The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) usually knows bad legislation when they see it, and the police and firefighter monopoly unionization bill is no exception: Unions keep losing membership as a share of the national workforce, which explains why organized…
“Half of Colorado’s United Food and Commercial Workers would stop paying union dues if they could,” according to the union’s boss, the Denver Post reports. In a May 1 letter to members, Ernest Duran warns that the right-to-work initiative…
In its infinite wisdom, Congress has decided to fund a $125 million pilot program to create “green jobs,” a training program to teach installation of solar panels, etc. But there is a catch — the money is only given to…
Jennifer Rubin at Contentions Blog is correct in chastising Democrats’ support for the Card Check Scam Bill. She points out that support for the bill “. . . is one more instance in which Democrats have confused the interests…
Washington state politicians are trying to help Big Labor and not day care workers, the Tacoma News Tribune notes. Democrats in the Legislature say they want to help day care workers. But the way they’re going about it has a…
“Big labor and the liberal politicians who benefit from its largess are hopping mad about Department of Labor rules that would — gasp! — require that labor leaders be more accountable to those they represent,” the Iowa Messenger opines.
Dolores Huerta is the cofounder of the United Farm Workers of America. She is described, by many, as a “civil rights” activist. But she has a long history of opposing basic rights for workers, such as the right to chose…
Disclosing information to their members is not something that the bosses at the AFL-CIO are going to do without a fight. The union has filed a lawsuit to block federal regulators from requiring unions to disclose more information about their…
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…