The Michigan Morass
Michigan has been in the middle of a depression for a number of years with no end in sight. Much of the responsibility for that fact goes to state labor bosses and their allies in the legislature and governor’s office.
UAW Bailout
We expect big labor bosses will seek a bailout for their underfunded pension funds, but the UAW is seeking another bailout of sorts. As owners of a lavish golf club in Michigan the UAW is asking the township where the course is…
How Union Politics Drives Auto Industry
Mark Silverman is the Editor of the Tennessean. But in a previous career, he was a newspaper reporter in Michigan covering the Big Three, the UAW and their interaction with the politicians in Michigan. Recently, GM demanded that states pay…
Brutal Lesson
Saul Anuzi gives a short history lesson about the brutal history of big labor in Michigan: The reason that the great American tradition of making cars in my home state has now gone belly up is due in large part to…
When Will Michigan Reform Itself?
Its an unemployment rate of nearly 13% — the highest rate since 1983 — the state of Michigan desperately needs to reform its economy. Enactment of a Right to Work law would end the brain and job drain that is killing the…
Giving Chrysler to UAW is Theft
David Keene looks at the effort by the Obama Administration to hand control of the Chrysler car company to the UAW and concludes its nothing more than theft and graft.
Big Labor is Big Business
The insightful Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner looks at the business side of big labor in his recent column. It’s clear that in many cases big labor is becoming synonymous with big business: Imagine if President George W. Bush used strong-arm tactics to…
The Holland Sentinel : Oppose Card Check Scam
The Holland Sentinel in Michigan knows that the Card Check Scam is bad for workers and the economy: . . . The most important element of the Employee Free Choice Act is its promotion of the “card check” system of…
Michigan: No Longer Can Afford to Stop Right to Work
David Gillis of the Times Herald newspaper in Port Huron, Michigan has looked at the numbers and concludes Michigan can no longer afford to restrict workers’ Right to Work. Why? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in the 22…