NEW MANUFACTURING INVESTMENT AND UNIONS THOUGH WEAK, U.S. LABOR UNIONS REMAIN A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN CORPORATE DECISIONS ABOUT NEW INVESTMENT

By Thomas J. Holmes, power-eng.com Economic Policy Papers are based on policy-oriented research produced by Minneapolis Fed

End the Secrecy in Public Union Collective Bargaining

NCPA.com In 11 states, secret government union collective bargaining is law, a lack of oversight

Voluntary Union Representation: States Should Let Workers Choose Their Representatives

The Heritage Foundation Collective bargaining laws give unions an effective monopoly on many state and

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation news release text

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employer costs for employee compensation averaged $30.80 per hour

Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results

United States Office of Personnel Management The 2012 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) attempted to reach

Redesigned Premium Structure Could Better Align Rates with Risk from Plan Sponsors

Government Accountability Office Various options are available to make the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC)

How Strong Are U.S. Teacher Unions? A State-By-State Comparison

By Amber M. Winkler, Ph.D. , Janie Scull , Dara Zeehandelaar, Ph.D., The Thomas B.

The looming shortfall in public pension costs

By Robert Novy-Marx and Josh Rauh, The Washington Post How much will the underfunded pension benefits

Daniel DiSalvo on the Political Influence of California’s Public-Sector Unions

By Reihan Salam, National Review Online In “The Nays Have It,” a new

Public Servants or Privileged Class: How State Government Employees are Paid Better than Their Private-Sector Counterparts

By John Dunham, Citizens Against Government Waste State governments pay on average 6.2 percent