Under what organizational structure does the President work for the Business Manager? That question came to mind when reading an article citing comments in a letter by Mark Congi, former President of Laborers Local 91 in Niagara Falls, to U.S.
Connecticut state law bans public unions from organizing strikes or similar work stoppages that could interrupt normal functioning. But when two Stamford police union officials were questioned about a statistically improbable absentee pattern over a nine day period during ongoing…
We are not sure what is more outrageous — the fact that the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) will spend in excess of $2 million in workers’ dues in the first few hours of the Democrat-controlled…
Newly elected Wisconsin Congressman Steve Kagen was a beneficiary of Big Labor’s free spending of workers dues money for endorsing government-run health care and other Big Labor agenda items. Now Big Labor has come knocking for support on more issues.
Presidential aspirant John Edwards was on MSNBC’s Hardball program, pitching his support for the “Card-Check” bill, but host Christ Mathews’ questions did more to undermine the bill than Edwards’ answers did to support it. Surprisingly, Mathews, a Democrat who used…
New Jersey residents pay the most property tax in the country. The average yearly property tax bill tops $7,000 a year. Even New Jersey Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine supports reforming the tax system but his proposals have been stymied by…
John Edwards’ presidential campaign seems to be playing third fiddle behind Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, so he has brought on a Big Labor supporting “pit bull,” David Bonior, as his senior advisor; and is likely to make him his…
On November 30, the Pittsburgh, (PA) Tribune-Review reported two separate incidents of local union funds being embezzled. Under the headline, “Woman charged with embezzling from Pitt police union,” they reported the grand jury indictment of Carroll L. Phillips, who allegedly…
As anyone following this blog can attest, embezzling from union funds seems to be in vogue. The Kennebec (ME) Journal reported the embezzlement of more than $45,000 from the Maine Education Association, a nonprofit labor union with its headquarters in…