Posts tagged reform

    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Strike Unions

    Opinion: As strike looms, LA schools need reform — not more spending

    February 8, 2026 // Rather, only three reforms have any hope of improving performance in LA Unified: breaking up the district; parental choice; and Mississippi-style rigor. Remember that this is the teachers union that delayed school reopenings after the Covid lockdown and attached extraneous political demands to the reopening process. What the union is now demanding will leave the district unable to pay its bills within three years.

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    Blog ● Labor Unions

    Taxpayer Victory! Gov. Ducey Signs Goldwater Institute’s Release Time Reform Act by GOLDWATER INSTITUTE

    April 12, 2022 // “Public funds should advance the public’s interest, not the political and lobbying activities of private labor unions,” said Goldwater Institute President and CEO Victor Riches. “This law will ensure that tax dollars cannot be used to pay government workers to lobby and engage in political activities for labor unions instead of working for the public.”

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    Research ● Labor Unions

    Why Pennsylvania Needs Wisconsin-Style Government Union Reform

    February 24, 2022 // Government union executives use this power to trap government employees in unions, deny them alternative representation, and lobby against fiscal and educational reforms needed to make Pennsylvania more prosperous.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Corruption Labor

    Stephen Bloom: Reforms would reduce corruption and restore workers’ rights

    February 14, 2022 // It is illegal for any other organization or individual to use taxpayer resources for campaign politics, but government unions have an exemption from rules designed to prevent corruption. Thanks in large part to this special privilege, these unions are one of the largest, most powerful special interest groups in Pennsylvania.

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