More on the Latest Union Payoff
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…
Deal: 92.5% of Private Sector Non-Union Workers could be taxed -- but not Union Members
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…
Denied the Opportunity
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%…
What Transparency?
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.
Need Blood? Tough Luck, Union Bosses say
First the union bosses go after the Boy Scouts. Now the Red Cross is in their sites.
Oregon Gag Rule Challenged
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…
One-Click Card Check
Katie Packer, writing for the Weekly Standard, looks at efforts by Big Labor to use Internet voting as a tool to force millions of Americans into labor unions. She points out that, “On July 22, the Association of Flight Attendants…
Big Labor Scam in New York
The New York Post rips the cover off New York’s Big Labor-funded “Working Families Party.” Using workers’ dues money, the WFP allows endorsed Big Labor supporters to pay a nominal sum below fair market value which gives the candidates they…
Has Big Labor’s left arm finally been exposed?
For Big Labor’s most notorious organizing partner, ACORN, the “chickens have come home to roost” thanks to a couple young people exposing ACORN (see BigGovernment.com for more). In case you only watch MSNBC for your news, you may not have…