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Welcome to the World of Pulitzer Prize Winning Political Cartoonist Michael P. Ramirez |
Newton's Political Cradle 02-28-18
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Meet Michael Ramirez aboard the luxurious Crystal Symphony during this summer's Hawaiian cruise with Hillsdale College. Click HERE for details.
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The perpetual relationship between public unions, campaign contributions, politicians, pay, benefits, pensions and corruption.
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Our friend Dave Sussman; Whiskey Politics at CPACSupreme Court to Decide Fate of Public-Sector Unions
Illinois state worker challenges unions’ ability to collect fees from unwilling employees Jess Bravin Feb. 25, 2018 WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON—Public-employee unions face a reckoning Monday when the Supreme Court hears a long-anticipated lawsuit seeking to strip them of the power to bill collective-bargaining costs to employees who don’t want to pay. The case arrives at the court as a dispute between a state employee in Springfield, Ill., and the union that represents his bargaining unit over a $45 monthly payroll deduction. The stakes are much higher: A ruling for the plaintiff would sap the strength of public-employee unions in states where they have been a pillar of the Democratic Party coalition. The politics are reflected in the support behind each side. The Trump administration is backing the employee, as are an array of conservative politicians and organizations. The union is joined by a range of left-leaning groups, labor organizations and Democratic political figures, including the mayors of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Under federal law, states hold significant discretion to decide the degree of power organized labor can exercise in the workplace. They can decide whether private businesses and labor unions can include in contracts “union-security” clauses that require hires to join a union or pay it an “agency fee” for representation in collective bargaining. Without such provisions, labor leaders say, too many employees would become free riders who benefit from union-won contracts while burdening more altruistic co-workers with overhead costs. The plaintiff in the case, Illinois child-welfare-office worker Mark Janus, argues the agency fees infringe on his First Amendment right to freedom of speech. The fees are akin to “the government forcing individuals to support a mandatory lobbyist or political advocacy group,” Mr. Janus, represented by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, argues in his Supreme Court brief. read more Upcoming events with Michael:
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Our friend Dave Sussman and his conversation with Victor Davis Hanson:
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