New Jersey residents pay the most property tax in the country. The average yearly property tax bill tops $7,000 a year. Even New Jersey Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine supports reforming the tax system but his proposals have been stymied by…
John Edwards’ presidential campaign seems to be playing third fiddle behind Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, so he has brought on a Big Labor supporting “pit bull,” David Bonior, as his senior advisor; and is likely to make him his…
On November 30, the Pittsburgh, (PA) Tribune-Review reported two separate incidents of local union funds being embezzled. Under the headline, “Woman charged with embezzling from Pitt police union,” they reported the grand jury indictment of Carroll L. Phillips, who allegedly…
As anyone following this blog can attest, embezzling from union funds seems to be in vogue. The Kennebec (ME) Journal reported the embezzlement of more than $45,000 from the Maine Education Association, a nonprofit labor union with its headquarters in…
The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) has just released two new studies that make for interesting reading. In Compulsory Unionism in Everything But Name . . . , NILRR connects the dots between an 11 year old…
It appears that, once again, Big Labor Bosses are playing fast and loose with union member’s pension funds. In a criminal racketeering suit against Michael and Robert McKay, respectively, president and treasurer-secretary of the American Maritime Officers union, the Justice…
With organized labor looking forward to 2008, Iowa was a major target this year. Their work may pay BIG dividends! They have got the state’s Right to Work law in their gun sights. Incoming Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal…
A 186-page, 44 count indictment was handed down in November on Brian McLaughlin for alleged crimes he committed during his tenure as president of the New York City Central Labor Council, and a Queens, NY assemblyman. According to the New…
There is a trial going on in Houston, Texas that brings to mind just how vulnerable union supervised voting systems are to manipulation; and might go a long way in explaining why some union officials seem to be elected for…