Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com Mark Mix explains the insidious nature of forced-union dues spent by unions on political campaigns. Big Labor, unlike any other contributor involved in the political process, forces people to pay…
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Neil Cavuto, Mike Huckabee, and National Right to Work President Mark Mix discuss President Obama’s double standard and impact of forced-dues in elections.
Monopoly bargaining reveals its ugly head Union stagehand Duane Hammond, part of the crew that built the platform for the Obama event in California, was fired for wearing a USS George Bush sweatshirt. His son is currently serving…
While the media is bashing outsider conservative groups and the Chamber of Commerce for spending on the elections, guess who are the real big spenders? Big Labor. The Wall Street Journal reports that while most attention has been…
While the media is bashing outsider conservative groups and the Chamber of Commerce for spending on the elections, guess who are the real big spenders? Big Labor. The Wall Street Journal reports that while most attention has been…
The Hill’s Sean Miller reports that an international Big Labor conglomerate, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), says it will pour an additional $2 million into ads and ground forces to help Joe Sestak against Pat Toomey…
After bailouts and billions of dollars worth of taxpayer handouts, the big public employee union bosses are spending freely to keep the train rolling. From the Wall Street Journal: The National Education Association, the largest U.S. teachers union, has independently spent more than $3.4 million that must be disclosed, including ad buys and direct-mail campaigns, for the key electioneering period from Sept. 1 to Oct. 14. The NEA spent $444,000 during the same stretch in 2006. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has nearly matched its 2006 midterm outlays. It has spent $2.1 million on electioneering since the beginning of last month, according to FEC filings for two campaign committees associated with the union. That is just shy of the $2.2 million spent for that period in 2006. Unions that represent government workers say this year's election is crucial to them, given the uproar over public-sector budget issues. Officials elected this year will face tough choices on matters such as further fiscal assistance for the nation's cash-strapped states and local governments. The issue of campaign-related spending by public-sector unions has received more attention in recent years, as state and local governments struggle with pensions and other costs. Conservative critics and business leaders have said the unions largely seek to expand their influence at taxpayers' expense. Some states have approved restrictions on political use of union dues, for example requiring unions to obtain permission from workers before spending dues on campaigns.
Among the extreme Left, the fact that billionaire George Soros is sitting on his wallet is making them feel the pinch but it’s hard to feel too bad for them when the union bosses are coming in and using…
On September 17, John Falk and a few companions set off on foot for Washington, D.C. At the end of the journey, they pled with Congress to stop PLA discrimination against union-free workers and firms. Image Credit: Daily Record/Sunday News—Jason Plotkin Obama Executive Order Denies Union-Free Workers a 'Fair Shake' (Source: October 2010 NRTWC Newsletter) John Falk, a genial 59-year-old glass worker from Red Lion, Pa., made a five-day trek on foot last month from his home state to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Mr. Falk and the three people who accompanied him -- a friend, a fellow worker, and his employer, Debra Zarfoss -- walked 89 miles to help mobilize public opposition to federal and state policies that discriminate against union-free employees and businesses. As Mr. Falk puts it, "We're not looking for a handout, bailout, or any other special favor. We just want a fair shake." Unfortunately, President Barack Obama and most current U.S. congressmen and senators are opposed to letting union-free workers like John Falk compete on a level playing field. Back in February 2009, one of the first major actions the President took after settling in at the White House was to issue Executive Order 13502, which promotes union-only "project labor agreements" (PLAs) on federally funded public works. This April, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council published a "final rule" implementing E.O.13502. 'Job Discrimination Because . . . of a Worker's Union Membership Is Flat Wrong' "E.O.13502 pressures federal agencies to acquiesce to PLAs on all large public works," noted Matthew Leen, vice president of the National Right to Work Committee.