Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s biggest single contribution is from … drum roll please … big labor. The American Federation of County and Municipal Employees gave McAuliffe an astounding $870,000. The union bosses would love to roll back Virginia’s Right to Work law…
Guess who is pouring massive amounts of campaign cash into the Virginia elections? That’s right the “emboldened union bosses are “investing” in order to secure “leverage” in the Right to Work state. The Washington Post reports: Organized labor is…
Sen. Ben Nelson seems to get the Card Check quandary: You might think that statement would come from a Republican, but it’s actually from a Democrat. Reports that there might be a deal near on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or…
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. 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…
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…
Sen. Mark Warner’s (D-VA) response to constituents opposed to the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill is a letter saying that the bill “should be debated and vote[d] upon by the Senate.” Of course, that means that Warner will support efforts…
The Washington Post examines efforts by Big Labor bosses to expand their influence in Virginia. Not surprisingly, the union big wigs are trying to buy their influence. Big Labor donations accounted for about half of the $1.3 million the…
From the Washington Post: The Virginia Democratic Party failed to properly disclose a $200,000 donation it received in early September from a labor union, party officials admitted . . . . On Sept. 4, the Laborers’ Political League Education…