Backdoor Card Check
Straight from the horse’s mouth on why the Becker nomination is so critical. Stewart Auff of the AFL-CIO declares that, “It (sic) we aren’t able to pass the Employee Free Choice Act, we will work with President Obama…
Government Union Bosses Suffer TSA Setback
Despite Big Labor’s Intense Support, Southers Nomination Sinks (Source: February 2010 NRTWC Newsletter) President Obama, Big Labor U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), and union-label House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are all eager to help government union bosses…
An Indiana 'War' with Big Labor
Dave Bego’s three-year battle with SEIU continues to amaze people as they hear about the assault workers come under during a card check forced unionism corporate campaign. And, Big Labor hopes to expand its ability to bring a card check…
Saving Freedom: It’s About Jobs, Stupid!
CPAC Conference: Saving Freedom: It’s About Jobs, Stupid! Moderator: Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity Rep. Eric Cantor (VA); Mark Mix, The National Right to Work; Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia Attorney General; Larry Eastland, PhD, LEA Capital Advisors CPAC —…
Try and Try Again
Democrats in Iowa are again attempting to gut the state’s Right to Work law with a change to require workers to pay union “fees” instead of union dues as a condition of getting or keeping a job. Similar efforts tried every year…
"Threats and Intimidation"
It’s not hard to imagine these tactics used to get workers to sign a Card Check: A former organizer for Operating Engineers Local 17 on Wednesday became the first person pleading guilty in connection with a labor racketeering case filed…
Contracting Card Check
The Obama Administration new government contracting policy to divert contracts to unionized firms has drawn strong objections from the Sen. Tom Coburn. “Making contracting decisions based on political or ideological litmus tests will waste taxpayer dollars and limit economic growth…
More than one American a minute moved from a closed-shop state to a “right-to-work” state
In an article titled Labour Pains: Barack Obama will never satisfy his union backers. Nor should he try, The Economists looks at the destruction that results from following Big Labor policies: Richard Vedder of Ohio University observes that, between…
Obama’s labor pick wants to silence critics and rig the rules in union elections
Excerpts from the The ‘Shut Up’ Candidate — by Kevin Williamson is deputy managing editor of National Review: Barack Obama and his closest allies have a message for America, and that message is: “Shut up.” Obama himself is famous for telling…