The venerable Dan Walters, who covers California state politics for the Sacramento Bee, has discovered the obvious in a column entitled “Unions again using politics to bolster membership.” Walters notes: It’s no secret that organized labor has seen a steep…
A California appeals court ruling clamping down on homeschooling by parents sent shock waves across the state this week, leaving an estimated 166,000 children as possible truants and their parents at risk of prosecution, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Missouri State Rep. Steve Hunter (R-Joplin), a champion of workers’ rights, has introduced House Bill 1811, a bill that would allow Missouri to enjoy the benefits of a Right to Work law. And it appears his efforts are paying dividends.
The Las Vegas Review Journal eloquently details the stakes of the upcoming Supreme Court’s case from Maine.
California voters rejected Proposition 93, an effort that would have allowed members of the California State Legislature to remain in their current office up to 12 years — longer than they are currently allowed under California’s existing term limits. While…
Teamsters bosses in Massachusetts have cancelled a scheduled election by FedEx drivers after realizing they had little chance of victory. “This is a complete victory for FedEx Home Delivery contractors Worcester and a total defeat for the Teamsters,” said…
Let me get this straight. After “. . . convincing only six of 100 Russell workers to picket with them and gaining 12 votes in favor of unionization,” over “. . . 30 members of Teamsters Local 25 padlocked the…
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s secret effort to give state workers union officials special monopoly bargaining privileges has been under attack and rightfully so.
At a state labor forum, candidates for U.S. Senate Mike Ciresi, Jim Cohen, Al Franken and Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer all endorsed the Card Check Scam Bill, taking away workers’ right to vote on whether to be represented by Big Labor in…