Big Labor's Big Debt Problem
It won’t be long that the union bosses will be asking for their own federal bailout if the Wall Street Journal is correct: We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama,” declared Andy Stern last month, and the president of…
Union Boss Under Federal Scrutiny
Sean Harrigan, a union boss with the United Food and Commercial Workers, is under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission, ProPublica reports. In a nutshell, it appears that financial firms showered nearly $1 million in political cash on the United Food…
SEIU Spends and Spends
Flush with cash taken from workers without their consent, the SEIU is bombarding California’s airwaves with a $1 million television ad campaign supporting new taxes on oil and gas, tobacco and liquor. At the pace at which the SEIU is…
Underfunded Union Pensions
After bashing everyone else for decades regarding pension funding, the Washington Examiner has discovered: Almost half of the nation’s 20 largest unions have pension funds that federal law classifies as “endangered” or in “critical” condition due to being underfunded, an Examiner review of…
SEIU Intimidation Tactics
The Business Journal reports that “In two separate incidents this week, workers for the Service Employees International Union have been accused of acts of vandalism toward opposing union supporters.” Take note, these pressure tactics are associated with a mail-in ballot — the…
FEC Nominee Involved in Teamsters, DNC Election Scandal
The phrase of the week has been “life experience” regarding President Obama’s Supreme Court nomination. So today’s National Right to Work Committee alert looks at the real “life experience” of Federal Election Board nominee John Sullivan. (See the video alert…
Workers Fear SEIU "Shock and Awe" Campaign
The left-wing website Indy Media notes that the SEIU has undertaken “violent shock and awe tactics.” The accusations of violence come from another union — the National Union of Healthcare Workers — who are seeking to divorce themselves from the SEIU.
Young Shows His Old Colors
Rep. Don Young is a pro-forced unionism Republican who often sings off big labor’s song sheet. He is at it again. The Anchorage Daily News reports Young is denying that the Forced Unionism Card Check Bill will eliminate the secret ballot: One…
NY Bank Holding Company Turmoil, Will State Investigate?
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…