Workplace Freedom
A union push for federal “card check” legislation could make things more difficult for small businesses and open workers up to intimidation. The Goldwater Institute stands by workers’ rights to an anonymous ballot in union votes, and drafted the Save Our Secret Ballot amendment, already law in four states. While the Obama administration is fighting us in court, we will continue to stand by small businesses and their employees who deserve the right to vote in private.
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Public sector collective bargaining threatens right to work states too
Posted on December 14, 2011 | Type: Blog | Author: Nick DraniasDespite claims that “right to work” states do not recognize collective bargaining by public employees, the truth is that “meet and confer” laws are collective bargaining laws. And that has big ramifications for longsuffering taxpayers nationwide.
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Gov. Scott Walker at the 2011 Goldwater Dinner
Posted on November 30, 2011 | Type: BlogOn November 10, 2011, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker keynoted the Goldwater Institute Annual Dinner. Watch his speech with an introduction by former Arizona Representative and Goldwater Institute Senior Fellow John Shadegg.
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The real lesson to learn from Ohio
Posted on November 15, 2011 | Type: Blog | Author: Nick DraniasAlthough labor unions have been trumpeting their success in overturning Ohio’s ban on public sector collective bargaining after it was referred to the ballot in last week’s election, their victory was more about voter confusion than political strength. They successfully obscured the critical distinction between private sector and public sector unions. That distinction makes all the difference because it is precisely what justifies a ban on collective bargaining in the public sector that could never be justified in the private sector.
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Appeals court sides with tattoo shop in fight with Mesa
Posted on November 04, 2011 | Type: In the NewsThe Mesa City Council denied two tattoo artists the constitutional protections of free speech by rejecting their efforts to open a business two years ago, the Arizona Court of Appeals said Thursday.
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Phoenix Labor Union Targets Former Trustee Who Questioned How Taxpayer Money is Spent
Posted on October 27, 2011 | Type: Investigative Report | Author: Mark FlattenNatasha Nimer had a simple question: As a trustee in a local labor union representing City of Phoenix employees, did she have a duty to check the books of a taxpayer-funded insurance account it managed? So she asked the executive board of AFSCME Local 2960. The response was an emphatic “no.” She dropped the matter and thought it would end there. She was wrong.
