Jefferson Journal: Equal Access for Teachers?
Should Virginia teachers hae equal access to any legitimate employee association offering professional support, insurance and other benefits, so they can find the best deal for their money? Senator William DeSteph thinks so. The teacher unions prefer to maintain their monopoly.
Institute Urges Support for Approval of Keystone Pipline
Noting that the Keystone Pipeline decision is coming down to the wire, Thomas Jefferson Institute President Michael Thompson has written the Institute’s supporters urging their action in support of the Keystone Pipeline. "Either the US gets this needed oil or it will be shipped to China," Thompson noted. "Your action today can help convince Secretary […]
Forcing Union Payments on Taxpayer-Funded Projects
In an Executive Order few have heard about, President Obama is trying to eliminate union competition for federal construction projects. Here’s what it means for Virginia workers and companies.
Bringing Quality Schools to Virginia
With 98 percent of public schools meeting SOL standards, there are large swaths of Virginia where students are academically quite successful. But there are significant pockets – both urban and rural – where the public school systems have for years failed the educationally at-risk students who attend them, and where parents would jump at the […]
The Right to Choose…Secretly
It may seem like a distant problem for a Right to Work state like Virginia, but if the Employee Free Choice Act, or the “card check bill,” is passed it will just be the first of many small efforts to slowly whittle away at employee freedom.
The Right To Choose … Secretly.
At the age of eight, I watched my father vote in a contested election for his union’s leadership. Sitting across the folding table from him, watching to see how he voted, were members of the union leadership being challenged – the ones who decided which union members would be assigned to construction jobs each week. […]
An Assessment of the Competitive Environment Between Credit Unions and Banks
As our economy continues to grow, the need for Virginians to have access to financial institutions is critical to the long-term health of our state and nation. One of the fascinating debates within the financial community is the potential challenge that credit unions pose to commercial banks and the preferential tax treatment credit unions receive […]