The New York Times is a company that is hurting financially. Revenue is down. In economic parlance — they are “downsizing” to meet fiscal obligations. There are thoughts that the paper will need to declare bankruptcy to stave off…
When it comes to protecting workers’ rights, Sen. Jim DeMint continues to reign supreme. His recent press release is a good example: Today [December 12, 2008], U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement regarding the stubborn refusal…
If you are wondering why your tax bill continues to climb and the government continues to grow, look no further than the Service Employees International Union, says astute columnist Michael Barone: About one-third of the $787 billion stimulus package passed…
Doug Bandow writes, in The American Spectator, about a “new example of Chicago blackmail.”…
Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard takes an in-depth look at America’s “other” auto industry located outside of Big Labor’s fiefdom: Unlike the timid auto executives, politicians in the right-to-work states are quite candid in crediting the enormous appeal of…
President-elect Obama’s plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in public construction will certainly be funneled through union-only construction projects. Although only 15% of America’s private-public hardhat labor force currently belongs to a union, you can rest…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has an idea to solve the automobile manufacturers’ crisis. Conyers wants the new administration to elevate United Auto Workers (UAW) Boss Ron Gettelfinger into the position of “auto czar.” Conyers said: Over the…
There are profitable sectors of the American auto industry. They are located in Right to Work states.
President Obama has yet to been sworn in but that hasn’t stopped Big Labor lobbyists from pushing their legislative agenda. Working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Associations of Manufacturers, Big Labor is working on a stimulus…