"Self-Described Thugs” Big Democrat Donors
Looks like more people are waking up to the reality that the Freedom from Union Violence Act needs to be passed now. Weekly Standard: Last week provided a good reminder that…
Big Labor Boss Allegedly Itching to 'Shoot' Workers Who Don't Belong to His Union; Philadelphia Construction Union Czar Insists He's an Okay Guy
The indictments this week of Ironworkers Local 401 union boss Joe Dougherty and nine of his lieutenants. militant followers, and other cohorts for “conspiring to torch and damage property when the union wasn’t given jobs on construction projects” has put…
Union Intimidation Tactics in Philly
Union activists have littered a construction project in Philadelphia with bottles of urine because a new company had the audacity to hire non-union construction workers on a new development project. “We’re going to continue to embarrass the Pestronks [project owners] until they start doing the right thing for our community and our society, and that is pay fair wages and standards that have been established,” said Pat Gillespie, a boss in the Philadelphia Building and Trades Council. Of course, doing the "right thing" means filling the union's coffers.