Workplace Freedom
When it comes to unionizing, workers should be free of intimidation. The Goldwater Institute’s Save Our Secret Ballot effort is ensuring workers have anonymous ballots in union votes.
The Goldwater Institute's Carrie Ann Sitren went on KTVK Channel 3 to talk about how the government is forcing Arizona daycare centers into following a list of rules or else pay a big price.
PHOENIX – The Goldwater Institute is joining the State of Arizona in defending Proposition 113, a state constitutional amendment to protect worker rights, from a challenge by the National Labor Relations Board.
Author Steven Greenhut joined KFYI's Mike Broomhead to preview the Goldwater Institute forum "How Public Servants Became our Masters & What We Can Do about It" which looked at public employment and unions.
The Goldwater Institute's Starlee Rhoades appeared live on KPNX Channel 12's LunchCast to debate the changes Gov. Jan Brewer is proposing to public employment in the state of Arizona.
Arizona’s current public pension systems are costly, present needless risk to taxpayers, and drain tax resources from other potential uses. If policies are not changed, taxpayers will be on the hook to pay for these bloated plans far into the future, and other government programs may have to go on the chopping block to pay for pension benefits. Young employees, part of whose salaries are funding current pensions, are also at risk of never receiving the benefits they’ve already paid for if pension funds collapse under the weight of poor policy.
The Goldwater Institute's Starlee Rhoades went live on Channel 12 to debate State Senator Kyrsten Sinema about the union protests in Wisconsin and how it could affect unions in Arizona.
PHOENIX – Dismissing incompetent or disruptive government employees in Arizona has become a nightmare of paperwork and delay. Workers can be placed on leave for months at a time – getting paid their full salaries but not required to do their jobs – while administrative investigations drag on.
A Goldwater Institute investigation has found that over a two-year period, Arizona state agencies put employees under investigation on paid leave for a combined 100,000 hours – the equivalent of 48 years of full-time work.
Goldwater Institute attorney Clint Bolick appeared on KAET's Horizon to talk about the Arizona legislature's special session to put a constitutional amendment on the state ballot that would protect individuals' rights to a secret ballot when voting whether or not to unionize.
PHOENIX – The Arizona Supreme Court ruled late Tuesday that Proposition 108 won’t be considered by Arizona voters during the November 2010 general election.
PHOENIX — Arizona voters will have the opportunity in November to decide if secret ballots should be a constitutional right during public elections and the creation of labor unions, unless a union succeeds in its bid to have the proposed amendment removed as a ballot measure.