A high-ranking Midwest officer of the Service Employees International Union [SEIU], who had been serving as trustee of a financially troubled local, has resigned after being accused of billing the labor organization for $9,000 in personal expenses. The Chicago-based…
In the waning hours of the Bush Administration, the Department of Labor beefed up disclosure rules for Big Labor, trying to ensure workers’ dues money is not stolen or abused. Most union bosses are complaining about the rules, but some…
Labor sources indicate that it was SEIU’s (Service Employees International Union) boss Andrew Stern, despite being marred by his involvement in the Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, that recommended the selection of liberal House Rep. Hilda Solis for Secretary of…
Arizona’s parting Gov. Janet Napolitano’s executive order granting Arizona’s state worker union bosses the power to negotiate for more taxpayer funds was a blatant payback for the over $1 million Big Labor has contributed to her and the state Democrat…
The implementation of union disclosure rules by the Department of Labor has surely been lacking — but even a whiff of disclosure for workers will surely be eliminated when the Obama Administration takes over. The Wall Street Journal notes:…
From the Wall Street Journal: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was preparing to issue an executive order prior to his arrest last week [December 9, 2008] that would have allowed union organizing of home-care workers that could have benefited a…
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has released a new video. According to the Foundation’s release: The Fox affiliate in Chicago investigated disgraced Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s corrupt relationship with the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU). We’ve…
If you are wondering why your tax bill continues to climb and the government continues to grow, look no further than the Service Employees International Union, says astute columnist Michael Barone: About one-third of the $787 billion stimulus package passed…
The website Pro Publica that offers “Journalism in the Public Interest” peeks behind the curtain and reveals a long co-dependent relationship between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.