Union boss power Archives

July 19

Detroit Bankruptcy Filing a 'Stunning Rebuke' to Government Union Bosses and Their Puppet Politicians

Yesterday, Detroit, once a magnet for ambitious job seekers across the country, became the largest U.S. city ever to file for bankruptcy.  As Detroit News columnist Daniel Howes discusses in the commentary linked below, a key factor in the Motor…

July 16

Two New Measures Fight Big Labor Judicial Activism

Writing on the WorkplaceChoice.org web site (see the link below), Trey Kovacs of the Competive Enterprise Institute discusses two reform measures recently introduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.). The Freedom from Union Stalking Act (H.R.2472) and the…

May 21

Filibuster Rules in Peril

All hands on deck.  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is preparing to use the “nuclear option” to limit the Senate’s filibuster rules, according to the Washington Post.  Big labor is demanding such a change which would destroy the rights…

April 23

Hoffa Crushes Union Drive - 16 of 34 Union Organizers Vote Against Union Organization

Union boss Jimmy Hoffa supports forced unionism anywhere and everywhere — except within his own union.  The Daily Caller reports that Hoffa is attempting to quash a union drive of his own workers: International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) general…

April 8

Thatcher Labor Law Reforms 'Forced Managers to Think About Employees as Individuals Rather Than Trade Union Members Bound by Rules and Restrictions'

Margaret Thatcher passed away early today.  It’s been nearly a quarter-century since the “Iron Lady” stepped down as Great Britain’s prime minister, but, as Reason Magazine contributor Ira Stoll observes in the commentary linked below, she remains highly relevant…

March 8

Even in Right to Work Kansas, Monopolistic Unionism Bilks Taxpayers, Lowers Quality of Schools

Right to Work laws prohibiting the termination of employees for refusal to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union are sound policy.  No worker should be fired for supporting a union, and no worker should be fired for refusing…

March 5

California Learning Money Can't Buy Union Boss Peace

In the Golden State, union bosses proudly wield their monopoly-bargaining and forced-dues privileges, and seem to have everything they want.  They control lopsided majorities in both chambers of the Legislature.  Statewide officeholders from Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown on down…

February 27

Teacher Union Boss Busted South of the Border -- used union funds for plastic surgery, San Diego Mansion....

Looks like Mexico also has Big Labor Kingpins as well.  From Forbes’ Kenneth Rapoza: Elba Esther Gordillo. Mexican Teahers’ union Kingpin..(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Elba Esther Gordillo, head of the…

February 18

Duh! -- UAW Boss Bob King admits Prop. 2 about Right To Work

In Michigan, UAW Boss Bob King admits that the overwhelmingly voter rejected Big Labor sponsored “Proposition 2” was an attempt to modify the state constitution to prevent Right to Work freedom from ever coming to Michigan. From Jack Spencer at…