With the power to negotiate international trade agreements about to expire, Democrats in Congress are pressing the White House to accept provisions that would boost the power of Big Labor in the United States in exchange for extending negotiating authority.
After filing a complaint in the United Nations objecting to the National Labor Relations Board decision known as the Kentucky River case, union bosses are now pushing Congress to act. Newly drafted legislation by Reps. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) and Don…
It appears that the Change to Win Coalition is having some growing pains. According to documents obtained by the Los Angeles Times (Registration Required), there is “serious concern about the future and direction” of the union.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that organized labor sends a “message of intimidation” to Chicago’s City Council “by pumping more than $1 million into just five aldermanic races — with some challengers receiving 100 percent of their campaign contributions from unions…
Iowa State Rep. Ralph Watts is reporting that opposition to gutting the state Right to Work law is so intense that even the so-called compromise proposal that would “just” force all public employees to pay union fees or dues, leaving…
Dennis Seid of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal has a laugh at the expense of United Auto Workers (UAW) Boss Ron Gettelfinger’s recent offer to unionize Toyota’s employees: . . . to help the world’s No. 2 automaker “continue to…
Sen. Ted Kennedy is throwing his weight behind the Card Check scheme and will hold a hearing on the legislation in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on March 27th. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is gathering…
Citing the Lord and Armageddon, Gov. Rod Blagojevich fired up the Illinois Education Association (IEA) labor union for a brutal fight in the Legislature, hoping to convince the union bosses to open their forced dues fed spending spigots to support…
Don’t let up. Iowa readers should continue to contact their state representatives — immediately. Big Labor’s efforts to carve up the rights of Iowa workers have hit a major road block — the massive outpouring of opposition by the citizens…