Many parties share the blame for the fiscal debacle that led to Detroit’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy filing this July, which this Tuesday was approved, over union bosses’ loud and angry objects, by a federal judge. The primary culprits are, without…
A Christian Science Monitor (CSM) report published yesterday (see the link below) focuses on Big Labor’s forced union dues-fueled efforts to oust from office next year six Republican governors first elected in 2010. The account, by CSM staff writer Mark…
With every passing day, it seems, union bosses are decrying more loudly the signal legislative achievement of the President they played a critical role in electing in 2008 and reelecting in 2012. In a commentary for Forbes this week (see…
The 2.8 million members and supporters of the National Right to Work Committee and many other like-minded Americans oppose union-only “project labor agreements” (or PLAs) on taxpayer-funded projects primarily because they force nonunion companies to impose union monopoly bargaining on…
In New York, where big labor has its grips on power, union influence has prevented the Ultimate Fighting Championship from coming to the Empire State — which would bring jobs and needed revenue. The Wall Street Journal notes: The…
In the Golden State, union bosses proudly wield their monopoly-bargaining and forced-dues privileges, and seem to have everything they want. They control lopsided majorities in both chambers of the Legislature. Statewide officeholders from Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown on down…
Early last November, an array of news outlets reported on allegations that International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW/AFL-CIO) union bosses in New York and New Jersey had sought to reap a forced-union-dues windfall from Hurricane Sandy. Whistleblowers charged that top…
On January 4, 2012, union-label President Barack Obama installed three new members on the five-member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) through “recess appointments,” despite the fact that the U.S. Senate was manifestly not in recess. Top union bosses had urged…
Under current Colorado law, local governments have the prerogative to hand public-safety union bosses monopoly power to speak for all police and/or firefighters on matters concerning their pay, benefits and work rules. So-called “exclusive representation” forces public-safety officers who don’t…