When discussing his priorities, on the eve of the 2008 legislative session, Iowa State Representative Jeff Kaufmann made the following observation: It is critical that we preserve our status as a Right to Work state. Attempts last year to…
As Iowa’s legislature came into session, House Minority Leader Chris Rants put Speaker Pat Murphy on notice about efforts to gut Iowa’s job-producing Right to Work law. Rants, in a speech before the legislature, said: “Mr. Speaker, this [gutting Right…
Michigan citizens are now seeing and hearing former Detroit news anchor Bill Bonds, most recently known as a pitchman for personal-injury lawyer Sam Bernstein, featured in TV and radio ads for a mysterious outfit known as “Wrong for Michigan.” “Wrong…
According to the Detroit News, union bosses in Michigan are seeking the right to request an automatic payroll contribution from state employees — contributions that would pad the coffers of union political action committees (PACs). The proposal comes from M.
Kentucky’s new governor, Steve Beshear, talks a good game, but don’t expect columnist Jim Waters of the Georgetown News-Graphic to shake his head up and down like a “dashboard bobblehead doll.” Waters wants to know what happens to “good ideas…
To ensure Hillary Clinton wins the Democrat nomination for President, two Big Labor groups are starting to spend large sums of workers’ money on radio ads and political consultants, including a million dollar ad buy in Iowa promoting the Clinton…
Union bosses don’t have much reverence for elections. Their efforts to gut worker elections by enacting the Card Check Scam Bill are prima facie evidence. So we are watching with amusement as members of the Nevada Service Employees International Union…
The Northwest Indiana Times reports that “[n]onunion workers at the Hilton Garden Inn construction site . . .” in Hobart, Indiana, “. . . were victims of an attack that went well beyond a union-based picket line.” Project Superintendent Kim…
Looks like, once again, gutting Iowa’s popular Right to Work Law may be on the Democrats’ agenda in the 2008 Legislative Session. State Representative Christopher Rants (R-Sioux City) has called on House Democrats to “let Iowans know” their plans: