Massachusetts politics

Union ‘loophole’ going to Supreme Court

Union ‘loophole’ going to Supreme Court

Case has a shot given justices’ aversion to unions

By Paul D. Craney Elections, Massachusetts politics 0 Comments Dec 6, 2018

THE SO-CALLED UNION LOOPHOLE is a longstanding social injustice that MassFiscal, and its sister organization the Fiscal Alliance Foundation, are determined to right. On Wednesday, we teamed up with the Goldwater Institute and filed a petition with the US Supreme Court of the United States. MassFiscal began its quest after the 2013 Boston mayoral election(...)

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