After spending $10 million going after pro-big labor (but not pro-Big Labor enough) Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AK), the union bosses from the SEIU have concocted another bright idea — spend union dues money to draft an “independent” candidates against Rep. …
The Democrat National Committee has surveyed its members to create a list of priority agenda items for the party and apparently someone forgot to get a sign off from the labor union bosses on the mailing. The Card…
Like the headline “Dog Bites Man,” the news is reporting that the AFL-CIO union boss Richard Trumka continues to support the Forced Unionism Card Check bill. You don’t say? The bill will eliminate workers ability to choose forcing millions of Americans into…
Like the headline “Dog Bites Man,” the news is reporting that the AFL-CIO union boss Richard Trumka continues to support the Forced Unionism Card Check bill. You don’t say? The bill will eliminate workers ability to choose forcing millions of Americans into…
Even Washington Post editors oppose forcing police officers and fire fighters into labor unions: Congress should let states handle their own labor relations ALL ACROSS America, state and local governments are struggling with recession-induced budget crises as revenue has…
Even Washington Post editors oppose forcing police officers and fire fighters into labor unions: Congress should let states handle their own labor relations ALL ACROSS America, state and local governments are struggling with recession-induced budget crises as revenue has…
Brian Wilson at Fox News asks an intriguing question: Have laws favoring Big Labor union hindered the clean up of the oil in the Gulf? Evidence seems to suggest the answer is yes: Foreign companies possessing some of the world’s most advanced oil skimming ships say they are being kept out of efforts to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf because of a 1920’s law known as the Jones Act -- a protectionist law that requires vessels working in US waters be built in the US and be crewed by US workers. Joseph Carafano of the Heritage Foundation has been studying the matter and wonders, “Are we accepting all the international assistance in the maritime domain that we can, and is the Jones Act an impediment to that?” The Coast Guard and the Administration are quick to point out that some foreign technology is being used in the current cleanup effort. Including:
[stream provider=youtube flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DLEf-vJZOj4M img=x:/nrtwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/superman-nea.jpg captions=Students “Waiting for Superman” embed=false share=false width=450 height=253 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false /] The most powerful force for failure and the status quo in education today are the teacher union officials who…
Senate candidate Trey Grayson (facing forward) refused to oppose legislation promoting union monopoly bargaining over public employees. He thus reinforced voter concerns that he was a Big Government Republican. Credit: AP (Source: June 2010 NRTWC Newsletter) Refusal to Respond to Right to Work Survey 'Raised Concerns' Just a few months ago, Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson was widely considered the favorite to win the GOP nomination this year for the U.S. Senate seat now held by pro-Right to Work Republican Jim Bunning, who is retiring after two terms. A number of pundits contended that the strong support of Mitch McConnell, Kentucky's senior U.S. senator and the head of the GOP minority in the upper chamber of Congress, would practically guarantee Mr. Grayson's nomination. However, the Grayson campaign made serious misjudgments during the final weeks before Kentucky's May 18 primaries. Most important to pro-Right to Work Kentuckians, Mr. Grayson refused to pledge to oppose several of the top power grabs now being advanced on Capitol Hill by Organized Labor, the #1 pro-Big Government special-interest group in America today. More broadly, many voters who were deeply concerned about the rapid growth in federal spending under the George W. Bush Administration as well as under the current one became convinced Mr. Grayson lacked the intestinal fortitude to fight to reduce spending from its current stratospheric level. 'Any Genuine Opponent of Big Government Would Eagerly Oppose' Police/Fire Scheme