AFL-CIO Boss John Sweeney visited Toledo recently to march with 500 migrant workers rallying for amnesty of illegal aliens. The AFL-CIO Boss brought with him $60,000 in workers’ forced-dues money to give to the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC).
Protecting the integrity and validity of the ballot box is the equivalent of imposing a “poll tax” according to Big Labor officials in Washington. The chiefs of the AFL-CIO are leading the fight against legislation that would require proof of…
But what about union members here? The Militant reports that 5,000 “unionists and immigrant rights activists” rallied on the Mall by the U.S. Capitol demanding “legalization” of illegal aliens in the United States. Among the participants were labor contingents…
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) addresses a fundamental question rank and file union members are wondering — why spend so much on politics. As the editorial notes, “This month marks the deadline for the last of the nation’s…
State treasurer and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Angelides is dead in the water, according to informed political watchers in the Golden State, but that hasn’t stopped public employee union officials from launching statewide television attack ads on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Despite the fact that the National Democrat Party is essentially an auxiliary of the AFL-CIO and Change to Win unions, that doesn’t seem good enough for the South Carolina AFL-CIO. They are members of the newly created and state certified…
Pablo Alvarado, the executive director of the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), and John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, describe their new alliance in an opinion piece in the Oakland Tribune. In the article, entitled “Day Laborers, Organized Labor…
Despite his now-independent reputation, Sen. Joe Lieberman is an extremist when it comes to union power over workers. He is pro-Big Labor and has carried their water for over a quarter of a century in politics. But even that is…
The Big Labor based coalition that defeated Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s special election initiatives last year is contemplating a reunion. Even with polls showing Gov. Schwarzenegger cruising to re-election, the union bosses are out for blood. To defeat the reform initiatives…