Posts tagged "unions"
Government is strangling the Midwest
Economic growth in Illinois has lagged behind national levels for a generation. The same can be said for all of the old urban centers of the Midwest and Northeast, except for New York City. Likewise, the long-term population trends for Chicago don’t look good. The overall metro area has seen growth of around 4% since... Read more »
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October 12, 2010 at 3:55 pm
October 12, 2010 at 3:55 pm
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Wrestling with teacher unions
Unions are reasonably good at protecting workers whose jobs involve the daily risk of having molten steel dropped on them or getting arm chewed off in a machine. However, the value of a union for government workers, especially professionals like teachers, is a little harder to define. This year’s strike-season seems to have passed without... Read more »
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August 29, 2010 at 7:56 pm
August 29, 2010 at 7:56 pm
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