The New York Post has the details: A Queens electrical contractor who did business with the city admitted today to paying off a union boss as much as $70,000 in return for “nothing.” Santo “Sandy” Petrocelli admitted in Manhattan Federal…
Last week the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation President Mark Mix demanded copies of signed Executive Order (EO) 13490 ethics pledges that President Obama promised America January 21st. (NRTW EO Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request video…
Behind the scenes, Native American tribes are working with lobbyists to find an exemption from the Forced Unionism Card Check bill. According to Roll Call, “tribes are working with Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) to craft an exemption for…
The Wall Street Journal reports that union pension plans are underfunded while plans for the bosses and management of the unions itself are in better financial position: We’ve all read about underfunded corporate pensions, but here’s an unreported story: Union…
CORRECTION Our blog noting ABC’s Ben Brubeck’s blog on a Vegas union’s pension seems to have come from false statements by the union’s spokesman. According to the update and correction: Laborers chief Tommy White wants to make one thing…
see updated story with union correction The Department of Labor granted special pension waivers to the Plumbers when their pension…
Why is the NEA so powerful? NEA general counsel Bob Chanin admits its by pure political power: Despite what some among us would like to believe [the NEA is effective] not because of our creative ideas; it is not because…
The Wisconsin legislature has passed legislation that has been signed by pro-big union governor Jim Doyle that would grab 3,200 research assistants in the state university system and unionize them through a card check scheme.
Reid to Railroad Forced Unionism Bill Through the Senate -- ? Roll Call newspaper (subscription required) is reporting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) is "sketching a process for railroading the bill [Card Check Forced Unionism Bill] through the floor as quickly as possible to prevent Republicans from rallying a major campaign against it, senior Democratic aides said." The scheme would require a deal cut with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the union bosses and even a group of holdout Democrat Senators including Pryor and Lincoln: Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has been working for months to put together a deal on “card check” legislation, which would make it easier for workers to unionize. Democrats had originally hoped to move a bill that would include not only that language changing how workers vote to join a union but also a provision requiring workers and employers to submit to binding federal arbitration to settle labor disagreements.