Back in 2000 Reed Larson, then President of the National Right to Work Foundation, released a book titled Stranglehold that warned of the coming conflict with government union officials using their monopoly unionism power to dramatically increase the size and…
The union bosses hold dangerous sway with the folks in the Obama Administration and the recent U.S. Conference of Mayor meeting in Rhode Island is further evidence. National Right to Work President Mark Mix takes a look at the power behind the…
President Obama has been making the rounds pushing for a government health care system by giving speeches and conducting town hall style meetings. But these meetings are more choreographed than most realize. Michele Malkin points out that: Obama’s town…
The Sacramento Bee investigative team finds that big labor contributors got deals from the California Retirement Fund while a union boss sat on the board of directors. This all begs the question: why else would companies make hundreds of thousands of contributions…
Sean Harrigan, a union boss with the United Food and Commercial Workers, is under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission, ProPublica reports. In a nutshell, it appears that financial firms showered nearly $1 million in political cash on the United Food…
Projo quote of the day: “This was a big mistake by the Obama administration,” said Cochran. “In 77 years, never has not one federal official attended the mayors’ annual meeting.” …
Flush with cash taken from workers without their consent, the SEIU is bombarding California’s airwaves with a $1 million television ad campaign supporting new taxes on oil and gas, tobacco and liquor. At the pace at which the SEIU is…
Union bosses representing Los Angeles police officers are demanding that editorial writers for the San Diego Union-Tribune be fired because of the newspapers stance on labor issues. The LA Times has the story: The union representing Los Angeles police officers…
The Obama Administration demanded California return stimulus funds if it goes forward with a new contract with the SEIU union, but evidence suggests the SEIU used its influence in Washington to sabotage the agreement.