After filing a complaint in the United Nations objecting to the National Labor Relations Board decision known as the Kentucky River case, union bosses are now pushing Congress to act. Newly drafted legislation by Reps. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and Don…
It appears that the Change to Win Coalition is having some growing pains. According to documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required), there is “serious concern about the future and direction” of the union.
Dennis Seid of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal has a laugh at the expense of United Auto Workers (UAW) Boss Ron Gettelfinger’s recent offer to unionize Toyota’s employees: . . . to help the world’s No. 2 automaker “continue to…
After spending record amounts (over $1,000,000,000) of workers’ dues money on the last congressional campaign, Big Labor has set its sights on electing a president who will sign its agenda — with no questions asked. The Hill newspaper is reporting…
Denver Post columnist David Harsanyi has the equation figured out — Big Labor campaign cash is pulling the strings in Colorado as the newly elected Democrat legislature quickly moves legislation to help pad Big Labor’s bank account: Is your…
McClatchy Newspapers report that “President Bush’s hopes of securing a comprehensive immigration overhaul have brightened considerably in the new Democratic-controlled Congress, but resistance from organized labor – one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal constituencies – could complicate those efforts.”…
We are not sure what is more outrageous — the fact that the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will spend in excess of $2 million in workers’ dues in the first few hours of the Democrat-controlled…
John Edwards’ presidential campaign seems to be playing third fiddle behind Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, so he has brought on a Big Labor supporting “pit bull,” David Bonior, as his senior advisor; and is likely to make him his…
“Millions of people living in countries that belong to the United Nations work in abysmal, unsafe and inhumane conditions that most Americans can’t imagine and wouldn’t tolerate. Yet rather than focusing on these problems, the U.N.’s International Labor Office last…