Big Labor Pension Fund Implosion a ‘Harbinger’
The full promised benefits for roughly 4000 current retirees have plummeted. Payments for retirees and beneficiaries previously averaging $1313 a month are now down to just $570 a month.
In Three States, Government Employee Forced Unionism Challenged
Just in from The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation: Public Employees in Three States File Federal Lawsuits to End Public Sector Forced Union Dues National Right to Work Foundation cases follow up on Supreme Court split on…
Three Presidential Hopefuls Woo Big Labor
Will Right to Work Supporters Have a Choice on Fall 2016 Ballot? (source: National Right to Work September 2015 Newsletter) More than another year remains until American voters in all 50 states and in Washington, D.C., go to…
Forced Unionism Linked to Public-Payroll Bloat
Taxpayers Suffer Dearly, But Most Public Servants Benefit Little (Click here to download the July 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter)…
It's Not Just Detroit; it's Philly, Chicago, New York...
The Washington Examiner finds there are 19 cities with larger government worker to population ratios than Detroit where city workers accounted for the largest employer: Detroit declared bankruptcy due in no small part to $3 billion in unfunded public employee…
Unions Heal Thyself
Nicole Gelinas looks at how big labor monopoly power has bankrupted cities and the end result is their retirees are getting the shaft because of it. Imagine you’re a retiree with chronic health problems on a fixed income, but…
As California Goes....
It’s a common refrain — As California goes, so goes the nation. Unfortunately, in the case of cities like Stockton, it may be true. …
NY apparel union boss charged with misconduct
Wall Street Journal reports “The Service Employees International Union has filed charges of financial misconduct against the New York-based head of its garment workers affiliate. SEIU spokeswoman Inga Skippings said Wednesday that the charges against Bruce Raynor would be handled…
Mob Dominated Union
A New York District Attorney is on a mission to clean out 50 years of mob influence in the LIUNA union (NY Daily News): Fresh from a record mob takedown, the feds have targeted one of the city’s most important…