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…
No Constitutional Right to Government Resources
Thanks to the efforts of the National Right to Work Foundation, Utah teacher unions no longer have the right to use government resources to collect money for partisan political activities. From the Deseret News: The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on…
A Tangled Webb
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) – a cosponsor of the Card Check Forced Unionism bill in 2008 (S. 560 in this congress) – is now indicating that he may withhold support for the bill. His spokesperson Jessica Smith said, “He doesn’t believe…
Sen. Warner Feeling the Heat
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) has been informing constituents that he intends to vote to move the Card Check Forced Unionism bill, S. 560, to the Senate floor — a vote in favor of the measure. But now he too appears to be…
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…
Warner Rethinking Forced-Unionism Position?
As readers of this blog know, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) has been sending a letter to constituents announcing his intention to vote for cloture on the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill (S. 560). A vote for cloture is tantamount to…
Courier Press Joins Card Check Opposition
The Evansville, Indiana Courier Press lends its voice in opposition to the Card Check Scam: . . . It is a basic standard of democracy, a protection that allows them [workers] the freedom to vote their conscience and their best…
AZ Union Rule Repealed
Former Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano’s parting gift to Big Labor has been repealed: Gov. Jan Brewer issued an executive order Thursday repealing the move by her predecessor to require state agencies to meet with unions representing state workers. Brewer said…