Pandering to Big Labor
Projo quote of the day: “This was a big mistake by the Obama administration,” said Cochran. “In 77 years, never has not one federal official attended the mayors’ annual meeting.” …
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Brutal Lesson
Saul Anuzi gives a short history lesson about the brutal history of big labor in Michigan: The reason that the great American tradition of making cars in my home state has now gone belly up is due in large part to…
SEIU Spends and Spends
Flush with cash taken from workers without their consent, the SEIU is bombarding California’s airwaves with a $1 million television ad campaign supporting new taxes on oil and gas, tobacco and liquor. At the pace at which the SEIU is…
Underfunded Union Pensions
After bashing everyone else for decades regarding pension funding, the Washington Examiner has discovered: Almost half of the nation’s 20 largest unions have pension funds that federal law classifies as “endangered” or in “critical” condition due to being underfunded, an Examiner review of…
Another Legal Victory
The legal eagles at the National Right to Work Foundation have once again have achieved victory for workers discriminated against by both employers and union bosses: Angela Leitzel works as a field technician for Verizon in Tampa, Florida. Because Florida…
Under Funded Unions and PLAs
What do underfunded union pensions and Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) have to with each other? A lot; the Obama Administration and Pelosi’s Congress chose to force construction workers to pay into union pensions to work. That’s right, if you plan…
Specter: The Metamorphosis is Complete
Sen. Specter tells a crowd of big union activists: “You want my vote, I want yours.”…
Specter Seeks to Placate Union Bosses
From AP: At an AFL-CIO rally outside the hotel Saturday morning, Specter drew cheers and scattered catcalls when he told the crowd of more than 200 people that he is working with organized labor to try to reach a compromise on…
More From Virginia
Democrat gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe’s biggest single contribution is from … drum roll please … big labor. The American Federation of County and Municipal Employees gave McAuliffe an astounding $870,000. The union bosses would love to roll back Virginia’s Right to Work law…