The omnibus spending bill that is making its way through Congress increases federal spending on almost every government program except one — the Office of Labor Management Standards at the Department of Labor — the office that oversees union corruption.
According to the Detroit News, union bosses in Michigan are seeking the right to request an automatic payroll contribution from state employees — contributions that would pad the coffers of union political action committees (PACs). The proposal comes from M.
Tim Miller, writing for the New York Post, notes that: There has been nothing coy about the Democratic presidential candidates’ courtship of Big Labor. After all, union endorsements come with armies of door-knocking, phone-calling, sign-waving foot soldiers; union leaders…
Kentucky’s new governor, Steve Beshear, talks a good game, but don’t expect columnist Jim Waters of the Georgetown News-Graphic to shake his head up and down like a “dashboard bobblehead doll.” Waters wants to know what happens to “good ideas…
In Europe, labor unions have a stranglehold on economic growth. From wildcat strikes to violent destruction of property, powerful unions run amok, destroying jobs and prosperity on much of the European continent. Enactment of a similar system in America would…
Once again the legal-eagles at the National Right to Work have stuck a blow for freedom when an administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) struck down a nationwide policy of a major international union that requires…
The name, Jaime Escalante, came up in print at least twice last week, but there is more to his story that warrants discussion. During Univision’s December 9, Presidential Debate, the Moderator asked Congressman Duncan Hunter about Hispanics dropping out of…
To ensure Hillary Clinton wins the Democrat nomination for President, two Big Labor groups are starting to spend large sums of workers’ money on radio ads and political consultants, including a million dollar ad buy in Iowa promoting the Clinton…
The National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), for unknown reasons, is carrying water for the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) union hierarchy. The article cut-and-pasted below usefully points out that H.R. 980, contrary to IAFF propaganda, constituted a serious threat to…