"Self-Described Thugs” Big Democrat Donors
Looks like more people are waking up to the reality that the Freedom from Union Violence Act needs to be passed now. Weekly Standard: Last week provided a good reminder that…
After Quaker Meetinghouse Arson, Ironworkers Union Business Agent Allegedly Texted 'Nice Hit' to the Perpetrators
As Jeremy Roeback reported for the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday (see the link below), in the “sweeping racketeering conspiracy case” against union officers and militants of Ironworkers Local 401 that was first made public last week, federal prosecutors are relying largely…
'Targets of Violence . . . Included a Quaker Meetinghouse Site and Workers Building a Kids' Toy Store'
Even as testimony continues at a trial 400 miles to the northwest in Buffalo, N.Y., regarding a decade-long pattern of violence, threats and vandalism allegedly perpetrated by officers of an International Union of Operating Engineers local and their agents, this…
More Californians think that unions are a force for harm rather than good
What has a Big Labor-run California government and U.S. President done for Big Labor’s image? Apparently, Obama and Big Labor’s California government union acolytes have hurt Big Labor’s image. Perhaps actions are indeed stronger than words. From the …
Church burned to ground, Philadelphia ironworkers union face charges
How far will compulsory unionism bullies go? From the Washington Free Beacon’s Bill McMorris: The group of self-described THUGS—an acronym for “Those Helpful Union Guys”—allegedly burned down the meetinghouse as part of…
Taxpayer-funded Anti-Right To Work training
Taxpayer-funded anti-Right to Work pro-forced unionism Big Labor training camp: The Washington State Labor Education and Research Center, which receives roughly $164,000 a year in state funds, partnered with the Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO, to hold 11 workshops…
If Things Don't Change, Within Six Years Chicago Will Have More Retired Cops Than Active Ones -- And Big Labor State Legislators Deserve Most of the Blame
Steve Malanga of the Manhattan Institute reported yesterday on a new study of state government pension funds in Illinois and Cook County released by the Illinois Commission on Government Forecasting and Accounting. (See the link below for Malanga’s informative summary.) The…
Union Lawyer: An Employee Who Resists Paying Forced Fees For Big Labor Monopoly Bargaining That Harms Him Is a 'Free Rider'
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Harris v. Quinn, a high-stakes labor-policy case in which the High Court is being directly urged, for the first time in more three decades, to overturn on First Amendment grounds state…
Gov. Pat Quinn's SEIU Quid Quo Pro?
During his political career, [Illinois Governor] Quinn has taken nearly $5 million in campaign contributions from the service employees union. "A couple weeks after the executive order was signed and the union campaign began, there was Governor Quinn on TV with the SEIU banner behind him and the SEIU leadership behind him, and I couldn't help but think that this was an exchange, a deal," said Pam Harris.