Political Scientist and Labor Scholar

Daniel DiSalvo

1 article 2011

Daniel DiSalvo is a political scientist and author known for his expertise on public-sector unions and their role in American politics. He is the author of 'Government Against Itself: Public Union Power and Its Consequences' and a professor of political science at the City College of New York. He contributed analysis of labor union politics to The Weekly Standard.

Why the Unions Fight

March 7, 2011 · public sector unions, Daniel DiSalvo, Magazine

Scott Walker, Wisconsin’s new governor, has brought on a showdown with public sector unions and their Democratic allies in his state. He seeks to get most state workers to pay for their pension and health benefits, to narrow collective bargaining to wages, to stop the state from collecting union…