Big Labor Lackey
It’s sad that the president of the United States could be considered anyone’s lackey but in the case of President Obama and Big Labor the shoe fits snuggly. Matthew Continetti in the Los Angeles Times opines: The president has…
More Money for Deeds -- done
Union bosses are doubling down in Virginia’s Governor race, dropping another $400,000 to try to push Creigh Deeds over the finish line. The American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees union, AFSCME, dropped the money bomb recently to…
O is for Obfuscation
Lee Wishing’s blood started to boil when he heard President Obama’s speech before the AFL-CIO praising the Card Check Forced Unionism bill and rightfully so: The reason I was angry is that President Obama pulled off a rhetorical sleight of hand.
Deeds the Stalking Horse for Big Labor and Right to Work Repeal?
Kimberly Strassel on Virginia Democrat Creigh Deeds stalking horse candidacy to repeal Virginia’s Right to Work law: And don’t forget Big Labor, which worries that a prominent Democratic defeat might slow its political momentum in Washington. Labor has…
Kansas Agencies Organized for SEIU
Two Kansas state agencies were working on behalf of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to identify potential new union members among the state’s in-home health care workers. The Kansas City Star reports that “the state’s Department of Aging…
Creigh Deeds Pandering to Big Labor
Virginia’s Democrat gubernatorial candidate Creigh Deeds is in hot water for promising to undermine the state’s Right to Work law. As we have written before, big labor is spending big money to help Deeds and it appears their support has…
Unions Funnel Money for Deeds
Incredibly Creigh Deeds, the Democrat gubernatorial candidate is trying to walk a tight rope between his public support for the state’s Right to Work law and his union masters who are, according to the Washington Post, “investing heavily in…
Labor Bosses Still Expecting Bailout
Big Labor Bosses have spent like drunken sailors trying to increase the support for forced unionism in Congress and the state legislatures, even borrowing millions against buildings that forced dues have paid for several times over. Yet, their drive for…
Illinois Governorship for Sale
If the Illinois Governorship is for sale, big labor is buying. In return for signing a $31 billion capital bill, big labor bosses have wrapped their arms around incumbent Gov. Pat Quinn.