The New York Times reported that the former manager of a pension fund for New York City’s main union of school bus drivers, who pleaded guilty last August to obstructing justice, was sentenced yesterday to five months in prison…
This week, the National Right to Work Foundation attorneys are heading to court — the Supreme Court — to protect people like Gary Davenport and a group of 4000 teachers from Washington State who do not want to be forced…
According to the Associated Press, two “national maritime union bosses accused of spending organizational funds on personal luxuries, including a bachelor party, have been convicted of corruption charges.” Michael and Robert McKay were found guilty Friday of racketeering conspiracy and…
McClatchy Newspapers report that “President Bush’s hopes of securing a comprehensive immigration overhaul have brightened considerably in the new Democratic-controlled Congress, but resistance from organized labor – one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal constituencies – could complicate those efforts.”…
With the legislature convening next week, Iowans are preparing for a frontal assault on its worker protections afforded by the state’s Right to Work Law. Governor-elect Chet Culver has vowed to sign into law any forced-unionism legislation that reaches his…
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.