The Ultimate Goal Act
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) has introduced legislation to repeal a state’s right to enact a Right to Work law. The bill currently has eight cosponsors. Make no mistake about it, Big Labor would love to repeal your Right to…
Ten Governors Oppose Card Check Scam
In a letter to Congress, 10 governors voiced objections to imposition of the Card Check Scam (i.e. the so-called Employee Free Choice Act) on their states. The letter states: January 8, 2009 Dear Senator Reid, Senator McConnell, Speaker Pelosi,…
Scandal Stopped Big Labor Payoff
From the Wall Street Journal: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was preparing to issue an executive order prior to his arrest last week [December 9, 2008] that would have allowed union organizing of home-care workers that could have benefited a…
Contract? What Contract?
The Washington Post makes clear that when a teacher’s union in Hawaii inked a contract that provided for more pay in exchange for random drug testing, they chose to take the money and run. Since the teachers’ union approved…
And Now for the Video
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has released a new video. According to the Foundation’s release: The Fox affiliate in Chicago investigated disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s corrupt relationship with the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU). We’ve…
Big Labor Blago
The website Pro Publica that offers “Journalism in the Public Interest” peeks behind the curtain and reveals a long co-dependent relationship between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
Union Corruption
It’s not often the New York Times opens its eyes and gives its readers a headline like this — “Union Linked to Corruption Scandal.”…
SEIU Mentioned in Blagojevich Criminal Complaint
The governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has been arrested, and it’s no surprise that union activists appear to be involved in the scandal. On page 69 of the criminal complaint against the Governor, government pleadings mention discussions with an “SEIU…
Union Boss Accused of Embezzlement
KGO-TV in San Francisco is reporting that “[a] group of San Francisco sheriff’s deputies is suing their union president, charging he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars.” Five sheriff deputies are accusing their union president, [David Wong] and other officers…