Louisiana Lawmaker’s Push for Transparency in Collective Bargaining Gains National Currency

By Kevin Mooney

06/28/2011

Rep. Tony Ligi made every effort to pass legislation that would allow for greater public scrutiny of collective bargaining agreements between union officials and government agencies. His efforts fell short this time around but they have attracted national attention and will be revisited in Louisiana.

TAGS: Bush Administration, collective bargaining, Elaine Chao, Labor Department, Louisiana Federation of Teachers, New Jersey, Ohio, Patrick Pizzella, public employee unions, Rep. Tony Ligi, vincent vernuccio, Wisconsin

Call for Transparency in Collective Bargaining is Back from the Dead

By Kevin Mooney

06/14/2011

Rep. Tony Ligi (R-Metaire) continues to fight for transparency in collective bargaining agreements. His legislation was "involuntarily deferred" in the House earlier this month but has been reloaded into amendment the Senate Education Committee will consider today.

TAGS: collective bargaining, Rep. Toni Ligi

Push for Openness in Collective Bargaining Fails By One Vote In Committee

By Kevin Mooney

06/06/2011

Rep. Toni Ligi's attempt to bring greater openness and transparency to the collective bargaining process will have to wait at least one more year. His bill failed in a House committee by just one vote.

TAGS: collective bargaining, Louisiana Federation of Teachers, public employee bargaining transparency act, Toni Ligi, unions

New Bill Seeks to Shed Light on Collective Bargaining in the Public Sector

By Kevin Mooney

05/11/2011

Rep. Tony Ligi (R-Metairie) is advancing new legislation that would make it possible for taxpayers to review the cost of collective bargaining agreements. The negotiations between public employers and labor unions would full under the Open Meetings Law

TAGS: collective bargaining, public employee unions, Rep. Tony Ligi

Senate Bill Preempts Union-Backed Project Labor Agreements

By Kevin Mooney

04/27/2011

Sen. Danny Martiny (R-Metaire) has introduced legislation that would ban state government officials from mandating Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on publicly funded construction projects, which are backed by organized labor. PLAs boost construction costs and undermine competition, studies show.

TAGS: collective bargaining, Danny Martiny, executive order, President Bush, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Union

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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