Category: Business

  1. Should Public School Teachers Be Allowed to Join Unions at All?

    This broo-ha-ha in Wisconsin with the showdown between the teacher’s unions and the governor has piqued my interest for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that my mother was born there, and my mother was also a public school teacher. I’ve always thought it ridiculous that anybody could be forced to join a union in order to take a job, and I tended to lean towards the idea that government employees should not be allowed to organize, but since getting into libertarian thought I’m not so sure about either of those positions. Let’s think this through … Read the rest of this entry »