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AFL-CIO bosses gathered for their convention in Miami at a hotel where the cheapest room is $400 a night. It is easy to live large on workers’ dues money. Fox News has the story.
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"Free Choice Act" is Not
The Journal Advocate‘s George Rice correctly calls the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill the “biggest political fraud” in the US Congress, “reprehensible,” and a “gigantic joke.” Unfortunately, the joke will be on America’s workers if this monstrosity is ever enacted…
Union Bosses Confident
This should sound the alarm bells — Service Employees International Union (SEIU) union boss Andy Stern is predicting passage of the Card Check Scam Bill by August.
Strategy Session
Labor bosses have bought access to the highest levels of government, including the Vice President of the United States. Vice President Joe Biden will huddle with union strategists this week to “brainstorm” on how to pass the Card Check…
Reading the Fine Print
Liberal blogger Mickey Kaus has read the fine print of the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill and discovered the bill is even worse than he thought: 1) In the “card check” bill, if a newly unionized employer can’t reach an…
Card Check Scam Targets Workers at Home
Amanda Carpenter has noticed a flyer from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union that promises to “start organizing campaigns, develop worker committees and conduct house calls to workers.” As Carpenter notes: House calls to workers? Notice…
Michigan: No Longer Can Afford to Stop Right to Work
David Gillis of the Times Herald newspaper in Port Huron, Michigan has looked at the numbers and concludes Michigan can no longer afford to restrict workers’ Right to Work. Why? According to the U.S. Department of Labor, in the 22…
Going the Extra Mile for the Union Bosses
Iowa House Speaker Pat Murphy has gone the extra mile to reward the union bosses with taxpayer largess. With his efforts to enact a state prevailing wage law stalled by a single vote, Murphy has done the extraordinary —…
Cart Leading the Horse
At a private White House reception, First Lady Michelle Obama pressed her “progressive” allies for help enacting the President’s legislative agenda. Those allies included union bosses Jimmy Hoffa, Gerry McEntee and Andy Stern. I wonder why they needed the reception…