"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…
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…
Compensation Growth Lags in Forced-Dues States
Activists Push For Recorded Votes on State Right to Work Measures (Click here to download the National Right to Work Committee’s November-December 2013 Newsletter) Even union bosses and their apologists sometimes grudgingly admit that long-term private-sector job growth in…
Scranton Public-Safety Union Bosses Urge Court to 'Throw Out the Rulebook'
State labor law and the courts in Pennsylvania are heavily biased in favor of government union bosses, but they have yet to furnish police and fire union officials in Scranton, located in the northeastern part of the Keystone State, with…
Government Union Bosses Foisting Massive Tax Hike on Struggling Scranton
For years and years, the private sector in Scranton, Pa., has been shrinking. That means, among other things, that the mayor and other elected officials desperately need to get city taxpayers’ sky-high costs for municipal employee compensation under control. Scranton’s…
An NEA Union Prez Spreads Neo-Nazi Rumour About a Jewish Parent
Labor union officials using forced-dues to fund “push polls” against political targets is not unusual, but against an eighth-grade student’s dad illustrates how far this NEA official is willing to go to intimidate and bully. More often than not, union…
Farm Workers Forced Into Unions
Thousands of farm workers in the Central Valley of California object to unionization under a collective bargaining agreement with the United Farm Workers. But they’re being forced into the agreement anyway.