FactCheck.org, the non-partisan “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics has declared recent AFL-CIO attack ads against Sen. John McCain as “false.” The ad campaign, financed with mandatory union dues…
An article by Ralph R. Reiland of the American Spectator, on “Sharks and Unions,” mentioned a recent “illegal” march by the UAW in Atlantic City, NJ. I understand that Big Labor Bosses would like absolute acquiescence to their each and…
The free spending ways of the union bosses of the SEIU continue as they fill the coffers of an outfit called “Health Care for America Now.” The group is planning on spending $40 million to push for nationalized health care.
Readers of this blog are aware that the AFL-CIO alone will spend over $53 million over the next few months to elect candidates who will vote to eliminate workplace elections. In fact, when you add its member-unions spending total, the…
In 2006, pro-Big Labor Republicans were stabbed in the back by the AFL-CIO, who decided it was more important to elect a Democrat Congress than a handful of pro-Big Labor Republicans. We are now seeing that same mindset in the…
The Department of Labor is demanding that union bosses make public more details of the internal finances to protect union workers’ dues money from abuse. The Department has proposed new changes to its disclosure forms. As reported by the Associated…
$200 million dollars. That is the latest amount pledged, out of general treasury funds, by AFL-CIO bosses to spend on the 2008 presidential and congressional elections. The focus of much of their ire will be Sen. John McCain. Political director…
“Big labor and the liberal politicians who benefit from its largess are hopping mad about Department of Labor rules that would — gasp! — require that labor leaders be more accountable to those they represent,” the Iowa Messenger opines.
Disclosing information to their members is not something that the bosses at the AFL-CIO are going to do without a fight. The union has filed a lawsuit to block federal regulators from requiring unions to disclose more information about their…