Utah Was Right to Dump Public Unions

This month, nearly 9,000 municipal workers in Philadelphia walked off the job. The result? Trash piled up on street corners, neighborhoods reeked, and everyday life was disrupted. This wasn’t just a messy inconvenience — it was a clear sign of a deeper policy failure: public-sector unions, when given collective bargaining rights, gain the power to stall essential services at will.

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John Yelland

John studied TV and cinema production at Utah Valley University and obtained his Masters of Divinity at Regent University. He studied German in Berlin at the Goethe Institute. Before joining Libertas, John served as Director of Video Production at Apiary Fund and, prior to that, web producer for KUTV 2News. He lives in Kearns with his wife and son and enjoys writing and recording music.

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