Workers' Choice Pays Benefits
Auto workers in Alabama have the choice to join a union while workers in Michigan do not. If more politicians in Michigan would be willing to stand up to the labor union bosses, the auto industry would be in much…
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If You Love Michigan’s Economy . . .
Readers know the difficulty Michigan is having creating jobs and economic prosperity. But defenders of Big Labor like to deny that the regulations and costs the United Auto Workers (UAW) and other big unions have imposed on the state have…
Here is an Idea
First, Big Labor unions in Michigan drive up the cost of making an American automobile to the point where they are not competitive in the marketplace. Then, union bosses demand the taxpayers provide the auto companies with $50 billion…
Big Labor's Grip
Like a diamond in the rough, the Waterbury Republican American newspaper in the heart of Big Labor Connecticut is willing to stand up for taxpayers against the political power of union bosses even when the politicians won’t. Their latest editorial…
Billion Dollar Gamble
“The dirty little secret of Big Labor’s massive support for the Obama campaign is the anticipated end to state right-to-work-laws and secret ballots in unionization campaigns,” writes Mallory Factor. But ending secret ballot rights for workers is just one…
Union Boss: "I broke the law all the time"
A long-time Washington state union boss has written a book with a startling admission. “Smiling Joe” Miller admits he “broke the law all the time” by passing envelops of cash to lawmakers, converted campaign checks into hard-to trace cash, illegally…
Secret Ballots a Must to Protect Rights of Union Workers
Kingley Guy of the Sun-Sentinel newspaper hits the nail on the head when he writes: The right of workers to form a union is vital to American freedom, but the secret ballot is fundamental to it. Yet, Barack Obama and…
Union Bosses Reach for the Brass Ring
Columnist Doug Bandow provides an excellent overview of Big Labor’s agenda which includes, of course, the Card Check Scam bill: At the top of labor’s agenda is the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, which would deny employees the opportunity to…
Stop Thief -- That's My Vote!
With no apparent hint of hypocrisy, the AFL-CIO is protesting efforts to clean voter rolls of unqualified voters. Union operative Arlene Holt Baker howls, “We have learned painfully that in this third century of our republic, we cannot take our…