The Chicago Tribune has uncovered an interesting twist in union organizing — companies and Big Labor unions cutting deals to allow union activists to coerce workers into joining a union, as long as the union bosses don’t publicize their activities.
The Denver Post has taken Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to task for firing the first shot in the battle between Big Labor and workers, calling his pro-union-bosses giveaway “inane.” Ritter’s weakness also has been exposed in his inability to…
The National Institute for Labor Relations Research has announced the winners of its two annual essay contests on the Right to Work issue, the William B. Ruggles Journalism Scholarship and the Applegate/Jackson/Parks Future Teachers Scholarship. Valerie Bischoff, currently a first-year…
Big Labor has, so far, promised to spend a remarkable $35 million of forced union dues against a Right to Work initiative in Colorado. Much of the money will pour in from out of state. The Denver Post reports…
Big Labor will spend nearly half a billion dollars trying to elect Pro-Big Labor puppets who will pass the Card Check Scam Bill. Don’t just listen to us, listen to AFL-CIO bigwig Stewart Acuff. As reported by David Weigel on…
The Las Vegas Sun has an interesting overview of the stakes and implications of enacting the Card Check Scam Bill. As the Sun reported, passage of the bill “. . . would for the first time in 60 years,…
Writer, author, and attorney, David Limbaugh, recently brought up an issue that needs looking into. As he pointed out in a recent Creators’ Syndicate article: . . . 20 years ago, the Justice Department filed a federal civil racketeering complaint…
Union violence is a major problem that Congress must address. Typically union thugs target non-union workers to force them to join their forced-dues-paying ranks. But sometimes, as with the recent spat with SEIU union activists, the violence is…
The Honolulu Star Bulletin is taking on Big Labor and their local congressman, Neil Abercrombie, by opposing efforts to enact the Card Check Scam Bill, both nationally and in Hawaii. The Star proclaims that Gov. Linda Lingle “. . .