Big Labor Benefits
The logic behind this tax giveaway is that union health plans, which are lavish, would be subject to higher taxes than those of workers with regular private sector health care plans.
SEIU's Organizing Tactics Exposed
Interested in knowing what the country would be like if the Card Check Forced Unionism bill became law? Look no further than Fresno County, California for your answer. Homecare workers report scores of incidents of voter intimidation, illegal threats…
SEIU's Vietnam
Some on the Left are calling SEIU’s “victory” in Fresno their “Vietnam”: SEIU defeated NUHW by 233 votes in their bitter election over Fresno’s 10,000 home care workers, but now faces a situation analogous to the United States in Vietnam.
SEIU Accused of "Gross Violations of Law" by Another Labor Union
Lawyers representing the the big labor National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over financial ties between Bank of America and the Washington, D.C.-based Service Employees International Union (SEIU) that may be gross…
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…