Why Public Sector Union Reform is Nonpartisan
Last week UnionWatch received an email from a fairly prominent SF Bay Area journalist who shall remain anonymous. It said “Solidarity forever! You scabs can go to hell.” The email conversation that...
View ArticleCalling for Public Sector Union Reform is Not Anti-Union
Last week an article written by UnionWatch contributor Kevin Dayton was republished in its entirety by the State Building and Construction Trades Council. While we are pleased that the SBCTC is sharing...
View ArticleUnion Reforms and Counter-Reforms Sweep U.S.
If you don’t read our weekly Union Watch Highlights, where we compile links and excerpts from the most relevant stories across the U.S. concerning union activity and union reform, this week would be a...
View ArticleWould ANY Public Sector Union Reform Appeal to California’s Democrats?
“There’s a difference between being liberal and progressive and being a union Democrat.” San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed, Bloomberg The most powerful defenders of that broken [public education] system,...
View ArticleAccounting Standards, Not Elections or Litigation, Will Finally Enable Reform
“Apres moi le deluge” Louis XV If accounting standards were peasants with pitchforks, then this quote from the last King of France to die with a head on his shoulders might well describe what lies...
View ArticleThe Misleading and Incomplete Financial Disclosures of Public Institutions
Last week the California Public Policy Center published a study assessing the impact of new regulations issued by the Government Accounting Standards Board. The new ruling will require public entities...
View ArticleThe Public Sector Union War on Democracy
“Shadowbosses, Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind,” was published in August 2012. Written by Mallory Factor, a professor of politics at The Citadel and Forbes columnist, this...
View ArticleShould Police and Firefighters be Exempted from Union Reforms?
Advocates of public sector union reform point to fundamental differences between unions in the competitive private sector vs. those unions that organize government workers. Briefly stated, private...
View ArticleGASB Loopholes Created Illusions of Solvency
What if most of the public employee compensation enhancements of the past decade or more in California were based on inaccurately optimistic government financial statements? Or to be blunt, what if...
View ArticleWill Silicon Valley’s Elite Take On Public Sector Unions?
The San Francisco Bay Area is probably the most liberal in America. Democrats are typically favored over Republicans in elections by an 40 to 50 percent margins. The SF Bay is also perhaps the...
View ArticleThe Prosperity Agenda
“Everything that can be invented has been invented.” Contrary to a common misconception, it was not Charles Duell, the Commissioner of the US patent office, who said this back in 1899. According to...
View ArticlePublic Sector Compensation: The Facts Speak for Themselves
“Forget about logic,” Jack advised. My analytics instructor says that all logic is mere tautology. She says it is impossible to learn anything through logic that you did not already know.” Robert A....
View ArticleAdjustable Pension Plans
Professor Barnhardt: “So it was only when your world was threatened with destruction that you became what you are now?” Klaatu: “Yes.” Professor Barnhardt: “Well that’s where we are. You say we’re on...
View ArticleWhat If Every Worker Made What City of Irvine Workers Make?
“Jennifer Muir, a spokeswoman for the Orange County Employees’ Association, which represents more than 18,000 public employees in Orange County, said the California Public Policy Center’s study was a...
View ArticleCalifornia’s State/Local Governments Confront $1.0 Trillion in Debt
A study released earlier today by the California Public Policy Center entitled “Calculating California’s Total State and Local Government Debt” has estimated that state and local government debt is...
View ArticleSchool Board in Colorado Refuses to Negotiate with Teachers Union
Douglas County Colorado lies immediately south of Denver, but is worlds apart politically. While Denver is a Democratic stronghold in this battleground state, Douglas County is registered 49%...
View ArticleThe Public Sector Union Campaign to Own the Mayor of Los Angeles
One week from today in what is predicted to be a low-turnout election, voters will elect a new mayor to lead California’s largest city. Because the mayor manages the 47,000 employees of the City of Los...
View ArticleLos Angeles Police Union Attacks CPPC Study
On May 17th the Los Angeles Police Protective Leagues “Board of Directors” authored a post on their LAPPL blog entitled “Inventing the headline number,” attacking the research and the motives of...
View ArticleReforming Public Sector Unions and Public Sector Pensions is NOT “Anti-Worker”
An incoming email responding to last week’s UnionWatch editorial “Los Angeles Police Union Attacks CPPC Study” included the following statement: “While you profess not to dislike public employees, it...
View ArticleUnion Watch Highlights
Here are links to the top stories available online over the past week reporting on union activity including legislation, financial impact, reform activism, etc., from California and across the USA. IRS...
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