As President-elect Barack Obama considers appointments to major cabinet positions, word from Washington suggests that former Democrat leaders Dick Gephardt and David Bonior are being considered to head the Department of Labor. Gephardt, of course, has long-standing ties to the…
David Freddoso of National Review Online takes a look at a potential appointee to the Department of Labor under an Obama administration — Kim Bobo. Bobo could be an obvious choice for the Obama Labor Department, perhaps as head of…
The Department of Labor is demanding that union bosses make public more details of the internal finances to protect union workers’ dues money from abuse. The Department has proposed new changes to its disclosure forms. As reported by the Associated…
The Department of Labor (DOL) has confirmed that, over the last year, the number of cases of embezzled union dues has increased. As reported on CNS News, DOL’s: . . . Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) recently released its…
“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.
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…
Despite the AFL-CIO’s lawsuit trying to block new disclosure rules, the Wheeling News-Register sees through the union bosses’ obfuscation of the issue: Big labor and the liberal politicians who benefit from its largess are hopping mad about Department of Labor…