Glimpse of the Future for Colorado Taxpayers
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s secret effort to give state workers union officials special monopoly bargaining privileges has been under attack and rightfully so.
NVFC Shirks Responsibility
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), for unknown reasons, is carrying water for the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) union hierarchy. The article cut-and-pasted below usefully points out that H.R. 980, contrary to IAFF propaganda, constituted a serious threat to…
Congress Trying to Abdicate Responsibility
Even the very liberal Globe says the city of Boston shouldn’t have to bargain with firefighter union bosses over random drug testing. Yet right now Congress is considering legislation that would force localities all around the country to recognize firefighter union bosses as firefighters’ monopoly-bargaining agents, and “terms of employment” such as random drug testing would have to be part of the negotiations.
Unleashing the Storm
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s end run around the legislature to give public sector unions more bargaining power is entering phase two as the three largest public employee unions in the state are joining forces to create a “labor behemoth that…
Ritter’s Labor Pains
The Rocky Mountain News has now weighed in against Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter’s efforts to empower the state employees union with special bargaining power. Ritter’s self-inflicted wound continues to fester and bleed, but it looks like the legislature will need…
Forced Unionization Would Handcuff Firefighting Efforts
The passage of H.R. 980, a bill that would would override state laws and make Big Labor bosses monopoly bargaining agents for local and state police, firefighters, county paramedics, and other public safety officers across America, has a bizarre side-effect…
Harassment Suit Settled
It’s a shame when union bosses need the threat of an administrative law judge to do the right thing. As reported by the Associated Press: The United Steelworkers union has agreed to drop disciplinary action against four former members who…
It’s All About the Babies . . .
We have seen a lot of underhanded attacks by union officials and their front groups to expand their forced-unionism power, but the United Food and Commercial Workers Union’s (UFCW) effort to embarrass Arizona’s Bashas’ Supermarket might hit a new low.
Selling Out Workers and Taxpayers Isn’t Corruption, Just Politics
Former San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales, his chief budget aide Joe Guerra, and a garbage company have been on trial in California for their part in “negotiating a deal with Norcal Waste Systems Inc. for San Jose’s trash-hauling contract. They…