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Unions and Strikes blog
In re Debs and the 1894 Pullman Strike That Made the Labor Injunction The Court unanimously upheld the injunction against Eugene Debs in 1895, and the case warns every conservative who likes emergency power in the right hands. PATCO 1981, the strike that ended with 11,000 controllers fired Reagan gave striking air traffic controllers 48 hours, then fired those who stayed out. The law behind it, the facts, and what it taught public unions. Should conservatives make peace with private-sector unions? Two views A newer right says unions can anchor families and towns; the older right says they protect insiders. Both cases, fairly stated, and a verdict. Janus v. AFSCME for Teachers, Eleven Questions About Union Fees Since Janus v. AFSCME no public school teacher can be forced to pay a union as a job condition. Eleven plain answers on dues, opt-outs and the contract. Davis-Bacon at ninety, the 1931 wage law that raises the price of a bridge The Davis-Bacon Act sets federal construction wages by survey, often at union scale, and its 1931 debate had a racial edge. What it costs and what it protects. Public-sector unions, and why FDR doubted they could bargain at all Franklin Roosevelt said bargaining could not be transplanted into government. Here is why he was right, and how the country drifted away from him. How Teacher Unions Won the Right to Bargain, and What FDR Warned About Even Franklin Roosevelt doubted that collective bargaining belonged in government. How public-sector unions rose, and why bargaining with electees differs. Cesar Chavez Fought Illegal Hiring, a Part of His Story Rarely Told The farmworker leader the left honors opposed employers who used unlawful labor to break his strikes, a fact that complicates the story usually told. Official Time Lets Federal Employees Do Union Work on the Taxpayer's Clock Federal law lets employees spend paid hours on union representation. Here is how official time works, what the statute allows, and the arguments on both sides. Even Franklin Roosevelt Thought Government Unions Had Limits Labor's own champions once held that bargaining against the government differed from bargaining against a company, and the record shows how far we moved. Vergara v. California, the Lawsuit That Put Teacher Tenure on Trial Nine students won a trial-court ruling against California's tenure and layoff laws, lost on appeal, and left behind a policy case that belongs in legislatures. What a Teachers Union Contract Says and Why Every Parent Should Read One A collective bargaining agreement shapes your child's school day more than most board votes, and it is a public document you can read for free.