National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed suit in United States District Court for an employee forced to pay unjustifiable fees by Teamsters officials at a Luzerne County government office. See the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s…
Paul Carpenter of the Pennsylvania Morning Call was called out for using the term union goon in describing the murder of a union worker on orders from United Mine Worker bosses. But Mr. Carpenter isn’t backing down, nor should…
The Card Check Bill would help Big Labor activists steal votes in favor of forced unionism — essentially legalizing what Teamsters in Illinois tried to do: Two former union officers and an organizer for Teamsters Local 743 rigged a…
Deroy Murdock hits another grand slam for workers with his latest column, pointing out that: While union bosses disdain secret ballots at America’s workplaces, they typically require them for internal elections. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ 2006 constitution invokes secret…
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…