Why Are States in Bankruptcy?
Gov. Ed Rendell in Pennsylvania has thrown a bone to the state’s public employees union by offering interest free loans so they can pay off their credit cards bill. In fact, the governor is so happy he put taxpayer’s…
The Real Threat
We have warned readers for nearly a year that as bad as eliminating secret ballot elections is for workers, the Card Check Forced Unionism bill’s mandatory government arbitration provision is worse for the economy. Shika Dalmia, writing in the …
Government Motors
When GM turned down production of a new car from Right to Work Tennessee and kept it in Michigan we figured it was a political decision not a business one. It now appears we were right. The Wall Street…
Union monopoly contract protects 700 NYC teachers who are paid to do nothing
The headline highlights the cost of union monopoly bargaining power over New York schools, children and taxpayers let alone individual worker choice. The Associate Press reports: Hundreds of New York City public school teachers accused of offenses ranging from insubordination…
Where the Sun don't Shine
We have all heard the rhetoric of “green jobs,” but as we have warned, the term is a slight of hand. It really means government-created union jobs that bring green to the pockets of the union bosses. The …
Specter: The Metamorphosis is Complete
Sen. Specter tells a crowd of big union activists: “You want my vote, I want yours.”…
Specter Seeks to Placate Union Bosses
From AP: At an AFL-CIO rally outside the hotel Saturday morning, Specter drew cheers and scattered catcalls when he told the crowd of more than 200 people that he is working with organized labor to try to reach a compromise on…
Sean Hannity “preventing union corruption doesn't make the cut”
Sharp-eyed Sean Hannity sees trouble with a Labor Secretary whose political career has been heavily financed by the AFL-CIO and an AFL-CIO lawyer reducing financial transparency for labor unions. Watch the Sean Hannity clip below.
Sen. Johnson Feels the Heat Too
South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson is a sponsor of the Card Check Forced Unionism bill, S. 560, but his recent quotes in the Rapid City Journal leaves one wondering whether he is having second thoughts: “Not everybody votes for everything they sponsor,…