An audit of the Teachers Association of Long Beach (TALB), California, confirms that workers’ dues money that was to go to the general fund was used for election campaigns, according to the Long Beach Press Telegram. The audit found that:…
Perhaps the most liberal Democrat to ever win the nomination for President of his party is denouncing the “Card Check” Scam Bill. George McGovern — yes, that George McGovern — is taking Democrats to task for trying to eliminate…
If love is money, the union bosses are expressing a lot of love for Barack Obama. Floyd and Mary Beth Brown point out what the love is all about: Nobody is grinning wider about Barack Obama’s lead in the polls…
Donald Lambro of the Washington Times details Sen. Barack Obama’s support for the Card Check Scam Bill. Obama is ready to force millions of Americans into unions. Speaking to the AFL-CIO about the bill, Obama said, “We’re ready to…
David Freddoso of National Review Online takes a look at a potential appointee to the Department of Labor under an Obama administration — Kim Bobo. Bobo could be an obvious choice for the Obama Labor Department, perhaps as head of…
The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) points out that Massachusetts’ infamous Central Artery Tunnel union-only project, known as the “Big Dig”, is threatening the solvency of the state of Massachusetts. The ABC notes: Despite receiving federal funding, the…
According to Amy Westfeldt of the Associated Press: A union local representing 1,500 crane and heavy-equipment operators has been put under federal prosecutors’ control after more than two dozen members were convicted of mob-related corruption in recent years. A…
Gov. David Paterson has given New York’s public workers’ union bosses everything they ever wanted by signing a law that makes union dues mandatory in perpetuity, even if a worker decides not to join a union. “It’s a very,…
In a breakthrough appellate court ruling, Iron Worker Union officials can now be sued under anti-trust laws for running a union kickback scheme known as “job targeting” which has diverted $500 million in workers wages over the past 5 years.