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.
In a nationwide conference call arranged by AFL-CIO Boss John Sweeney, Sen. Barack Obama made a plea to union bosses across the nation to push their political agenda on workers. “So we depend on you to tell (voters) about…
Andre Lacy, the Chairman of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, weighs in on the need for Indiana to enact a Right to Work law: Increasing Hoosier incomes is among our state’s greatest challenges. Indiana must compete globally for jobs…
How is the AFL-CIO spending over $50 million in workers dues money? On political mailers, of course. National Journal reports that over 600,000 pieces are hitting mailboxes in four battleground states. The AFL-CIO begins a ramped-up campaign to define Sen.
Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove (D) is running for the state’s open Senate seat as an economic populist. But when it comes to standing up for workers and their right to vote in a union election, he is taking the…
If you are still scratching your head trying to figure out why companies like VW would pass over Michigan when deciding where to put a new billion dollar production facility, look no further than W.I. Meyers Nursery in downtown Detroit.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) has taken a leadership role to help educate the American people about the true nature of the Card Check Scam bill. “What we’re trying to do is what we did with immigration: Let people know the…