, 2022