“Discussion on Reform”
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) is doing a town hall meeting under the watchful eyes of big labor activists. His health care reform meeting will take place in the local IBEW hall. Don’t count on a free exchange of ideas.
Forced Union dues for storm troopers?
Are forced union dues or fees, collected from workers as a condition of employment being used to pay for “Union Toughs” to silence Americans including union members themselves? Reports from a Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL) meeting in Tampa clearly show “union…
Vegas Union Spokesman Speaks “out of turn”
CORRECTION Our blog noting ABC’s Ben Brubeck’s blog on a Vegas union’s pension seems to have come from false statements by the union’s spokesman. According to the update and correction: Laborers chief Tommy White wants to make one thing…
Melancon Hides Card Check Support
Let’s get this straight. Rep. Charlie Melacon (D-LA) pleases the union bosses by cosponsoring the Card Check Forced Unionism bill — undermining his own state’s Right to Work law in the process — but then he declares he cosponsored the bill…
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…
Sen. Johnson and Rep. Herseth -- Are You Listening?
The Mitchell Republic newspaper has weighed in against the card Check Forced Unionism Bill. Will members of the South Dakota congressional delegation listen? Remember, even former South Dakota Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern (D) has come out in strong opposition to the bill.
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…
Another Legal Victory
The legal eagles at the National Right to Work Foundation have once again have achieved victory for workers discriminated against by both employers and union bosses: Angela Leitzel works as a field technician for Verizon in Tampa, Florida. Because Florida…