Writing for the Pittsburgh Tribune, Jake Haulk and Matthew Brouillette, look at how big labor, despite representing less than two out of ten workers in the state, has a stranglehold on the state’s economy: Their strength is the product of decades…
The influence of big labor on the legislature in Washington state is threatening jobs as companies like Boeing consider leaving to Right to Work states. It’s not hard to see why. Big union threats and intimidation are politics as…
Boeing has been a huge Washington State employer for decades but the union bosses and their friends in the legislature have the company looking elsewhere. Apparently Boeing is considering moving parts of its production to South Carolina or Texas —…
President Obama has been making the rounds pushing for a government health care system by giving speeches and conducting town hall style meetings. But these meetings are more choreographed than most realize. Michele Malkin points out that: Obama’s town…
Every year economist Ronald Pollina studies the economic environment of all 50 states and culls the information into a list of the “Top 10 Pro-Business States.” Pollina has just completed his 2009 study and the winners are: 1. Virginia 2. Utah 3. North Carolina…
The Examiner has reported that big labor’s pension plans are underfunded understands that the Forced Unionism Card Check Bill is an effort to force subsidization of these failing plans: Private firms could be required to save underfunded union pension plans even…
Projo quote of the day: “This was a big mistake by the Obama administration,” said Cochran. “In 77 years, never has not one federal official attended the mayors’ annual meeting.” …
The Obama Administration’s take-over of General Motors contains a host of concessions to the UAW designed to keep the union bosses happy at the expense of the American public: There’s also the labor agreement that the UAW approved last week,…
An Associated Press headline reads: “Leader of UNITE HERE resigns as labor feud grows.” But, that is only part of the story. UNITE HERE is the bank holding company for Amalgamated Bank of New York. The Chairman of…