Are you sticking with the union?
Are you sticking with the union?
In the last two years, our Midwest neighbors in Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan have curtailed the power of labor unions.
Gov. Quinn
Gov. Quinn
Yes, Quinn
While Illinois burns, Moody’s threatens next downgrade
While Illinois burns, Moody’s threatens next downgrade
As the pension crisis threatens to engulf Illinois, legislators continue to fiddle. It’s no secret that Illinois has the worst-funded state pension systems in the nation. That’s an accepted fact by those on both sides of the aisle. Unfortunately, that fact hasn’t motivated any action from the state’s politicians. Now recent news point to even...
Institute in Chicago Tribune: Push for minimum wage hike intensifies as worker ranks swell
Institute in Chicago Tribune: Push for minimum wage hike intensifies as worker ranks swell
Many who lost middle-class jobs during the recession are taking low-paying positions. Employees and activist groups are pushing for a living wage.
While Illinois burns, Moody
While Illinois burns, Moody
As the pension debacle threatens to engulf Illinois, legislators continue to fiddle.
Bringing it all together: what Right to Work means for Michigan and its workers
Bringing it all together: what Right to Work means for Michigan and its workers
On Tuesday Michigan’s Legislature took the final steps in passing Right-to-Work legislation, and Gov. Rick Snyder signed the bill into law. Outside the Statehouse, union protesters became more agitated, tearing down a tent where Right-to-Work supporters had gathered (a handful of people were almost trapped inside the canvas) and assaulting a Fox News correspondent. In...
Bringing it all together: what Right to Work means for Michigan and its workers
Bringing it all together: what Right to Work means for Michigan and its workers
In my third Right-to-Work post, I
The numbers don’t lie – economies are brighter in Right-to-Work states
The numbers don’t lie – economies are brighter in Right-to-Work states
Michigan is now the 24th state to give individuals the right not to join a union through Right-to-Work legislation. Individual liberty is an important dimension of economic freedom and an essential component of a well-functioning market economy. When individuals are limited in their ability to contract, or sell one’s labor services, economic activity and quality...
TRS posts negative investment return for October
TRS posts negative investment return for October
Things still aren’t looking up for the Teachers’ Retirement System, or TRS. You’ll remember that it earned a dismal 0.76 percent return on its investments in fiscal year 2012, after predicting 8.5 percent returns. Earlier this year, TRS lowered that expectation, but only slightly: the system is still predicting 8 percent returns this year. But...
Sweden shows that school choice works
Sweden shows that school choice works
If you’ve ever heard Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis give a speech, you know she has a thing for Finland. She points to it as a shining example of how an education system should work. She extols its collaborative teaching environments, its tenure system and its short, four-hour workday. Now, school choice supporters have...
Veterinarians and pet owners don’t get a free pass on ObamaCare
Veterinarians and pet owners don’t get a free pass on ObamaCare
Is the IRS barking up the wrong tree?
Sweden shows that school choice works
Sweden shows that school choice works
If you
The numbers don
The numbers don
Michigan is now the 24th state to give individuals the right not to join a union through Right-to-Work legislation.
TRS posts negative investment return for October
TRS posts negative investment return for October
Things still aren't looking up for the Teachers' Retirement System, or TRS. You'll remember that it earned a dismal 0.76 percent return on its investments in fiscal year 2012, after predicting 8.5 percent returns.