Cesar Conda at the Corner looks back to 1989 and the landmark consent decree between the Justice Department and the Teamsters union regarding mob-related criminal activity that was prevalent within the union. As we approach the 20th anniversary of the…
President Obama has yet to been sworn in but that hasn’t stopped Big Labor lobbyists from pushing their legislative agenda. Working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Associations of Manufacturers, Big Labor is working on a stimulus…
Teamsters’ Boss Jimmy Hoffa is asking for a federal bailout of union pensions. According to Hoffa: “The failure and weakening of major financial institutions in the last weeks and months has the potential to destroy the foundation of many pension…
America Online is conducting a poll with the question: “What do you think of Barack Obama’s private promise to end strict federal oversight of the Teamsters Union?” As I write this, nearly 70 percent believe “it’s a corrupt bargain.” Maybe…
Congress is poised to passed a “laundry list” of legislation written by Big Labor lobbyists that is “. . . nothing less than a radical rewrite of our nation’s unemployment laws,” says Randel Johnson, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s vice…
When a non-violent protestor was attacked by a union mob in Philadelphia a decade ago, it was the mayor of the city, Ed Rendell, who invited the union activists with a penchant for violence to the rally and then encouraged…
For nine years, Don Adams has sought justice. This week, he got some. It was nearly a decade ago when Adams was assaulted by a group of Teamsters in Philadelphia while he protested a visit by then President Bill Clinton.
$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…
Despite carrying Big Labor’s water for decades, the union bosses are stabbing Hillary Clinton in the back, one by one. With the Teamsters and the “Change to Win” union endorsing Barack Obama, union officials are calling for Hillary to pack…