Nader's New Cause
Ralph Nader, the one-man wrecking crew against job creation and freedom, has set his sights on a new target -- Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act.
Am-Bushed
Stefan Gleason outlines the failure of the Bush Administration to aggressively confront union bosses’ abuse and limit union coercive powers over employees and employers. “For starters, Bush didn’t even install a Republican majority until nearly a year into his presidency.
You Don’t Say
“Sometimes it’s hard to tell whether John Edwards is running for president of the United States or union president.” — Rob Christensen, McClatchy Newspapers, 8/3/07…
$90 a Month Dues Assessment
California state workers, subjected to forced unionism, will have little to say about the new 50% increase in dues money and “fair-share” payments the SEIU has assessed upon them. Why the increase? Local 1000 donated $6.7 million in member dues…
Big Labor Largess Pay Off
The Office of Labor and Management Standards (OLMS) is the part of the Department of Labor that protects workers by tracking how union officials spend the dues and fees extracted from members and non-members alike under the auspices for government…
Big Labor: A $20 Billion-a-Year Business
With $20.1 billion in aggregate annual receipts, Big Labor has become Big Business with a twist. It gets much of its money through force. Approximately 80% of union contracts contain some form of ‘union security’ requirement forcing employees to pay…
Leaders Gain as Workers Lose Ground
The Detroit News has begun posting a multi-part piece on the growing divide between union bosses and union workers. Part 1 of the exposé, “Union Divide,” by Mike Wilkinson and Ron French, contains some interesting facts and figures.
Obvious
The recent Democrat presidential debate in Chicago left an obvious impression in the mind of one astute political columnist, Al Knight, of the Denver Post — “Democrats Love Unions, and Unions Love Democrats:” The AFL-CIO summer meeting is underway…
Don’t Starve OLMS
The Washington Times published a piece focused on Big Labor’s drive for more power. This issue involves Big Labor’s efforts to gut oversight of worker funds by the Department of Labor: If the OLMS cut in H.R. 3043 is also…