by Jane Richey | Jan 26, 2014 | Politics
The bill in Pennsylvania says that if unions want money from their workers, they have to get the workers to write a check as they pay any other bill. Let’s call that fairness. It’s also fair to taxpayers, who shouldn’t have to incur costs as Big...
by Jane Richey | Sep 16, 2013 | Health Care
Union leaders in Pennsylvania are echoing concerns expressed by the national AFL-CIO about the implementation of the federal health care law. At this week’s national conference of the AFL-CIO, an umbrella group for dozens of labor unions, union leaders approved a...
by Jane Richey | Sep 3, 2013 | Health Care
Most unions backed ObamaCare’s passage, but labor argues provisions in the law could cut employee hours, unfairly tax their plans and force workers off their union health plans into the law’s potentially more costly insurance exchanges. The central issue is union...
by Jane Richey | May 22, 2013 | Health Care
Labor unions are breaking with President Obama on ObamaCare. Months after the president’s reelection, a variety of unions are publicly balking at how the administration plans to implement the landmark law. They warn that unless there are changes, the results could be...
by Jane Richey | Jan 28, 2013 | Free Markets
For years, pro-business lawmakers trotted out bills to make Pennsylvania a state that can’t force people to pay union dues. Such bills languished in committees with no expectation of legislative action. “They’ve been introducing right-to-work bills since...
