Biden Payback to Big Labor Bosses Underway
Last year, Joe Biden declared he wants to “change the federal law [so] there is no Right to Work allowed anywhere in the country.”
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Big Labor Dumps Republican Supporters
The Wall Street Journal has reported on what Right to Work supporters have been talking about for months — Big Labor has dumped its Republican lackeys. In a short note on their blog, the Washington Wire, the Journal notes…
Rendell's Role in Union Violence Probed
Don and Teri Adams attended a rally protesting President Clinton outside Philadelphia City Hall in 1998 — and were beaten to a bloody pulp by a group of Teamsters. The Adams have filed a lawsuit. A special three-judge panel of…
Locals Break with AFL-CIO on Amnesty
The Pittsburgh Plumber Local 27 has said NO to amnesty. On October 10 union officials approved a resolution demanding that their union revenue not be used for promoting amnesty and other activities that promote illegal immigration. The resolution follows a…
Faulty Bookkeeping at AFL-CIO
The Labor Department informed the AFL-CIO that its financial controls and record-keeping were insufficient and that problems were “beyond technical bookkeeping errors.” Citing the lack of travel policy for AFL-CIO officers, lack of reporting of travel expenses for spouses, improper…
Organizing Migrants and Illegals in Toledo
AFL-CIO Boss John Sweeney visited Toledo recently to march with 500 migrant workers rallying for amnesty of illegal aliens. The AFL-CIO Boss brought with him $60,000 in workers’ forced-dues money to give to the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC).
Big Labor Fights Ballot Security Measures
Protecting the integrity and validity of the ballot box is the equivalent of imposing a “poll tax” according to Big Labor officials in Washington. The chiefs of the AFL-CIO are leading the fight against legislation that would require proof of…
Big Labor: “AMNESTY, NOW!”
But what about union members here? The Militant reports that 5,000 “unionists and immigrant rights activists” rallied on the Mall by the U.S. Capitol demanding “legalization” of illegal aliens in the United States. Among the participants were labor contingents…
Fun Forced-Unionism Facts
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) addresses a fundamental question rank and file union members are wondering — why spend so much on politics. As the editorial notes, “This month marks the deadline for the last of the nation’s…