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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio is Witnessing a Strong Job Growth Year

The Buckeye Institute commented on newly released employment data from the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, saying, “Halfway through 2018, Ohio is on track for a year marked with solid job growth and a strengthening labor market…This growth has been fostered by the federal tax reform and Governor John Kasich’s tax policies, which have created an economic environment conducive to job creation. However, current federal trade policies could hinder this growth in the months to come.”

Commentary & In the News

Medicare for All is a Poor Prescription for What Ails Health Care

Guaranteeing high quality health care at a cost that does not break the piggy bank is one of the great challenges confronting policymakers today. Everyone wants access to the best possible health care at the best possible prices. Obamacare was supposed to help. It did not. Now, an even more harmful idea is making the rounds among many politicians, Medicare for All.

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The Buckeye Institute Launches Workers Choose Campaign to Allow Public Employees to Express First Amendment Rights in Wake of Janus Ruling

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, The Buckeye Institute launched its Workers Choose campaign, which gives public employees in Ohio the tools they need to express their First Amendment rights. “For public-sector employees who seek to exercise their First Amendment rights and withdraw from their government union, WorkersChoose.org will allow them to initiate the process online in three easy steps. For those workers who are happy to continue supporting their government unions, they also have the First Amendment right to maintain their membership in them.”

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The Buckeye Institute Files Amicus Brief Calling for an End to Government Regulatory Overreach

The Buckeye Institute filed a new amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in the case California Sea Urchin Commission v. Susan Combs, asking the court to put an end to judicial deference to executive agencies’ interpretation of the law. “The practice of courts relying on agencies to interpret the law has proven to be dysfunctional, inconsistent with our constitutional system, and has led to the erosion of individual liberties. It is time for the Supreme Court to junk Chevron.” 

Commentary & In the News

Janus decision protects workers who dissent from union

Buckeye’s Robert Alt writes in The Columbus Dispatch, “Public-sector workers won the long-overdue right to be respected, irrespective of their individual decisions regarding union membership. And, in a nation founded upon the consent of the governed, the standard of consent adopted by the Supreme Court in Janus finally gives our hardworking public servants the voice and choice they have always deserved.”

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“Non-union, public-sector employees will be free from tyranny after Janus decision”

The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt writes in The Hill saying, “More responsive unions funded by members who affirmatively consent and an abiding respect for First Amendment rights are principles that all Americans can applaud regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum. We are a nation founded upon the principle of the consent of the governed.”

Commentary & In the News

The Buckeye Institute’s Robert Alt Discusses the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Janus Case with Rick Jackson on Sound of Ideas

The Supreme Court wrapped up its latest term with a major decision and a major announcement.  The court saved a major decision for the last day of the 2017 terms—ruling in case from Illinois that public employees who refuse to join unions cannot be forced to pay "fair share" fees.  It's a decision that could reverberate here in Ohio and have a major impact on organized labor.  

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