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San Jose, Calif., Mayor Chuck Reed wants to allow state and local governments to adjust pension benefits on a going-forward basis instead of only being able to make changes that apply to future employees. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Manhattan Moment: California experience shows obstacles to pension reform

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The rule, which the NLRB adopted in 2011, would have required all businesses to prominently place posters in the workplace explaining workers' rights to join a union. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Beltway Confidential

NLRB signals defeat on workplace poster rule

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A small group of machinists union members rally in favor of voting on Boeing's last contract offer in front of the machinists' union hall Dec. 18 in Everett, Wash. (AP/Elaine Thompson)
Beltway Confidential

Boeing not bluffing, Seattle union says

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Tom Buffenbarger, the president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers who has forced a vote on a pension-freezing Boeing contract proposal, once called those retirement plans sacred and derided alternatives as risky. (AP Photo/Ron Wurzer)

Machinists chief once called pensions ‘sacred’

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In a letter to members Thursday, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers President Tom Buffenbarger said that secret ballot elections were the best way to ensure that voters were
Beltway Confidential

Union president says secret ballot best way to avoid coercion

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Boeing machinists union member Kevin Flynn walks near a union hall in support of his leaders' rejection of Boeing's last contract offer as he waits for a small group of protesters who instead favor a vote, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, in Everett, Wash. Local union leaders rejected the offer last week because they said it was too similar to one voted down last month, but the national union has set a vote date of Jan. 3. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Beltway Confidential

Union turmoil could cost Boeing workers their jobs

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Why did so many people move out of Detroit? The quick answer: crime abetted by welfare. (AP File)
Columnists

Flashback Column: Michael Barone on bankruptcies in Detroit and California

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Former Vice President Al Gore, shown here Jan. 29, made a lot of money selling Current TV to Qatar-owned Al-Jazeera. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

My Top 10 stories of 2013

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The Michigan Education Association, the state branch of the National Education Association, only allows members to leave the union in one month out of the year, and strictly enforces this rule. Miss it even by a little and not only are you still a member, but you owe another year's worth of dues, too. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Beltway Confidential

How a Michigan teachers union obstructs members trying to quit

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Public employee union members occupy the unique position of being both workers and taxpayers. They vote for their public officials at regular intervals, but they almost never have the opportunity to vote in recertification elections. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Opinion

Examiner Editorial: Wisconsin experience shows need for union recertification elections

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