Tag Archives: union transparency

Collective bargaining transparency bill HB 2689 shot down in House Committee

By Paul Kersey, Illinois Policy Institute Yesterday a bill that would allow the public to

Taxpayers Pay for Employees to Engage in Union Activities

National Center for Policy Analysis Around the country, labor unions are financed by taxpayers.

Federal court dismisses union rule case vs Labor Department

By Brendan O’Brien, Thomson Reuters News and Insight A federal court has dismissed a

Times-Union objects to teachers union’s attempt to intervene in suit

Jacksonville.com The Times-Union filed an objection Wednesday to a motion by the state’s teachers union

Study: Transparency in collective bargaining could save taxpayers $50 billion

By Michal Conger, The Washington Examiner Lack of transparency laws allows public unions to push

End the Secrecy in Public Union Collective Bargaining

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

MEET THE NEW BOSS, SAME AS THE OLD BOSS

Labor Pains For years, the most notorious and important labor unions were in the private

Richard Trumka for labor secretary

By Sean Higgins, The Washington Examiner When Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced her resignation

Hilda Solis: Secretary for Rolling Back Transparency

By Sean Higgins, The Washington Examiner In a statement today on the resignation of Labor Secretary

SEIU Local 1000 member demands more access to union records

By Jon Ortiz, The Sacramento Bee Mariam Noujaim, the SEIU Local 1000 gadfly on a quest to