Chicago’s Fran Eaton calls the effects of forced unionism as she sees it: Just when that house begins to teeter is when the bullies really get mean and desperate. We’re seeing that now at the federal level. Unions want to…
The new majority owner of the Chrysler company is none other than the United Automobile Workers union. And thanks to the Obama Administration, the UAW has a chance to GROW its influence in the Motor City by negotiating from both sides of the table.
National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed suit in United States District Court for an employee forced to pay unjustifiable fees by Teamsters officials at a Luzerne County government office. See the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s…
When it comes to protecting workers’ rights, Sen. Jim DeMint continues to reign supreme. His recent press release is a good example: Today [December 12, 2008], U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement regarding the stubborn refusal…
In what can only be described as a parting payoff for the Arizona union bosses, Gov. Janet Napolitano — who is leaving the state to fill a position in the Obama Administration — is prepared to sign an executive…
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…
Thanks to John McCain’s selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, many people across the country are for the first time learning about how her state’s law authorizing union “exclusive” bargaining over public-safety and other government employees…
Writing in the Weekly Standard, Stephen Moore details the massive financial obligations and costs imposed on taxpayers by the public employee unions. It didn’t get much attention on the East Coast, but in late February the town of Vallejo, California,…
Screenwriter, novelist, blogger and commentator for National Public Radio, John Ridley, laid it on the line, last week, when he took “financial core,” status, as a means to remove himself from the Writers Guild of America. As he so eloquently…