President Obama has jumped into bed with the big labor agitators in Wisconsin but Kimberly Strassel reminds us: Fact: President Obama is the boss of a civil work force that numbers up to two million (excluding postal workers and uniformed military). Fact: Those federal workers cannot bargain for wages or benefits. Fact: Washington, D.C. is, in the purest sense, a “right to work zone.” Federal employees are not compelled to join a union, nor to pay union dues. Fact: Neither Mr. Obama, nor the prior Democratic majority, ever acted to give their union chums a better federal deal.
A recent poll conducted by SurveyUSA, a national pollster rated “A” by polling aggregation site FiveThirtyEight, reveals Michiganders of all backgrounds strongly oppose overturning the state’s Right to Work law.
Southwest Flight Attendant Charlene Carter has just been granted a full reinstatement after winning a settlement
union officials likely spent over $12 billion on political activities during the 2019-2020 election cycle, far more than union officials publicly admit.