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Democrats Pack $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Bill with Payoffs to Big Labor
The core of the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled Congress’ legislative agenda is a $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill. While much attention has been paid both to the astronomical price tag, less…
by Michael Watson on October 6, 2021

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The SEIU: Here We RICO Again
Earlier this year, the Freedom Foundation announced a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act lawsuit against SEIU Local 503, an SEIU affiliate in Oregon, for forging dues authorizations. Last…
by Michael Watson on October 5, 2021

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Will the Supreme Court Hear Challenge to SEIU-Backed Gag Rule?
Freedom Foundation, a right-leaning labor-issues policy shop based in the Pacific Northwest has worked to inform government employees of their rights to not pay union dues. So the SEIU pushed…
by Michael Watson on September 23, 2021

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Randi Weingarten: A Study in Hypocrisy
Over the past year and a half, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), has been a controversy magnet. Demanding flexibility for teachers and restrictions for students,…
by Parker Thayer on September 22, 2021

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Muzzles for Ye, No Shots for We
At this point, the obstinacy of the teachers unions in refusing to enable the provision of the public education guaranteed to parents by most state constitutions should require no recounting.
by Michael Watson on September 9, 2021

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Labor Day 2021
On Labor Day, we review some recent CRC publications that look at Big Labor and how its interest consistently clash with the interests of the workers that labor unions claim…
by CRC Staff on September 6, 2021

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NEA Head Demands More Lockdowns and Masks, Defends Anti-Vaccine Teachers
Even the most committed partisan outlets cannot defend a leftist defending a completely indefensible position. For Pringle and the National Education Association, that position is simple: no vaccine mandates for…
by Michael Watson on August 20, 2021

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Social Justice Unionism: Centering Race in California
Perhaps the most consequential misunderstanding of conservatives who hope to reach out to working Americans is the belief that labor unions’ economic politics can be separated from their cultural politics.
by Michael Watson on July 15, 2021

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Social Justice Unionism: Pushing Gun Control in Montana
In 2019, the Republican legislature in Montana proposed legislation to pre-empt local governments from placing stricter regulations on firearms carry than the state had enacted. Then-Governor Steve Bullock (D) vetoed…
by Michael Watson on July 15, 2021

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Social Justice Unionism: Big Labor’s High Times
Since the early 2010s, numerous states have decriminalized or authorized the use and sale of marijuana products under their own state laws, although the drug remains illegal under federal law.
by Michael Watson on July 15, 2021