government worker unions

Labor Watch
Teachers’ Unions vs. Teachers, Parents, and Children: The NEA and AFT
All government unions are profoundly harmful, but the most damaging are the teachers’ unions. Since 2020, they have lobbied and agitated successfully to keep kids out of schools—and keep their…
by Aaron Withe on September 14, 2023

Labor Watch
Teachers’ Unions vs. Teachers, Parents, and Children: Political Juggernauts
“The teachers unions have more influence on the public schools than any other group in American society.”[2] The rules under which schools operate are shaped by union demands in collective…
by Aaron Withe on September 14, 2023

Labor Watch
Teachers’ Unions vs. Teachers, Parents, and Children: Electing the Boss
Government unions differ from those in the private sector in many ways, but foremost is that described by Terry Moe: “By participating actively in electoral campaigns…and by using their members,…
by Aaron Withe on September 14, 2023

Labor Watch
Teachers’ Unions vs. Teachers, Parents, and Children: “Racial Justice” Ideology
Teachers’ unions are writing the playbook of the hard left. The Freedom Foundation obtained Racial Justice in Education, an internal document published in 2018 by the National Education Association. It…
by Aaron Withe on September 14, 2023

Labor Watch
Teachers’ Unions vs. Teachers, Parents, and Children: The COVID-19 Lesson
The teachers’ unions sure revealed their character during the COVID-19 crisis of 2020–2022. They successfully kept kids out of schools, made sure that the children were all wearing masks, began…
by Aaron Withe on September 14, 2023

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #240: California’s Union Payoff
Since the Supreme Court decided the Janus v. AFSCME case and held that forcing government workers to pay union fees was an unconstitutional infringement of their free speech rights, union-aligned…
by Michael Watson on October 14, 2022

Labor Watch
Big Labor’s Golden State: A Tale of Two Cities
Summary: With over 10 percent of the nation’s population and an economy larger than that of France, California has loomed large in the nation’s politics and economy since the mid-20th…
by Michael Watson on July 28, 2022

Labor Watch
Big Labor’s Golden State: Rise of Industrial California
Labor relations nationwide were transformed by the New Deal, especially the passage of the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) in 1935. The law abolished the strong form of the…
by Michael Watson on July 28, 2022

Labor Watch
Big Labor’s Golden State: California’s Union Labor Machine
While private-sector unions remain powerful in California, the true center of labor organizing and government growth is its government-sector unions. Surprisingly perhaps given the vast growth in their power since…
by Michael Watson on July 28, 2022

Labor Watch
Big Labor’s Golden State: Ballot Power
No discussion of California politics and policy can omit its extensive use of the ballot measure, and no discussion of California labor unions can omit their positions as among the…
by Michael Watson on July 28, 2022