Embarrassment
There was a time when the House of Representatives at least paid lip service to the idea of federalism, fiscal responsibility and state’s rights, but, it appears those days are over. The House, overriding state laws, has passed a bill…
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N.E.A. Sued for Ripping-Off Teachers
The New York Times (Registration Required) reports on a federal lawsuit filed in Washington State that contends the National Education Association (N.E.A.) union has been overcharging for fees associated with annuities offered its members: Lawyers representing the plaintiffs said…
Something Smells
According to the San Francisco Weekly: [I]n the 1990s some $76 million was siphoned from union worker benefit funds under the influence of San Francisco labor boss Larry Mazzola. More than $50 million of that money was used to prop…
Belabor the Point
John Fund of the Wall Street Journal weighs in on Democrat leaders’ most recent attempt to “cut spending” and benefit the Big Labor bosses. Highlights include: The new Democratic Congress has finally found a government agency whose budget it…
Et Tu, Brutus?
Big Labor must feel under siege. Their efforts to eliminate secret ballot elections for union certification — so they can intimidate and pressure workers into joining and paying dues to a union — have stalled in Washington, D.C. And now…
North Carolina Collective Bargaining Ban Threatened
Forced unionism apologists in the North Carolina House, seeking to remove the Tar Heel State’s 50-year-old ban on collective bargaining by state and local government employees, moved one step closer to getting the camel’s head in the tent. Big Labor…
Arlen’s Vote
When Sen. Arlen Specter cast the lone Republican vote in support of the card check scam, he might have thought he was buying peace in Pennsylvania. Not so. Picking the union bosses over the rights of rank-and-file workers just isn’t…
Free Speech Primer
Former Federal Elections Commissioner Bradley Smith has an excellent piece on campaign finance “reform” and freedom of speech. As former House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt once said: “two important values in direct conflict: freedom of speech and our desire…
Granholm Won’t Cross Union Bosses
Despite the highest unemployment rate in America, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm refuses to support true reform for her state. Granholm announced she would not upset her political benefactors by supporting Right to Work in the Wolverine State. Confident she could…