The states with the higher percentages of public-sector union members are overwhelmingly Democratic, and those with the lower percentages are overwhelmingly Republican.
Since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2018 Janus decision, Center of the American Experiment has been helping Minnesotans fight for their right to say no to financially supporting government unions.
St. Olaf College ‘requires’ student teachers to join union’s organization.
Students at St. Olaf College are being told they “MUST join EMAE” [Education Minnesota Aspiring Educators] if they are licensure candidates completing field experiences or student teaching with the Education…
The Center submitted comments recently to the U.S. Department of Labor in support of a proposed rule that would increase the financial transparency and democratic procedures of labor unions.
Rebecca Friedrichs, a 28-year veteran teacher and the name behind the game-changing legal case (Friedrichs v. CTA) that paved the way for government employee freedom, recently met with the Trump…
Last year’s Janus v. AFSCME decision by the U.S. Supreme Court freed public employees from being forced to financially support a government union, but the affected states are not fully…
The government should not be playing a role in helping union labor officials collect their money. Unions, like other non-charitable organizations, need to be responsible for collecting their own dues.
The United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union decided to “explore” an endorsement process for Bernie Sanders back in September and is now working to “engage” members on this process before…
Public employee unions hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied 'members' from leaving.
There are still too many public employees who are being kept in the dark about their rights. Here are six things every government worker should know regarding union membership.
Educators have to sift through a lot of misinformation regarding unions and membership. Here are five of the most common issues the major state and national teachers’ unions don’t want…
Public employee unions hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied "members" from leaving.
Sue Halloran, a senior account clerk in the business office at Inver Hills Community College, was pulled out of a training session in April 2018 by an AFSCME Council 5…
Teachers, don't let misinformation about the impact union membership can and cannot have weigh you down.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME freed millions of workers from subsidizing government unions’ political agenda. Because public employees were no longer bound to paying their union…
In a press release the Center sent out earlier this morning, I called on Governor Walz to fulfill his legal obligation as governor by fully restoring public employees’ First Amendment…
Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy issued an executive order Thursday afternoon to bring the state into compliance with the 2018 United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Janus v. AFSCME. “A contract…
NEFW is an annual awareness campaign held each August that seeks to empower every American to make his or her own decision about association or union membership. Through the Center's…
For over a year now, teachers have had the freedom to choose whether to financially support a government union. But there’s an information gap regarding this choice and what it…
A win for home health care workers.
The good news: the state's teachers' union Education Minnesota has widened its September opt-out "window" from seven days to 30 days. The bad news: the window still exists and is…
As the one-year anniversary of Janus v. AFSCME approaches, the national teachers’ union AFT (American Federation of Teachers) recently made a misleading claim about the case’s impact on union membership.…
Nearly 1 in 5 teachers disagree with many union policies but don’t speak out to avoid offending their colleagues who support the union, according to a survey by the Teacher…