State of the Unions
Doug Stafford, Vice President of the National Right to Work Committee, was interviewed by the Pittsburgh Tribune and gave an articulate update on the state of affairs of big labor’s political power plays. It’s worth a read.
Public/Private Partnership to Enrich Union Bosses
A “Project Labor Agreement” (PLA) between the California Rancho Santiago Community College District and a union illegally discriminates against construction workers who exercise their right to refrain from union membership and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation won’t…
Under Funded Unions and PLAs
What do underfunded union pensions and Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) have to with each other? A lot; the Obama Administration and Pelosi’s Congress chose to force construction workers to pay into union pensions to work. That’s right, if you plan…
Obama Undermines Competitive Bidding
In a recent issue of Human Events, National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix spoke out on the Obama administration’s economic “stimulus” package: Barnstorming the country to sell his economic “stimulus” package, for which U.S. taxpayers will ultimately…
Public Monies for Construction Workers
President-elect Obama’s plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in public construction will certainly be funneled through union-only construction projects. Although only 15% of America’s private-public hardhat labor force currently belongs to a union, you can rest…
VETO
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used his power as governor to veto a proposed $6 million in state funding to a Big Labor institute that trains political operatives. Kevin Korenthal, the Executive Director of the Associated Builders and Contractors of California,…
Big Labor's Grip
Like a diamond in the rough, the Waterbury Republican American newspaper in the heart of Big Labor Connecticut is willing to stand up for taxpayers against the political power of union bosses even when the politicians won’t. Their latest editorial…
Union-Only Taxpayer Projects
Politicians beholden to Big Labor will stop at nothing to prevent workers from exercising their free choice as to whether to join a union. You can add Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to that list. The mayor has decreed that…
Hotel Chain Fights Union Threats
In San Diego, California, Big Labor construction unions are demanding that Gaylord Entertainment, a hotel operator, sign a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) that prohibits non-union construction companies from working on the building of a new 1,500 room hotel. Gaylord Entertainment…