InfluenceWatch Podcast #257: Labor Questions
We’re doing something a little different this week: We are joined by Rusty Brown of the Freedom Foundation for a bit of government-worker union wonkery. Brown and his colleagues have…
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InfluenceWatch Podcast #219: How Teachers Unions Are Failing Our Students
By fighting to keep schools closed—excuse me, open for virtual learning—for a full year in the jurisdictions in which they hold the most power, teachers unions sought to expand their power. Now…
InfluenceWatch Podcast #209: Protecting Big Labor’s Paycheck
In 2020, as the coronavirus hit and governments ordered mass lockdowns of length and scope unprecedented in American history, Congress passed the “Paycheck Protection Program” or PPP to help small…
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…
Another Victory for the Plucky Freedom Foundation & Workers’ Rights
Of all the claims in costly litigation mounted against the Freedom Foundation in Olympia, Wash., for its persistent efforts to notify home health-care workers about their right to pay no dues or…
Supreme Court Rulings Require Boots on the Ground and Continual Vigilance
The ongoing war between the Freedom Foundation, a free market think tank, and entrenched labor unions in Washington state is a snapshot of the greater war for workers First Amendment rights.
Philadelphia Statism Makes Beer Cheaper than Soda and Kills Low Income Jobs
Philadelphia’s tax on soda may have hurt its working poor but at least the policy made it easier for some to turn to alcohol to soothe their economic pain. The…
Government Unions after Wisconsin
Summary: Unlike private-sector unions—which create an adversarial relationship between the labor union and the employer—public sector unions operate under a different dynamic. Indeed, public sector unions are in a unique…
Freedom Foundation Scores Win Against SEIU in Washington
On July 11, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a charge against Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Leadership Council 14 for campaign finance violations following a formal complaint by the Olympia-based…
Featured Video: It’s Time to End Lawfare
Our legal system is supposed to be about providing justice for all. Unfortunately, some people use the legal system like a weapon to shut down people and groups who…