Union Members Deserve to Know How Their Money is Spent

02/19/2020

For years, the Pelican Institute has maintained its position as an outspoken advocate for transparency in government. Whether it has been education spending or spending on construction projects, the Pelican Institute believes you should know where your hard-earned tax dollars are going. It was with this principle in mind that the Pelican Institute recently submitted...

TAGS: public sector unions, Transparency

Why Even Right to Work States Should Celebrate National Employee Freedom Week

By Daniel J. Erspamer

08/18/2015

Not surprisingly, the survey also found that nearly 40 percent of Americans across the country hand over a chunk of their hard-earned paychecks to their union bosses without knowing they have other options.

TAGS: National Employee Freedom Week, paycheck protection, public sector unions

Why Louisiana Needs Paycheck Protection

By Ben Kilpatrick

05/01/2015

Paycheck Protection makes sense because it gets Louisiana taxpayers out of the business of political fundraising for special interests.

TAGS: paycheck protection, public sector unions, teachers unions

Union Wages Drive Up Costs, Increase Tax Burden for Louisiana Residents

By Kevin Mooney

03/09/2011

Public sector unions are boosting taxpayer costs in Louisiana just as they are in other states. The demonstrations in Wisconsin, New Jersey and Ohio relate back to a fundamental change in the composition of organized labor. For the first time in American history, more union workers are employed by the government than the private sector.

TAGS: Louisiana Federation of Teachers, public sector unions, Right to Work, teachers union, unionfacts.com, Wisconsin

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future

A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future paper-digital In Louisiana’s Comeback: A Tax Reform for Our Brighter Future, the Pelican Institute identifies the state’s significant tax problems and proposes a path to set the state in a brighter direction, including flattening the personal and corporate income taxes to 3.5% rates, reducing the number of tax preferences, eliminating...

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