Rent a Riot
Picketing isn’t what it used to be. National Public Radio [NPR] notes that the 30 people picketing in front of a bank in Washington, DC are not from the Carpenters Union, but, are homeless people being paid $8 an…
Big Labor Ready to Cash In
The Weekly Standard has noticed how much Big Labor plans to spend in the upcoming national elections and what they intend to buy after they finish: The AFL-CIO is planning to spend $53.4 million on get-out-the-vote efforts during the 2008…
Gen. “Betray Us” Ad Backer Gets New Job
When Moveon.org attacked the patriotism of Gen. David Petraeus calling him “General Betray Us,” Americans were outraged. But the personal attack was effective enough to get its backer, Tom Matzzie, a promotion with the Big Labor-funded group “Democracy Alliance.”…
Playing Politics with the People’s Money
Big Labor Democrats are up to their old tricks. It seems that in their minds, they can think of no better way to celebrate Veterans’ Day, than to “h[o]ld off final passage” of a sure-pass “stand-alone bill containing veterans money…
Big Labor Intimidation: Greenmail
“Organized Labor has a long history with extortion and the mob. Federal prosecutors have put most of those mob bosses behind bars, but unions haven’t renounced using blackmail to get what they want. They simply use more sophisticated methods to…
UAW Targets Toyota
Bloomberg reports that: The United Auto Workers may oppose a union-run health fund unless U.S. carmakers pressure Denso Corp. to remain neutral while the UAW tries to organize the Japanese auto-parts maker, people with knowledge of the strategy said.
Labor’s Love Lost
The New York Post takes a look at New York’s Big Labor movement and sees that union bosses in the Big Apple are probably longing for days gone by: New York’s union leaders this year decided to pull the…
Colorado: Big Labor Paradise?
Immediately after electing a new governor, Big Labor set its sight on Colorado to rig the law to favor union organizing, forced dues and agitation over job creation and production. The union bosses were shocked when Gov. Bill Ritter (D),…
What if you held a parade and no one came…
Karen Hanretty, a television pundit and writer at The Hill’s Pundit Blog nailed Big Labor for spinning the cancellation of their New York Labor Day parade: It’s official: The parade has been canceled. That’s right, Big Labor can’t seem to…