Vulture Fund
What’s Big Labor up to now? Eliot Spitzer, in his first big business venture since he was shamed out of office by a prostitution scandal, is shopping around a plan to start a vulture fund that would scoop up distressed…
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Top 10 Lies
The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) has just released a new Fact Sheet on the “Top 10 Big Labor Lies and Misleading Claims About the Colorado Right to Work Amendment.” Now that it appears likely Coloradans will vote…
It's Not Only Rhode Island
The Providence Journal profiles the power of Rhode Island’s union bosses and finds: Rhode Island’s labor unions are losing members faster than they can add them. But organized labor continues to have a powerful voice in state politics, due in…
Big Labor Power Grab
Congress is poised to passed a “laundry list” of legislation written by Big Labor lobbyists that is “. . . nothing less than a radical rewrite of our nation’s unemployment laws,” says Randel Johnson, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s vice…
Another Worker Intimidation Case
Another case of worker intimidation by a union is proceeding. An appeal of an unfair labor case, filed by a nurse from the Pomona (California) Valley Hospital, has been granted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). As reported by…
WSJ on Monopoly Unionization
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) usually knows bad legislation when they see it, and the police and firefighter monopoly unionization bill is no exception: Unions keep losing membership as a share of the national workforce, which explains why organized…
In New York, Sucking Up to Union Bosses is a Bipartisan Affair
New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R) likes to fancy himself a representative of the taxpayers, but the New York Post knows a phony when they see one: New York’s largest public-sector union, the Civil Service Employees…
From the SEIU Convention
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is holding its annual convention in Puerto Rico and the union’s boss Andy Stern has announced the formation of the “Accountability Project.” Don’t get your hopes up, this has nothing to do with being…
Labor Bosses Buy Oregon
Using the forced-union dues scheme allowed by Oregon state law, Big Labor bosses, led by the public workers union, spent thousands of dollars pushing candidates in the state’s primary elections. Their political largess nominated big union puppets throughout the state.