Newly-elected New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed an executive order ending the current system of pay to play politics in the Garden State. The order states that unions are now added to the list of groups which are barred from receiving…
The Committee was forwarded an e-mail that, in part, read: We have just learned from our contacts in Washington that the HELP committee [U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions] has postponed other scheduled business and will conduct…
The Galen Institute, a health care foundation, writes: “The Cornhusker Kick: Just when we thought the health care legislation could not possibly get any worse, any more damaging, or any more disgusting in its vote-buying kickbacks and special favors, then…
Rich Lowery takes a look at the “rank deal” that has bought big labor’s endorsement of the president’s health care reform bill. The New York Post takes the criticism a step further: It took two days…
Congress Daily reports that labor union bosses have struck a deal to exempt union monopoly bargained healthcare plans from any tax. In plain English, this means that Americans who are not union members but have the same plan as union…
In Indianapolis, local contractors have been shut out of the bidding process to renovate a local hospital. The closed-bid process was foisted on construction plans by the union bosses. By closing competitive bidding, hospital construction costs will be 20 to 30%…
Right to Work’s Mark Mix: President Obama swept into office promising a new era of openness and transparency. But he forgot to mention his union loophole.
First the union bosses go after the Boy Scouts. Now the Red Cross is in their sites.
An Oregon law that gags business owners from discussing the costs and effects of unionization is being challenged in court. SB 519, which takes effect in January, was pushed by the Oregon AFL-CIO violates the employer’s right to communicate with…