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Lauren Bowen
Ohio Director
Lauren is a lifelong Ohio resident and calls Cincinnati home. After earning a master’s degree in international politics from Wright State University in 2014, she led an innovative, first of its kind, digital government accountability and transparency project, called the Ohio Checkbook. Through that leadership experience Lauren developed a fierce determination to undermine government corruption. She has since joined the Freedom Foundation as State Director to fight union tyranny and oppression. In her spare time Lauren enjoys collecting early American antiques and trying new restaurants with her husband.
Public Employers Getting Tired of Doing Unions’ Dirty Work
Unfortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME, which recognized the God-given right of government employees not …
Union Bosses and Politicians Have Very Itchy Backs. Lucky for them, Unlucky for the Taxpayer
Corruption and exploitation are so common in American politics that the phrase “backroom deal” has become a staple when referring …
Spare Us the Cleveland Teachers Union’s Doubletalk
The Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) has done it again. Union leaders have spent nearly a year showing school children their …
The Winter Air Is Cold and Unforgiving — Like Ohio’s Union Bosses
Ohio’s public employees have been on the receiving end of bitter frigidness from old man winter and major union bosses …
For Public Employee Unions, Socialism Is as Socialism Does
The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Janus v. AFSCME affirmed that, under the First Amendment, public employees cannot be required to either join or pay dues (or fees) to a labor union.
Public Employee Unions: Labor Organizations or Well-Funded Political Machines?
It’s hardly a surprise that Ohio’s prominent union bosses boasted major support for America’s Democratic presidential nominee in the 2020 election cycle.
Unions’ Support Of ‘Defund Police’ Movement Shows How Unlike Their Members They Really Are
In no other place is the concept of Robinhood more glorified, in modern times, than in the extravagant national headquarters of America’s most prominent unions.
