Obamacare vs. unions

By Kathy Hoekstra, The Detroit News

Michigan union members who have dug in their heels fighting the state’s right to work law. But an Obamacare analysis by Americans for Tax Reform may have some of them sitting back on those heels a bit.

SEIU Tries to Continue Dues Scheme

By Jarrett Skorup, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

Today’s Michigan Capitol Confidential article is about aleaked document from the SEIU on how the union hopes to continue the “dues skim” against home-based caregivers. That story is interesting, but there is an even more significant issue regarding how the union sees the whole unionization scheme.

The Union Way: Cheat Kids, Get Award

By Bob Parks, The National Center for Public Policy Research

My father was a teacher, so I know that teaching can be an all-consuming profession. Nonetheless, it’s the job that my father chose — as do today’s educators. There’s no involuntary draft.