Just like many of the politicians they support, labor union officials have no problem raising taxes on working folks. This week, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) approved a new “per capita tax” chargeable to its…
Pennsylvania congressman Curt Weldon isn’t the only “friend” of Big Labor who has been sold down the river this election year. His fellow Pennsylvania Republican, Rep. Don Sherwood, is also feeling the sting of betrayal. Sherwood and Weldon have been…
After an inquiry by the Department of Labor into the financial expenditures of Laborers Local 500 in Toledo, Ohio, the union announced it would no longer allow the union credit card to be used for “personal entertainment” including rafting…
What do Tiger Woods and Big Labor bosses have in common? They play a lot of golf — only union officials pay for their rounds with workers’ forced-union dues. In fact, according to information now disclosed in LM-2 forms filed…
As more and more workers are faced with higher mandatory dues for their coerced union membership, let’s keep in mind where their hard-earned money is going — politics. Union officials gave $61.5 million directly to candidates in 2004 and Democrat…
The AFL-CIO has signed a formal agreement with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network that is another step toward Big Labor’s dream — an unlimited supply of illegal aliens who can pad their revenue stream. In return for the potential…
The Intelligencer/Wheeling (West Virginia) News-Register hits the nail on the head: “Don’t Change the Rules for Unions.” The Card Check Forced Unionism bill (H.R.1696/S842″) is just another attempt by Big Labor “to use (or abuse) the legislative process to impose…
The 37th annual convention of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees started on Monday, and the agenda, according to the Associated Press “is heavy on politics.” Those exciting the crowd read like a who’s who of supporters…
Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) has carried water for Big Labor’s forced-unionism agenda for almost two decades. But that didn’t stop the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO from endorsing his Democrat opponent for the first time in 18 years this past week. You see,…