We all know it is true that congress gives Big Labor legislative gifts and often at the expense of individual worker freedom; however, rarely do we see a congressional committee provide a modicum of insight. But, times may be changing based on this U.S. House Committee's press release: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 House Administration Releases Chart Explaining How the DISCLOSE Act Exempts Unions from Major Campaign Finance Restrictions
Big Labor is targeting failed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s Senate seat as the “firewall” in their strategy to keep the pro-Big Labor congressional majority in power this November. Five other states including California, New York, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania…
Big Labor is targeting failed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s Senate seat as the “firewall” in their strategy to keep the pro-Big Labor congressional majority in power this November. Five other states including California, New York, Illinois, Ohio and Pennsylvania…
According to Fox News’ Joseph Abrams, the Service Employees International Union, Change to Win, the Communications Workers of America, the National Education Association, the Teamsters Union, the United Food & Commercial Workers Union and others are involved in this…
Racing against the clock, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed through another Obama Big Labor nominee, Patricia Smith, before Senator-Elect Scott Brown becomes a Senator. Reid won this race, see the Senate votes here. In addition, Reid is prepared to add radical SEIU & AFL-CIO lawyer, Craig Becker to the list of Obama nominees approved before Senator Brown arrives. As the new U.S. Solicitor of Labor, President Obama’s nominee M. Patricia Smith will control the largest civilian pool of government lawyers after the Justice Department. Then New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer appointed Smith Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor (NYDOL). Having spent her entire working life as a government employee, Smith brings only bureaucratic experience to the table. As NYDOL Commissioner, Smith used her position and federal funds to override a state hiring freeze to hire a politically connected union organizer as a state employee.
Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley’s campaign was so dependent on big labor, “it was all we had,” one Democrat political consultant said.
An Oregon law that gags business owners from discussing the costs and effects of unionization is being challenged in court. SB 519, which takes effect in January, was pushed by the Oregon AFL-CIO violates the employer’s right to communicate with…
The Obama Administration promised unparalleled transparency in government but is giving the American people unparalleled secrecy. The Department of Labor continues to ignore a Freedom of Information Request from the National Right to Work Legal Foundation.
Summary: United Transportation Union (UTU) officials would receive payments, which some call bribes, from attorneys because these union officials provided special access to UTU members. UTU bosses created a list of “Designated Legal Counsels” that were recommended to UTU members. …