Big Labor on the Air Again Trying To Change Senate Rules
Seeking to change the historical role of the Senate as a deliberative body, union bosses are using…
Seeking to change the historical role of the Senate as a deliberative body, union bosses are using…
Kyle Olsen looks at how taxpayers in the Big Apple are taken for a ride by the union bosses: New York City Schools Spend $6,900 Per Student - on Bus Transportation! Government schools are an expensive endeavor, especially when union labor and no-bid contracts are involved. The New York City Department of Education has been catching heat from transportation unions lately over a decision to solicit bids for private transportation services in an effort to curtail runaway costs. The district has not sought “significant” bids for student transportation services in 33 years. That means it’s probably been using the same companies for years, without competitive bids to naturally control rising costs. And those costs are increased every year because the companies use high-paid union drivers. In response to the union criticism, the DOE recently issued a “School Bus Bids FAQ” which makes a staggering admission: the city spends $6,900 per student (for a total of $1.1 billion) per year for bus transportation. In a 180 day school year, that’s $38.33 per student a day. At that rate it might be more cost-effective for the school system to distribute vouchers for kids to take taxis. City officials say New York spends more than twice what Los Angeles (the nation’s second-largest city) spends on K-12 student transportation.
When Hurricane Sandy stuck New Jersey, there were reports of volunteers crews being turned away because they were not members of a union. The reports were initially denied but later confirmed to be…
Big Labor’s frivolous federal lawsuit against Indiana’s Right to Work has been dismissed. …
The National Right to Work Committee and allied organizations are fighting hard to defeat a Big Labor power grab that union boss-controlled politicians are trying to ram through the New Jersey Legislature. As a January 17 post on The Truth…
Investigative reporter Luke Rosiak shared with Washington Times readers on Tuesday a number of examples he has uncovered of union officials’ getting their spouses, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, cousins etc. on the forced-dues funded payroll of the same union they…
Former Congresswoman Hilda Solis, the tunnel-visioned promoter of compulsory unionism whom President Barack Obama selected as his labor secretary four years ago, recently announced her resignation. In a Washington Examiner commentary (see the link below), journalist Sean Higgins observes that, while it…
Under 1988’s Communications Workers of America v. Beck and other U.S. Supreme Court precedents won by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, forced dues-paying employees who don’t belong to a union at least have the right to opt out…
For years, Maryland state law has empowered government union bosses to seek and obtain the power to force teachers and other K-12 public school employees to fork over union dues or fees, or be fired. But top officials of the…