A recent congressional bill proposes to revoke the National Education Association’s (NEA) congressional charter due to the teachers union’s alleged political partisanship. The union has held the charter since 1906.  Rep. Bob Good (R-VA) introduced the “National Education Association Charter Repeal Act” on July 13 and noted that the NEA

As labor unions continue to go on strike across the country in both public and private sectors, workers often forego their paychecks and rely on unions’ strike funds to pay the bills. But in Massachusetts, striking workers could receive state unemployment benefits if a newly proposed bill passes in the

The Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) is no stranger to controversy or scandal, and recent events continue to add to the pile of problems facing the public employee pension fund.   Last month, the PSERS board of trustees voted to send $130 million to a venture capital firm, Insight

Labor unions in Florida are scrambling to boost membership numbers after Senate Bill 256 went into effect on July 1. The bill, which was signed into law by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in May, includes provisions such as disabling unions’ ability to deduct dues from employee paychecks, auditing unions’ finances,

On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action practices at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. In the days since, the ruling has been met with stinging criticism from the presidents of the two most powerful teachers unions, Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of

Collective bargaining is limited under Louisiana law, but that has not stopped unions like AFSCME from pushing for collective bargaining in New Orleans. News broke last week that New Orleans’ City Council unanimously passed an ordinance which forces the mayor’s office to meet with union representatives to negotiate collective bargaining