Since June 25, 2018, all public employees nationwide have the right to no longer financially support a government union in order to keep their job (Janus v. AFSCME). But exercising…
An organization called Americans For Tax Fairness released an incredibly bad report recently which claimed that, as they explained on Twitter: Was this written by someone who simply doesn’t know…
National government unions spent $13.2 million on politics in Minnesota, with the national teacher unions the top spenders, according to a recent report by the Commonwealth Foundation. The four largest…
The role of the far-left advocacy group gets noticed. We’ve written frequently of the St. Paul-based far-left advocacy group TakeAction Minnesota‘s efforts to move the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party ever…
In this edition of Follow the Money™, we track another member of the Minnesota Ethnic Studies Coalition (METC), Unidos MN. You will recall from our earlier reporting, recently passed legislation…
Three-term state Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL-Mendota Heights) abruptly resigned via Twitter (X) last night, as the long Labor Day weekend began. Little additional explanation was given for her sudden departure.…
Picking up where we left off in Part 4 of our Minnesota For Sale series on campaign finance, we dig up more names and money in the shadowy world of…
The personal care assistant (PCA) program is slated to receive an additional $247 million per year, according to budget documents filed this week (page 25). The proposal (p. 28), would…
It’s been almost a month since the 2022 election, so it’s time for your esteemed editors at Capitol Watch to provide our expert analysis about what happened.
Union bosses are at it again, with their latest labor rackets including false entries, embezzlement, and conspiracy, according to the Center for Union Facts and the Enterprise Freedom Action Committee.…
A majority of the more than 400 registered nurses at the Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato voted Monday to do away with union membership by decertifying the Minnesota Nurses…
Starbucks’ brand as a proudly progressive company continues to take a beating among those who know the high-priced coffee corporation best — its employees. The organizing drive that led to…
The following article originally appeared in Reason: As it turns out, a huge chunk of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan doesn’t have much to do with infrastructure. This is not…
Crockett on forced unionization and the monopoly power of public unions.
Government unions aren’t happy their grip on public employees’ paychecks has been loosened. So, they hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied members from leaving and have even resorted to…
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Just over two years ago, sexual misconduct accusations rocked Hollywood and fueled the #MeToo movement’s drive against sexual impropriety. But predators aren’t just in Hollywood. The Center for Union Facts…
Center of the American Experiment announced its work was recognized with two major awards, highlighting the nationwide impact of its research and advocacy. The awards were presented last week at…
Despite her pitch to “empower” and “protect” American workers, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's labor reform proposal would actually work against home health care workers in favor of big union.
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Minnesota Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) celebrated today’s announcement that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has overturned an Obama-era rule allowing Medicaid payments to be diverted to government…
The 2018 bill was supposed to immediately and miraculously drop the unfunded liability by billions while lowering the assumed rate of return and solve the funding crisis “for the next…
I got a text this morning alerting me to a potential strike by the people who work as employees for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). "OPEIU rejected the SEIU’s…
The only way to boost wages is to boost worker productivity.