Articles by James Sherk

Kansas Teachers Vote to Decertify Their Union

James Sherk | June 18, 2013

Teachers in Deerfield, Kansas, just did something unusual—they voted to decertify their union. The Kansas National Education Association (KNEA) no longer represents them. Teachers disliking… Read More

Immigration: Gang of Eight Would Make H-1B Program Unworkable

James Sherk | May 20, 2013

Supporters of the Gang of Eight immigration bill argue they want to make immigrating legally simpler, but their bill would make the H-1B system for… Read More

Economy

Thomas Perez a Troubled Pick for Labor Secretary

James Sherk | April 18, 2013

The President has a right to nominate cabinet secretaries who share his political views. He does not have a right to appoint unqualified cabinet secretaries…. Read More

Economy

Raising the Minimum Wage to $9 Would Harm Most Vulnerable Job Seekers

James Sherk | April 12, 2013

President Obama’s budget proposes raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour. This would hurt the very workers the President wants to help. When the… Read More

Education

Kansas Legislators Take on the Teachers Unions

James Sherk | April 03, 2013

Union contracts often pick winners and losers in the workplace. However, teachers unions may soon lose the power to pick losers—at least in Kansas. Legislators… Read More

The Jobless Recovery Continues with High Unemployment

James Sherk | March 13, 2013

At the height of the recession, one in 10 Americans who wanted to work could not find employment. Since then, the unemployment rate has gradually… Read More

Economy

SKILLS Act Would Cut Duplication and Waste in Job Training Programs

James Sherk | March 05, 2013

The federal government spends billions each year on job training programs. However, these programs are ineffective and waste billions on duplicative administrative expenses. A 2011… Read More

EconomyNews

Minimum Wage Benefits Suburban Teenagers, Not Single Parents

James Sherk | March 04, 2013

President Obama argued in his State of the Union address that “no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty.” That is a… Read More

Economy

Hard to Justify Across-the-Board Federal Pay Raises

James Sherk | February 15, 2013

The House just voted on a proposal to extend President Obama’s (misnamed) “federal pay freeze” for another year. While Congress has better ways of reducing… Read More

EconomyNews

A Simple and Wrong Answer to Poverty: Increasing the Minimum Wage

James Sherk | February 13, 2013

During last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama proposed fighting poverty by raising the minimum wage. It sounds appealing but it will not… Read More

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