Government Unions Are Bankrupting America
The venerable Phyllis Schlafly looks at the alarming, and costly, growth of government employee unions.
yoU Are Wrong -- Gettelfinger's Misinformation
Mark Mix, the President of the National Right to Work takes on the UAW’s boss Ron Gettelfinger’s recent misinformed op/ed attacking the Right to Work: It’s telling that in union boss Ron Gettelfinger’s screed against Right to Work laws (“King exposed…
Contracting Card Check
The Obama Administration new government contracting policy to divert contracts to unionized firms has drawn strong objections from the Sen. Tom Coburn. “Making contracting decisions based on political or ideological litmus tests will waste taxpayer dollars and limit economic growth…
More than one American a minute moved from a closed-shop state to a “right-to-work” state
In an article titled Labour Pains: Barack Obama will never satisfy his union backers. Nor should he try, The Economists looks at the destruction that results from following Big Labor policies: Richard Vedder of Ohio University observes that, between…
Seventeen Senators Co-Sponsor Move to End Debate and Confirm Radical NLRB Nominee Craig Becker
The following U.S. Senators co-sponsored a cloture vote to end debate on Big Labor Lawyer: Harry Reid, Roland W. Burris, Tom Harkin, Debbie Stabenow, Dianne Feinstein, Benjamin L. Cardin, Bill Nelson, Al Franken, Barbara Boxer, Amy Klobuchar, Mark Begich, Byron…
One more Big Labor Payback Before Senator-Elect Brown becomes Senator Brown
Racing against the clock, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed through another Obama Big Labor nominee, Patricia Smith, before Senator-Elect Scott Brown becomes a Senator. Reid won this race, see the Senate votes here. In addition, Reid is prepared to add radical SEIU & AFL-CIO lawyer, Craig Becker to the list of Obama nominees approved before Senator Brown arrives. As the new U.S. Solicitor of Labor, President Obama’s nominee M. Patricia Smith will control the largest civilian pool of government lawyers after the Justice Department. Then New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer appointed Smith Commissioner of the New York State Department of Labor (NYDOL). Having spent her entire working life as a government employee, Smith brings only bureaucratic experience to the table. As NYDOL Commissioner, Smith used her position and federal funds to override a state hiring freeze to hire a politically connected union organizer as a state employee.
Act Now -- Senate trying to Beat Senator Brown's Swearing-in
The Washington Examiner catches the Senate rushing pro-labor agenda items to the floor before Senator-Elect Scott Brown is sworn into the esteemed body: … the Senate is again trying to perform as many favors for Big Labor as it can before newly…
Gov. Christie: No More Union Pay to Play
Newly-elected New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has signed an executive order ending the current system of pay to play politics in the Garden State. The order states that unions are now added to the list of groups which are barred from receiving…
Big Labor's Top Forced Unionism Lawyer Ready to Take Seat on The Board
The Committee was forwarded an e-mail that, in part, read: We have just learned from our contacts in Washington that the HELP committee [U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions] has postponed other scheduled business and will conduct…