Union-Only Port Terminal Suspends Operations
Committee President Mark Mix: “If I were a Leatherman dockworker, I certainly wouldn’t count on Longshore Union bosses to show any flexibility” to get the terminal reopened and “save my job.”
Representative Government Gets Head-Butted
According to AFSCME Local 1632 President Will Harmon, Columbus Water & Power committed a grievous offense by subcontracting out the job of clearing away invasive weeds and brush spread out across two acres of its property to a tribe of roughly 40 goats without first “negotiating” with Big Labor.
Firefighter Union Bosses Bully Rank-and-File
One longtime IAFF official who is now in the spotlight for his crass denigration of “two-hatters” -- that is, professional firefighters who also serve as volunteers -- is Pennsylvania Democrat politician Bob Brooks.
How Long Will Biden-Era Power Grabs Endure?
In many cases, employees who are denied the opportunity to vote out a union as a consequence of the Biden green light for Big Labor blocking charges never got a chance to vote on whether or not they wanted to have a union in the first place.
Radical Teacher Unions Get Even More Radical
Incoming NEA President Princess Moss: Teachers Must Be Full-Time Political Activists
Big Labor’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Power Grab
Union bosses are rallying behind Democrat Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico because he opposes Right to Work protections for employees.
Stealing With ‘Absolute Hubris and Entitlement’
On June 5, a federal jury in Kansas convicted former Boilermakers President Newton Jones, who had headed the union from 2003 until 2023, his wife, Kateryna, and two other IBB bosses of embezzling millions of dollars in union dues extracted from workers as a condition of employment.
How Forced-Dues States Lose Trillions in Income
... States that continuously lacked Right to Work protections for employees from 2012-23 lost a net total of $2.05 trillion in cumulative AGI solely as a consequence of domestic out-migration of taxpayers during that 11-year period.
Biden Power Grab Stalls Bridge Reconstruction
“If Donald Trump had repealed Joe Biden’s folly early last year, as the Committee recommended, then the original bids for the Key Bridge project could have gone out without a union-only PLA, and the work could be well underway by now."
A ‘Duty to Bargain’ Over Employees’ Freedom?!
"Vullo makes it clear that using the threat of federal prosecution to force any employer to put employees’ Right to Work on the bargaining table violates the First Amendment.”
Teacher Union Dues Bankroll Far-Out Causes
“Since Janus, the actively employed membership of the nation’s largest teacher union, the [NEA], has fallen substantially."
Big Labor’s GOP Appeasers Channel Barack Obama
“Under the FLCA [...] monopolistic union contracts would be imposed on employees and business owners after only 120 days of negotiation."
Will House Vote to Make Workers Worse Off?
"If Big Labor succeeds in pushing the FLCA through the House, as expected, the Committee will go all out to stop it in the Senate.”
A Green Light For Union-Free Job Training?
One of the key goals of the U.S. Department of Labor since President Donald Trump’s second term commenced in January 2025 has been to expand the number of apprenticeships in America to “at least a million.”
Public Pressure Makes Big Labor Governor Blink
“[L]ast month, state legislation championed by AFSCME and coalition partners [...] was reintroduced to expand collective [monopoly] bargaining . . . to all Virginia public [workplaces]. It is supported by Gov. Abigail Spanberger.”
Iowa Curtails Big Labor Monopoly Privileges
The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals, and Licensing found that, from 2020-2023, nearly half of the elections that were required to take place [...] simply did not occur.
How Could We Explain It to Thomas Jefferson?
Men [...] like Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin were united in their strong support for the right of the individual to live free from unwarranted government coercion.
‘If They Send It to Me, I’m Signing It’
Big Labor Nevada politician Aaron Ford is making no bones about the fact that “getting rid of” Right to Work, as he put it in a podcast interview, will be high on his 2027 agenda.