Is This What Josh Hawley Wants For Workers?
Teamster Bullies Finished Off Yellow Corp., Have UPS Struggling
In Indianapolis, local contractors have been shut out of the bidding process to renovate a local hospital. The closed-bid process was foisted on construction plans by the union bosses. By closing competitive bidding, hospital construction costs will be 20 to 30% higher than needed and taxpayers will be left paying for the overruns. Rather than more hospital beds or better facilities, the hospital choice to give taxpayer funds to the union bosses. That is sick.
Teamster Bullies Finished Off Yellow Corp., Have UPS Struggling
“As one anonymous MTA insider has acknowledged to Post reporter Nolan Hicks, the monopoly-bargaining privileges afforded by law to Mr. Simon and his cohorts make them so powerful that it’s ‘just easier to light more taxpayer money on fire than fix’ LIRR."
Since Big Labor-backed legislation repealing Right to Work protections for employees went into effect in early 2024, the state has gone from adding jobs to losing them.