State of the Unions
Doug Stafford, Vice President of the National Right to Work Committee, was interviewed by the Pittsburgh Tribune and gave an articulate update on the state of affairs of big labor’s political power plays. It’s worth a read.
Doug Stafford, Vice President of the National Right to Work Committee, was interviewed by the Pittsburgh Tribune and gave an articulate update on the state of affairs of big labor’s political power plays. It’s worth a read.
Millions of American buy stocks and mutual funds in their IRA’s but if the bosses at the AFL-CIO have their way, less money will go toward your retirement and more will be diverted to the government. That’s because big labor…
The Administration of “Hope and Change” has millions of Americans hoping for no more change as their efforts to placate the union bosses knows no end. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis has abandoned the idea that union members should be…
Mark Mix, the President of the National Right to Work, reminds people that Labor Day is for all Americans not just for labor bosses: Labor Day is a celebration of the efforts of America’s workers. However, the celebration is hollow…
The union-front group American Rights at Work is back on the air with television commercials aimed at revitalizing the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill, S.B. 560. The group run by former House Democrat Whip David Bonior of Michigan is running the ads…
Pro-forced unionism Labor Secretary Hilda Solis defends Obama’s Solicitor of Labor nominee M. Patricia Smith from Sen. Mike Enzi (WY-R) who declared that she was unfit to lead the Labor Department’s legal team. Enzi and his staff review of Smith’s statements verses the New York record revealed a several cozy relationships with Big Labor that encroached on the freedoms of workers. Sen. Enzi’s labor committee Deputy Communications Director Michael Mahaffey outlined Smith’s inconsistencies: “First, Ms. Smith stated that the Wage and Hour Watch program was developed internally and only then did the New York Department of Labor approach outside groups. However, two of the pilot groups, the Retail Warehouse and Department Store Union (RWDSU) along with Make the Road New York, a public interest entity financed in part by unions, were heavily involved in developing all aspects of the program. They, along with another public interest group, participated in: a) deciding participant eligibility, b) drafting program documents, c) creating training materials and conducting training, d) developing press strategies, etc. The approximately 3000 pages of documents provided by New York in fact show little internal government development of the program. “Second, Ms. Smith characterized Wage and Hour Watch as an educational program. It does not appear, however, that Ms. Smith's subordinates, including the Wage and Hour Administrator nominee, Ms. Lorelie Boylan, or the union organizers and public interest groups who helped design the program concurred. For example, documents describe the program as an “enforcers” program, and email as well as a training document describe participants as community enforcers. There appears no question that those who created the program considered it enforcement.
Politico.com has a critical story about big labor’s attempt to buy the Virginia gubernatorial election for Democrat Creigh Deeds: Organized labor is betting big in Virginia and New Jersey, where two critical off-year gubernatorial races are taking place in November…In Virginia,…
The Washington Examiner looks at the $10 billion big labor health care handout: Union bosses who have mismanaged benefits for their own members are poised to receive a $10 billion bailout from U.S. taxpayers in the form of a “reinsurance…
Only July 1st, The National Right to Work Committee noted in its Obama Administration Personnel Alert for U.S. Solicitor of Labor nominee Patricia Smith that as New York Labor Commissioner, Smith essentially made union officials an enforcement arm…