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Employee Freedom Articles
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How a Medicaid program for people who are disabled is funding politics
This is a classic tale of good and evil, and the little guy getting pushed around by the big guy. In the 1970s, our country moved away from institutionalizing disabled people, in favor of keeping them...
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Many caregivers want out of union’s iron grip
But the Dayton administration, which has long and beneficial ties to the public-employees union, is helping thwart their efforts. Praise be, the election is over. Most people can turn to who’s com...
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It’s time to vote again on the personal care attendant union
I met Kris Greene several years ago. We were in federal court, listening to arguments in a case she and other parents brought in an attempt to stop Gov. Mark Dayton from inviting a government union to...
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Employee Freedom Posts
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The political ideology favored by teachers’ unions is not reflective of all members
Teachers’ unions are one of the largest political campaign spenders in the country. But the members these unions represent do not get to choose who or what their hard-earned money supports. Union du...
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Remembering Dr. King: What would he say about K-12 “restorative justice” discipline policies?
School districts, under pressure from the Obama administration, adopted new student discipline policies referred to often as “restorative justice.” One of the goals was to reduce the number of min...
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Education Minnesota tells members the Center is a “group to watch”
It's no secret public-sector unions are opposed to a favorable outcome for Mark Janus in the U.S. Supreme Court case Janus v. AFSCME. But their dire warnings that a pro-plaintiff ruling will “threat...
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Crockett speech on Janus blown away by nor’easter in Philadelphia: Communing with the Framers, Meeting Prof. Amy Wax
Philadelphia has been shut down by a nor'easter. (We call them blizzards). Tomorrow morning, I am going to pop into Independence Hall. Then, assuming this town re-opens, I am going to Penn Law to meet...
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Union Loophole is Challenged in Massachusetts: Could Minnesota be Next?
In forced-dues states like Minnesota, teachers and cops are forced to fund the political agenda of their union. So for example, in 2016, the teachers’ union and AFSCME (both AFL-CIO affiliated) and ...
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Supreme Court victor Pam Harris encourages Minnesota PCAs (3 min.)
Supreme Court victor Pam Harris encourages Minnesota PCAs...