Government Unions Are Bankrupting America
The venerable Phyllis Schlafly looks at the alarming, and costly, growth of government employee unions.
Government Union Ascendency
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…
More than one American a minute moved from a closed-shop state to a “right-to-work” state
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…
Anti-Tea Party Web Site Part of Big Labor Scheme to Funnel Funds
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…
Seventeen Senators Co-Sponsor Move to End Debate and Confirm Radical NLRB Nominee Craig Becker
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…
January/February 2010 National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation Newsletter Now On-line
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…
One more Big Labor Payback Before Senator-Elect Brown becomes Senator Brown
Racing against the clock, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed through another Obama Big Labor nominee, Patricia Smith, before Senator-Elect Scott Brown becomes a Senator. Reid won this race, see the Senate votes here. In addition, Reid is prepared to add radical SEIU & AFL-CIO lawyer, Craig Becker to the list of Obama nominees approved before Senator Brown arrives. As the new U.S. Solicitor of Labor, President Obama’s nominee M. Patricia Smith will control the largest civilian pool of government lawyers after the Justice Department. Then New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer appointed Smith Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor (NYDOL). Having spent her entire working life as a government employee, Smith brings only bureaucratic experience to the table. As NYDOL Commissioner, Smith used her position and federal funds to override a state hiring freeze to hire a politically connected union organizer as a state employee.
Act Now -- Senate trying to Beat Senator Brown's Swearing-in
The Washington Examiner catches the Senate rushing pro-labor agenda items to the floor before Senator-Elect Scott Brown is sworn into the esteemed body: … the Senate is again trying to perform as many favors for Big Labor as it can before newly…
More on the Green Job Scam
Unions have gotten on the "green jobs" porkwagon. The federal government is handing out grants for jobs in the environmental field and unions are monopolizing that space. From Human Events: One of the more startling revelations at the forum came in testimony from Stephen Worth, President & CEO of Worth and Company, a merit shop mechanical contractor out of Pipersville, Pennsylvania, currently employing more than 400 people. Amid testimony of union harassment and exclusion from contracting bids was a startling revelation of union methods to monopolize “green jobs” through illegitimate and discriminatory regulatory definition. “‘Green jobs’ is a phrase being used to describe work that is environmentally friendly, both inside and outside the construction industry,” Worth told the forum. “However, there is no agreed-upon definition. Currently, organized labor is attempting to define ‘green jobs’ as positions held by workers that receive special green training through union-only apprenticeship programs.”