Politicians weren’t the only items on ballots across the country last week. Voters made important decisions on ballot measures – measures unions heavily promoted or campaigned against during the 2022 midterm election cycle. In Tennessee, almost 70% of voters approved Amendment 1, a Right to Work amendment to their state

Unionized railroad workers are threatening to go on strike later this month in a move that could exacerbate ongoing supply chain issues in the U.S. Of the 12 unions representing railroad workers, two unions—Teamsters and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS)—are threatening to strike. The other 10 railroad unions have

The National Labor Relations Board proposed elimination of the 2020 “blocking charge” rule that prevents unions from blocking or delaying decertification elections. According to the University of Wisconsin, decertification is “a vote by members of a collective bargaining unit to dissociate from the union that represents them.” The rule change

After votes are tallied and election races called, voters may be unaware of how public unions bankrolled many local school board candidates. A recent report noted that the California Teachers Association (CTA) funded 287 school board candidates in 125 school districts across the state. CTA is the California state affiliate

Social media has been atwitter (see what I did there) with an article suggesting that we should offer amnesty to those who played a role in enacting the worst of the pandemic policies. However, many are not willing to forgive and forget so quickly. Teachers unions kept kids out of

As voters go the polls next week, they will be inundated with ballot propositions. The number of ballot propositions in several states is in the double digits, including Colorado’s 11 ballot measures, all of which cover a wide range of subjects from state income tax rates to liquor licenses. Just

Plummeting teacher morale is the new norm for teachers in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile the District of Columbia Public Schools district and the Washington Teachers’ Union are at an impasse on contract negotiations. Four out of five teachers in the nation’s capital are unhappy with their jobs and point to increased

The verdict is in: school closures during the pandemic cause student learning to suffer significant setbacks. Recently released data from The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows that the longer a school district closed in-person classes and pushed virtual or online classes, the worse students performed in math and