Maryland Congressman Al Wynn is a reliable pro-Big Labor Democrat, but to some union bosses, he not good enough. Wynn is under assault from liberal bloggers, Big Labor and left-wing groups because of his support for some initiatives that help…
Gov. Chet Culver remains more committed than ever to gutting Iowa’s Right to Work law, Iowapolitics.com reports. In a meeting between Gov. Culver and State House Republican Leader Christ Rants to discuss ways of creating jobs, Rants pointed to “areas…
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has released a new Right to Work Report video on Hollywood forced unionism abuse that you can view by clicking here .
In early January, Governor Jim Gibbons signed an executive order repealing former Governor Bob Miller’s 1994 executive order mandating project labor agreements on Nevada public works construction projects. Reported in the Las Vegas Review Journal. According to representatives of Nevada’s…
And appears to have been running the show at New York City’s Amalgamated Transit Workers Union Local 1181. According to an article by Daily News staff writer Greg B. Smith: . . . [T]hat union’s corrupt president, Salvatore Battaglia, last…
When discussing his priorities, on the eve of the 2008 legislative session, Iowa State Representative Jeff Kaufmann made the following observation: It is critical that we preserve our status as a Right to Work state. Attempts last year to…
As Iowa’s legislature came into session, House Minority Leader Chris Rants put Speaker Pat Murphy on notice about efforts to gut Iowa’s job-producing Right to Work law. Rants, in a speech before the legislature, said: “Mr. Speaker, this [gutting Right…
Let me get this straight. After “. . . convincing only six of 100 Russell workers to picket with them and gaining 12 votes in favor of unionization,” over “. . . 30 members of Teamsters Local 25 padlocked the…
Screenwriter, novelist, blogger and commentator for National Public Radio, John Ridley, laid it on the line, last week, when he took “financial core,” status, as a means to remove himself from the Writers Guild of America. As he so eloquently…