Documents obtained by The Daily Caller confirm the White House is seriously considering adopting a series of proposals that would favor unionized companies bidding on federal contracts. The documents acknowledge the proposals are likely to increase the cost of…
Parts of the Obama stimulus plan are being delayed by union rules and programs. Mickey Kaus reports that the home “weatherization” jobs in the stimulus bill were subjected to Davis-Bacon wage regulations — a favorite of the AFL-CIO…
CPAC Conference: Saving Freedom: It’s About Jobs, Stupid! Moderator: Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity Rep. Eric Cantor (VA); Mark Mix, The National Right to Work; Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia Attorney General; Larry Eastland, PhD, LEA Capital Advisors CPAC —…
The venerable Phyllis Schlafly looks at the alarming, and costly, growth of government employee unions.
The Wall Street Journal takes note of the growth in government labor unions (related: Reed Larson’s book, Stranglehold: How union bosses have hijacked our government): It’s now official: In 2009 the number of unionized workers who work for…
In an article titled Labour Pains: Barack Obama will never satisfy his union backers. Nor should he try, The Economists looks at the destruction that results from following Big Labor policies: Richard Vedder of Ohio University observes that, between…
According to Fox News’ Joseph Abrams, the Service Employees International Union, Change to Win, the Communications Workers of America, the National Education Association, the Teamsters Union, the United Food & Commercial Workers Union and others are involved in this…
The following U.S. Senators co-sponsored a cloture vote to end debate on Big Labor Lawyer: Harry Reid, Roland W. Burris, Tom Harkin, Debbie Stabenow, Dianne Feinstein, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bill Nelson, Al Franken, Barbara Boxer, Amy Klobuchar, Mark Begich, Byron…
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Jan-Feb 2010 Newsletter Now On-line: In this issue: Right to Work Sues Obama Administration, Demands Info on Big Labor Ties Big Labor Moves to Roll Back Sweeping Foundation Precedent Right…