The AFL-CIO has again filed a complaint against the United States at the United Nations, this time on behalf of graduate students at private universities. According to the Associated Press (AP), “[t]he AFL-CIO and the United Auto Workers complained to…
Iowa high school teacher and coach, Todd Forret, has published an excellent op-ed opposing efforts to gut the state’s Right to Work Law that’s worth a look.
Colorado Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter vetoed organized labor power grab legislation citing “the impact this change would have on our ability to attract new business to Colorado, to create new economic opportunity for all.” The dust up of the state’s…
Venerable columnist George Will has weighed in on the dangers of the Card Check Bill, calling it “radical” and “Orwellian.” Will demands that “any member of Congress who was elected by a secret ballot should oppose the so-called “Employee Free…
The San Francisco Examiner has weighed in with a policy editorial opposing Rep. George Miller’s (D-CA) Card Check Bill calling it “Orwellian.” “Under the [so-called] Employee Free Choice Act,” according to Miller’s cleverly worded press release . . . “[w]hat…
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…