Par for the Course
The United Auto Workers (UAW) is pleading poverty in Washington, but back in Michigan they can always retreat to their very own golf resort. That’s right: The UAW has taken workers’ dues money and bought a golf course. Ranked the…
America's Auto Industry -- Freedom Works!
Fred Barnes at the Weekly Standard takes an in-depth look at America’s “other” auto industry located outside of Big Labor’s fiefdom: Unlike the timid auto executives, politicians in the right-to-work states are quite candid in crediting the enormous appeal of…
Forced Unionism is NOT the ANSWER!
Tom Ryan, a Democrat Congressman from Ohio, has a secret plan to help the ailing U.S. auto industry — enact the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill and unionize Honda and Toyota whose plants are located in Right to Work…
Big Labor Confident of Card Check Passage
In an exclusive interview with the Washington Times, the government-affairs director of the AFL-CIO said he is certain that organized labor’s top priority — the Card Check Scam Bill — will pass Congress and be signed by President Barack…
Workers' Choice Pays Benefits
Auto workers in Alabama have the choice to join a union while workers in Michigan do not. If more politicians in Michigan would be willing to stand up to the labor union bosses, the auto industry would be in much…
If You Love Michigan’s Economy . . .
Readers know the difficulty Michigan is having creating jobs and economic prosperity. But defenders of Big Labor like to deny that the regulations and costs the United Auto Workers (UAW) and other big unions have imposed on the state have…
Here is an Idea
First, Big Labor unions in Michigan drive up the cost of making an American automobile to the point where they are not competitive in the marketplace. Then, union bosses demand the taxpayers provide the auto companies with $50 billion…
Big Labor's Half Billion Dollar Gamble
Financial Week takes an insightful look at Big Labor’s big hope and big bet — the effort to end the secret ballot election — despite underestimating the amount they will spend to buy enactment of their scheme: The labor movement’s…
Big Labor's Comeback
Big Labor is making its presence felt at the Democrat convention in Denver and it hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Wall Street Journal. We all know of Big Labor’s desperate effort to enact the Card Check Scam Law. But…