Green Jobs Scandal
Big labor is a driving force behind the effort to have the government fund “green jobs.” In Spain, a similar effort was a complete and total disaster. And now it appears we are heading toward the same result. The Associated…
Monopoly Union Work Rules Killing Convention Business in Chicago
As conventioneers pay the price for Big Labor’s forced unionism control over the city of Chicago, many have decided to take their business elsewhere. The Chicago Tribune covers some of the added costs associated with doing business the Chicago…
Rich States; Poor States
As states face their toughest budgetary climates in a generation, the authors of a new report by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) point out what states should do to alleviate the fiscal pain, and also…
World Turns Upside Down
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports “New Jersey’s public employee labor unions, long seen as a potent political force and often depicted as an 800-pound gorilla looming over the Statehouse, are running short of friends in Trenton…Democratic labor…
The Becker (Dis)Appointment
The President’s decision to appoint radical Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board has breathed new life into the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill. No, the bill is still bottled up in the Senate but Becker can now push…
Union Pay to Play Scheme
The website Truth About PLAs has uncovered a letter from an AFL-CIO official showing the link between labor contributions and official actions by government officials promoting union-only hiring policies. The letter states: “Organized Labor and…
Public-Sector Union Bosses Don’t Care Whether or Not New Jersey Goes Under
(Source: March 2010 Forced-Unionism Abuses Exposed) Chris Christie, New Jersey’s freshly minted GOP governor, made national news on February 11 in an address to the state Legislature regarding his proposal to balance the Fiscal…
‘Voters Don’t Know Anything About These Issues’
Big Labor Official Lashes Out at Opponents of Union-Only PLAs (Source: March 2010 NRTWC Newsletter) Big Labor and its pliant politicians from President Barack Obama on down are facing passionate opposition from ordinary citizens and mounting legal concerns as they…
Boss Stern and the SEIU Want Your 401K
MoneyNews.com looks at the SEIU’s campaign to “centralize” all retirement plans, including your own 401K, under a new “retirement system”: The SEIU, which was integral to the election of Barack Obama as president, is working with the…