Who is Losing the Car Business?
Larry Kudlow, of CNBC fame, thinks the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is driving the US auto industry into the ground.
Larry Kudlow, of CNBC fame, thinks the United Auto Workers (UAW) union is driving the US auto industry into the ground.
Professor of Law, William Jacobson, takes an insightful look at president-elect Obama’s proposed trillion dollar public works spending program. Of course the money will be funneled through Big Labor including the infamous crime-ridden Laborers’ International Union of North America…
The New York Times is a company that is hurting financially. Revenue is down. In economic parlance — they are “downsizing” to meet fiscal obligations. There are thoughts that the paper will need to declare bankruptcy to stave off…
Kimberly Strassel at the Wall Street Journal believes your activism is playing a role in raising the stakes in the battle over the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill. This is a call to double the pressure on Senators to…
Syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin takes an in-depth look at the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) free-spending ways. We have seen union bosses spend workers’ dues money in frivolous ways before, but the UAW brass could take the cake for outrageous…
Once again, Doug Bandow of The American Spectator in his article “Christmas Card Check” hits the nail on the head: So far Barack Obama has surprised supporters and opponents alike by choosing centrists for his economic and foreign policy teams. The leading exception is Labor Secretary-designate Rep. Hilda Solis, a long-time supporter of coercive unionism. The principal congressional battle is likely to be over so-called card check, which would allow Big Labor to intimidate its way to increased power. People obviously should be free to join unions. But the vast majority of Americans choose not to do so, which is why organized labor represents only 7.5 percent of private sector workers. Of course, Big Labor blames everyone else for its troubles. Evil employers. Economic woes. Unfair laws. So union officials want to fix the game. Labor relations should be left up to companies and workers, with the government simply enforcing agreements and prohibiting violence. However, unions routinely attempt to win through politics what they cannot win through economics. Current law requires that unions win a representation election to force recognition. Collecting cards signed by 30 percent of employees triggers a vote. However, unions lose 40 percent of the time, so labor activists complain that America is, well, a bit like Nazi Germany. The AFL-CIO says that "workers still lack the freedom to form unions" and companies are blocking "workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life" and "putting corporate power ahead of the freedom to form unions."
In the movie Poltergiest II: The Other Side, a little girl is able to see ghosts and announces to her parents, “they’re back,” before the terror begins. Something similar is happening in Iowa, as Big Labor leaders and their minions…
Labor sources indicate that it was SEIU’s (Service Employees International Union) boss Andrew Stern, despite being marred by his involvement in the Blagojevich scandal in Illinois, that recommended the selection of liberal House Rep. Hilda Solis for Secretary of…
On Fox News, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (a big recipient of Big Labor political money) said: “I don’t know about the first month, but we’re going to pass it early.”…