An executive order by Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter opened the door to unionization of state employees, and the Colorado Springs Gazette estimates that nearly two-thirds of the state’s 32,000 government employees could be unionized by next month. Ritter’s order opened…
Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle announced that she will veto a bill that would eliminate a worker’s right to a secret ballot election when deciding whether or not to have union representation in the workplace. HB2974 HD2, a state version…
The Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) today released results from a series of surveys in the battleground states of Minnesota, Colorado and Maine conducted by McLaughlin & Associates showing that the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill is hurting its…
A federal judge has ordered California State Employees Association (CSEA) union officials to offer rebates to up to 28,000 state employees who are not union members. Imposing a “special assessment” in addition to mandatory dues, union officials seized an additional…
In San Diego, California, Big Labor construction unions are demanding that Gaylord Entertainment, a hotel operator, sign a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) that prohibits non-union construction companies from working on the building of a new 1,500 room hotel. Gaylord Entertainment…
Writing in the Weekly Standard, Stephen Moore details the massive financial obligations and costs imposed on taxpayers by the public employee unions. It didn’t get much attention on the East Coast, but in late February the town of Vallejo, California,…
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.