Worker Freedom
Nevada Policy believes every worker has the right to decide for themselves whether or not union membership is the right decision.
Unfortunately, union leaders have long maneuvered to block any real check on their own power from rank and file members. That’s why Nevada Policy works so tirelessly to educate workers, taxpayers and lawmakers about the impact these powerful organizations have over public policy.
Teachers can opt-out of union membership!
Teachers, like all public sector workers, have the right to decide for themselves if they want to support a union.
If you’re a teacher who wants to opt-out of your union, it only takes three easy steps, and you will not lose any of the benefits you have earned over the years — such as retirement benefits, tenure or health insurance. Click below to learn more.
Featured Articles
Public Union Not the Right Fit? You have Options
A national effort to let public-sector union workers know about alternatives to being a little cog in the machinery of Big Labor occurs later this month.
Solutions for Nevada: Worker Freedom
Organized labor’s disproportionate influence over Nevada state politics has resulted in a patchwork of laws and policies which put the interests of government-sector unions over the constitutional rights of individual…
Teachers Can Opt Out of Unions Beginning July 1
Tomorrow marks the first day of the two-week period during which Nevada educators can opt out of teachers unions. The July 1-15 window marks the only time during the year…
Recent News
Clark County Government Unions: When Being in the Top 1 Percent Just isn't Enough
Executive Summary The average wage received by Clark County’s local government workers was greater than the amount received by their public-sector peers in over 99 percent of counties nationwide,…
Union boss relies on falsehoods to make case for collective bargaining
In an opinion column for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada State Employees Union President Harry Schiffman argues that collective bargaining should be extended to state government workers. Because he…
Los mayores salarios mínimos son los que más perjudican a los trabajadores hispanos, según los datos de 2016
Mientras los defensores de aumentar el salario mínimo a menudo argumentan que hacerlo beneficiará a las comunidades minoritarias de Nevada, un análisis de los datos económicos de la Oficina de…
Reforming Nevada’s burdensome licensing laws could boost employment 8.5 percent, study finds
Nevada‘s onerous and burdensome occupational licensing laws are suppressing jobs for low and moderate income professions at a near national-high rate, according to a just-released study. In Land of…