Thanks to the efforts of the National Right to Work Foundation, Utah teacher unions no longer have the right to use government resources to collect money for partisan political activities. From the Deseret News: The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on…
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) has been informing constituents that he intends to vote to move the Card Check Forced Unionism bill, S. 560, to the Senate floor — a vote in favor of the measure. But now he too appears to be…
The Washington Examiner has weighed in on tainted Big Labor contributions to congressmen pushing the Card Check Forced-Unionism Bill: Seventeen congressmen representing both political parties who are sponsors of organized labor’s top legislative priority for 2009 refuse to say if…
The National Educational Association (NEA) — the big union for teachers — has given the Republican Party a check for $15,000, much to the disgust of columnist Paul Mulshine. Mulshine and New Jersey activist Steve Lonegan think that Republican…
The Washington Post examines efforts by Big Labor bosses to expand their influence in Virginia. Not surprisingly, the union big wigs are trying to buy their influence. Big Labor donations accounted for about half of the $1.3 million the…
AFL-CIO bosses gathered for their convention in Miami at a hotel where the cheapest room is $400 a night. It is easy to live large on workers’ dues money. Fox News has the story.
Labor bosses have bought access to the highest levels of government, including the Vice President of the United States. Vice President Joe Biden will huddle with union strategists this week to “brainstorm” on how to pass the Card Check…
Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy has gone the extra mile to reward the union bosses with taxpayer largess. With his efforts to enact a state prevailing wage law stalled by a single vote, Murphy has done the extraordinary —…
At a private White House reception, First Lady Michelle Obama pressed her “progressive” allies for help enacting the President’s legislative agenda. Those allies included union bosses Jimmy Hoffa, Gerry McEntee and Andy Stern. I wonder why they needed the reception…