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Daniel DiSalvo
is an assistant professor of political science the City College of New York (CUNY). He received his doctorate in politics from the University of Virginia and served as Andrew W. Mellon Visiting Professor at Amherst College. He has written about American political parties, elections, labor unions, and public policy for National Affairs, The Public Interest, The Weekly Standard, Commentary, New York Daily News, The Tocqueville Review, Congress & the Presidency, and the Journal of Policy History.
Government Unions and the Bankrupting of America
Government-workers unions have been political juggernauts in the U.S. since the unseen collective-bargaining-rights revolution of the 1960s and 70s. These unions are different and more powerful than those that battle owners and managers in the private sector. To advance their interests, unions in the public sector have created cartels with…