Public Employee “Pay Transparency” Efforts Fall Short
Last week the California Public Policy Center released a compilation of public employee compensation databases. Apart from the CPPC’s own studies that disclose and evaluate compensation for city...
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View ArticleWhy Public Sector Unions are “Special” Special Interests
California’s November 2012 statewide ballot included Prop. 32, the “Stop Special Interest Money Now” initiative. Among the provisions included in this campaign finance reform measure was the...
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View ArticleHow Public Sector Unions Skew America’s Public Safety and National Security...
It would be redundant to summarize recent revelations concerning just how big America’s national security state has become. Two reports, both written in the last two days, do a really good job: “The...
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View ArticleEmployee Freedom Week – Know Your Rights
California is a forced unionism state, meaning that once a collective bargaining unit is recognized by an employer, it’s pretty hard for any employee to avoid paying union dues. But even in forced...
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View ArticleBART Strike Highlights More Than Just Compensation Issues
The four day BART strike that ended on July 5th provided ample evidence of how public sector union power can inflate wages – and expectations – far beyond what the rest of us may consider normal or...
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View ArticleCalifornia’s State and Local Government Spending Nearly $400 Billion per Year
That is, if anyone can actually compile accurate financial information. The state controller hasn’t produced a consolidated financial report for K-12 school districts and community colleges since 2000....
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View ArticleExponential Technological Advances and the Role of Unions
“Robots will steal your job, but that’s ok.” Federico Pistono Anyone who has recently driven through Mountain View, in the heart of Silicon Valley, is likely to have had the memorable experience of...
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View ArticleSocial Security is Healthy Compared to Public Sector Pensions
Last week yet another missive on the lessons to be learned from Detroit’s bankruptcy was published, this time in Forbes Magazine by Jeffrey Dorfman, an economist at the University of Georgia. Dorfman’s...
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View ArticleWill a Bipartisan Coalition Restrict Public Safety Unions?
During the effort to curb collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker suggested the exemption for public safety employees was necessary to avoid the possibility of...
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View ArticleWhy Bankers and Public Sector Unions are Allies, not Enemies
Earlier this week former state senator Gloria Romero published a lengthy article in the San Diego Union-Tribune entitled “Fixing California: The union chokehold.” Reprinted with permission on...
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