This Labor Day, Police and Teachers Unions Are Making a Bad Year Worse
Americans are being forced to confront the downsides of powerful organized labor in an already miserable year.
Public Unions
Bust the Police Unions
They're a consistent force of organized resistance to calmer, safer, less aggressive policing.
California Police Unions Once Again Side With Bad Cops To Kill a Good Bill
Law enforcement lobby holds off bill that would decertify officers who are guilty of misconduct.
School Reopenings Linked to Union Influence and Politics, Not Safety
New data suggest that school districts in states with stronger teachers unions are significantly less likely to reopen in person this fall.
California's Top Court Rules Against Pension Spiking
The decision will make it harder for government employees to abuse and milk the state’s retirement systems.
New York Police Unions Partly Succeed in Stopping Release of Misconduct Records
A federal judge gags the New York Civil Liberties Union, but a media outlet manages to collect and publish a database of misbehaving cops.
Why Are Taxpayers Footing the Bill for Full-Time Police Union Employees?
No one should be forced to pay for officers who spend their days opposing policing reform and defending bad cops.
Want To Reform Policing? Bust Police Unions.
As policy makers consider ways to reduce some of these shocking use-of-force incidents, they need to evaluate the role of unions in protecting overly aggressive officers.
How To Reboot the Government with Common Sense
Hold agencies and regulators accountable for outcomes, not compliance.
A Labor Council Has Expelled Seattle's Police Union. Good.
Police unions exist to protect cops at the expense of the public.
Minneapolis Police Chief Ends Contract Negotiations With Police Union
After George Floyd’s death, the city will bring in outside advisers to recommend changes to make policing more transparent and accountable.
Recruitment of Bad Cops Shows How Misconduct Is Deeper Than a Few Bad Apples
Sometimes a "few bad apples" is systemic rot.
Will Big Labor Give the Boot to Police Unions? Be Skeptical.
Union leaders show very little interest in considering collective bargaining’s role in protecting bad cops.
It's Time To Bust Police Unions
Over and over again, unions have defended bad policing and bad police. It’s time for them to go.
Police Unions and the Problem of Police Misconduct (Updated)
The available evidence suggests that police unions are a major obstacle to holding rogue police officers accountable.
Even Police Unions Trash the Actions of the Cop Who Killed George Floyd
Are we seeing a tipping point where police begin to grasp why the public is so outraged?
Philly Police Union Attacks Eagles Football Player for Opposing Police Brutality
Malcolm Jenkins brought the data, but the Fraternal Order of Police prefer to bully him into shutting up.
Attorney General Barr Does Not Approve of Your Kinder, Gentler Elected District Attorneys
In a speech to police, Barr called for citizens to shut up and do what officers tell them to.
Illinois Is the Canary in the Pension Coal Mine, Says Adam Schuster
Mike Riggs talks with Illinois Policy Institute's Adam Schuster about how to fix the state's pension debt crisis.
NYPD Union Followed Bill de Blasio All the Way to the Dem Debate To Tell Him How Much They Hate Him
Bill de Blasio is running for president, and police unions are chasing him.
Police Raid on San Francisco Journalist Descends Into Blame Game
The chief and the union square off over who arranged what was likely an illegal search.
After the Supreme Court Said Unions Can't Force Non-Members to Pay Dues, Almost All of Them Stopped
After the Janus ruling, AFSCME lost 98 percent of its agency fee-paying members, while the SEIU lost 94 percent.
Portland Cop Told Subordinates To Shoot Random Black People. He'll Likely Get a $100K Payout.
Thank the police union.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
When Reason Requested the New L.A. Sheriff's Disciplinary Records, the Deputies Union Got an Injunction to Block Us
A newly passed police transparency bill is under attack across the state. The latest tactic: insisting it's not retroactive.
Prison Guards Orchestrate Media Campaign To Complain About Inmates Getting Edible Food for Christmas
Federal shutdown politics leads to really bad journalism about exactly two meals.
In Los Angeles, Massive Payments to Retirees Don't Even Count as 'Pensions' Anymore
A heavily abused program breaks the limits of what the IRS allows, leaving taxpayers even further on the hook.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
L.A. County's New Blue-Wave Sheriff Is No Friend to Criminal Justice Reform
Alex Villanueva openly wants to get rid of constitutional policing advisors and to conceal names of bad deputies from prosecutors.
Philly Police Union Sues Over Attempts to Keep Bad Cops Off the Stand
They say it's about due process. Is it really about all that sweet overtime money?
The Public Sector Pension Crisis
Will your state pay what its politicians promised? Almost certainly not.
A D.C. Metro Track Inspector Was Fired for Filing False Reports. The Union Just Got His Job Back.
But wait, it's even worse than that.
Unions Change Their Tune on Janus Supreme Court Ruling
It was the end of the world...until it wasn't.
What Part of the Janus Ruling Do Unions Not Understand?
The Supreme Court says they can't forcibly collect dues from workers unwilling to pay them, but several unions don't seem to get it.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
L.A. Deputy Faked Evidence—but Was Still Used as a Witness in Criminal Cases for Years
Thanks to California's union-backed secrecy laws, prosecutors and defenders alike don't know about police misconduct.
Deprived of Mandatory Dues, Public Sector Unions Come After Your Tax Dollars
After Janus ruling, state lawmaker in New York wants to include collective bargaining costs in state union contracts.
Janus v. AFSCME : Will Ending Mandatory Dues Kill Public-Sector Unions?: Podcast
Today's Supreme Court ruling is a win for freedom of association and free speech, but don't expect it to change statehouse politics overnight.
Mandatory Union Dues Violate Workers' First Amendment Rights, SCOTUS Rules
A landmark victory for workers' rights will have major ramifications for the future of public sector unions.
Labor Group Demands Felony Charges Against Amazon for Opposing Seattle's Job Tax
The city's leftists are becoming increasingly unhinged in the face of broad resistance to a tax on hours worked.
Posing As a Metro Rider on Twitter, D.C. Transit Union Attacks Critics As Paid Plants
The union's sock-puppet account was discovered yesterday and has since been deleted.
Awaiting Court Ruling, California Unions Appear Surprisingly Impotent
California unions and their allied politicians need to learn to respect the rights of California's government workers.
Public-Sector Unions Deserve to Be Destroyed
Mandatory fees are an assault on free association.
Police Unions Defend Bad Cops Who Do Awful Things. Why Won't They Defend Broward County Deputy?
School resource officer Scot Peterson didn't pay his dues. To unions, that's what matters.
The Parkland Shooting Screw-Ups Go All the Way to the Top: Podcast
On today's podcast: Mona Charen gets booed, the gun control debate reignites, public sector unions suck, and Olympic curling is surprisingly awesome.
Monday's Big Supreme Court Case Will Decide the Future of Public Sector Unions
Janus v. AFSCME could end mandatory union dues payment. Counter-intuitively, it might strengthen the labor movement.
Stossel: Supreme Court Ruling May Crush Unions
The Supreme Court hears a case that might crush government unions. The unions are upset. Stossel debates a union official.
Supreme Court Case Could Spell End of Mandatory Public Sector Union Dues
Would extend "right to work" principles to government employment.
It's Not Enough to Get Paid for Not Working: These L.A. Police and Firefighters Figured Out How to Double It
Meet the LAPD couple who made a cool $2 million off the city while hanging out at their condo in Cabo San Lucas.
