Union-Only Port Terminal Suspends Operations
Committee President Mark Mix: “If I were a Leatherman dockworker, I certainly wouldn’t count on Longshore Union bosses to show any flexibility” to get the terminal reopened and “save my job.”
When it comes to business-friendliness, why is California dead last again?
Study ranks California as least business-friendly state based on factors such as right-to-work legislation workers compensation laws and economic incentive programs.
Yes, it’s time for another “Most Business-Friendly States” ranking.
And, yes, California is dead last again.
The latest folks to hand out failing grades to our state are relocation specialists Pollina Corporate Real Estate, a study based on “32 factors controlled by state government, including taxes, human resources, education, right-to-work legislation, energy costs, infrastructure spending, regulatory environment, workers compensation laws, economic incentive programs and state economic development efforts.”
Committee President Mark Mix: “If I were a Leatherman dockworker, I certainly wouldn’t count on Longshore Union bosses to show any flexibility” to get the terminal reopened and “save my job.”
Union bosses are rallying behind Democrat Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico because he opposes Right to Work protections for employees.
On June 5, a federal jury in Kansas convicted former Boilermakers President Newton Jones, who had headed the union from 2003 until 2023, his wife, Kateryna, and two other IBB bosses of embezzling millions of dollars in union dues extracted from workers as a condition of employment.