Washington: EFF Press Release on AWF Index
According to the Evergreen Freedom Foundation:
Washington, DC – The State of Washington received a C+ in a national report card of worker freedom released this morning by the Alliance for Worker Freedom during a news conference at the National Press Club.
In a Foreward to the report, Evergreen Freedom Foundation President Bob Williams said, “Over the last year, union density declined in 31 states. Today only 12 percent of workers are members of a union, down from 35 percent in the 1950s. In private industries, only 7 percent of workers are unionized.”
With union growth essentially limited to the public sector, Williams said, “Unlike the private sector, the public sector operates according to a set of rules that does not include competition, efficiency, or scarcity. Government lacks competition. While private unionized industries are subject to the corrective forces of the market, there is little incentive for union negotiators to bear in mind the government’s bottom line.
“The emergence of these public-sector unions has serious consequences for the scope, cost, and size of government.” (page 6)...click to continue.
