File this one under “hard to believe,” but the Big Labor barons at the AFL-CIO have turned to an international organization with problems of its own to hurt American workers — the United Nations. According to the Associated Press, the…
The largest teachers union in America, the National Education Association (NEA), has thrown itself headfirst into the congressional election with over $1 million in political expenditures against three Republicans: Jon Porter (NV), Heather Wilson (NM) and J.D. Hayworth (AZ). In…
The New York Times (registration required) reports that Brian M. McLaughlin, the Boss of the country’s largest municipal labor council, is expected to surrender on federal corruption charges. Mr. McLaughlin, 54, the president of the New York City Central Labor…
The Wall Street Journal has reported on what Right to Work supporters have been talking about for months — Big Labor has dumped its Republican lackeys. In a short note on their blog, the Washington Wire, the Journal notes that…
Don and Teri Adams attended a rally protesting President Clinton outside Philadelphia City Hall in 1998 — and were beaten to a bloody pulp by a group of Teamsters. The Adams have filed a lawsuit. A special three-judge panel of…
The Pittsburgh Plumber Local 27 has said NO to amnesty. On October 10 union officials approved a resolution demanding that their union revenue not be used for promoting amnesty and other activities that promote illegal immigration. The resolution follows a…
The Labor Department informed the AFL-CIO that its financial controls and record-keeping were insufficient and that problems were “beyond technical bookkeeping errors.” Citing the lack of travel policy for AFL-CIO officers, lack of reporting of travel expenses for spouses, improper…
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…