Iowa’s Democrat Gov. Chet Culver said he would sign legislation to tax workers who choose not to join a union. Iowans have been working hard to protect their Right to Work Law against provisions like the so-called “fair share” tax.
Big Labor’s effort to sneak the Card Check scheme through the Congress has hit a snag. More and more Americans are becoming aware of their efforts. Here are the latest defenses of workplace democracy from newspapers and blogs throughout the…
Rep. John Kline has taken the Card Check Bill by the horns weighing in with a powerful editorial against Big Labor’s card check scheme: “The right to a secret ballot is the cornerstone of our democracy. For centuries, Americans…
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports on organized labor’s new effort to slip in unionization for airport screeners: Democrats figure they owe Big Labor for helping them take Congress, and now comes the payback. Tucked away in House…
Big labor activists are pressuring Rep. Shelly Moore Capito to support the card-check bill. The Charleston Gazette reports that Capito has “not yet pledged her support to the legislation.” West Virginia readers and any other American who cares about workers’…
Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple Computer, likes to speak his mind and at a recent conference on education reform in Austin, Texas, he let the teachers unions have a piece of it. PC World reports that, [d]uring a joint…
Once again Iowa political reporter David Yepsen has issued a warning to Democrats: Mess around with Iowa’s Right to Work Law at your own peril. Yepsen points out that the anti-Republican sentiment that was prevalent last election could quickly turn…
Government unions have become a powerful force driving up costs for taxpayers. According to the USA Today, their power and influence has created a “pension and benefits gap” between the private sector and government jobs. In fact, the paper…
The Mount Pleasant Area Chamber of Commerce joined the growing chorus of calls condemning the “[un]Fair Share” proposal that would destroy Iowa’s Right to Work Law. The resolutions passed by the Chamber “urges state legislators to vote against any legislation…