The Patriot News reports “[a] group of Pennsylvania Turnpike employees has filed suits in federal court against the International Federation of Teamsters locals that represent them, arguing the unions are improperly collecting dues from them.” Pennsylvania does not have…
We have talked about pressure that workers would be under should the Card Check Forced Unionism scam become law. Well, a New Jersey congressman has given us a little glimpse into the forced-unionism utopia of Big Labor. With union activists…
The Hill newspaper details Big Labor’s recent “renaissance” on Capitol Hill. Labor officials acknowledge that 2004 was one debacle after another, giving many political analysts the material they had been waiting for to write obituaries of Big Labor’s political…
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…