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Bill Would End Right to Work in All States
Samuel Gompers, the first and longest-serving president of the American Federation of Labor, once said, “There may be here and there a worker who for…
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A Union Pension Bailout During the Lame Duck Season in Congress?
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Many Threats Loom in Lame-Duck Session
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Vincent Vernuccio on Card Check
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains how unions plan to create rules that effectively…
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Democrats Support Yet Another Bailout
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Democrats Support Yet Another Bailout
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Big Labor May Still Reap Benefits Despite Election Losses
Organized labor’s fears were realized Tuesday when Republicans won a decisive majority in the House, almost eviscerated the Democrat majority in the Senate and picked…
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The 2010 Union Pension Bailout Bills
Get ready to give some of your hard-earned cash – again – to the cronies of Congress who are pushing for yet another bailout. Two…
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Unions are Hijacking our Democracy
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Government Unions Buying More Power
Yesterday The Washington Examiner showed how public sector unions are buying their power though campaign donations. In their excellent editorial “Public employee unions…
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Union Campaigns Against Fast Food Industry Should Concern Young Workers and Consumers
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Union Infringes on Freedom of Speech and Disses Military
While setting up for an Obama rally in California, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 33 fired, Duane Hammet, a stagehand union member for…
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Mayo, Mustard, or Communism? Radical Union Tries to Organize Minneapolis Sandwich Shop
This morning voting started at nine Jimmy John’s restaurants in the Minneapolis area. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is attempting…
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What Democrats Are Hiding & Why They’re Really Scared
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Would You Like a Union With That, Comrade?
Workers at some of America’s fast food restaurants could be in for some interesting times soon. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is attempting…
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Armageddon: What Democrats Are Hiding & Why They Are Really Scared
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Mackinac Appeals Court Decision that would Unionize Independent Home Daycare Workers
Yesterday, the Mackinac Institute of Michigan took another step in its lawsuit challenging the forced unionization of independent daycare workers. The litigation is in response…
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Vincent Vernuccio on Public Sector Unions
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains why unions are decreasing in the private sector…
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Vincent Vernuccio on Union Shutting Down GM Plant
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains how the UAW chose to shut down a GM plant in Indiana instead of accepting a…
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United Auto Workers Local Costs 650 Jobs in Indiana
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So. SEIU’s Andy Stern Leaving, or Pushed Out
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Al Gore’s Crony Capitalist Crusade
Full Document Available in PDF Al Gore’s crusade for carbon emission controls is poised to enrich those with a vested…
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California’s Union War
Voting began Monday in one of the most disputed union elections in recent years. The contest pits the powerful Service Employees International Union…
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The War Between SEIU and NUHW: What it Tells Us About Card Check
The battle between the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) started coming to a close at several northern California…
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Hypocrisy Is Big Labor’s Big Problem
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Hypocrisy Is Big Labor’s Big Problem
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Vincent Vernuccio on Unemployment and Government Policy
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains why recent government policies have not solved the unemployment problem.
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Vincent Vernuccio on Non-Union Union Pickets
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains the practice of labor unions hiring non-union workers for minimum wage to protest non-union wages on…
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Caution: Big Labor Hypocrisy at Work
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Unions Hire Non-Union Picketers
The Mid-Atlantic Region of Carpenters (MARC) is notorious for hiring non-union workers to walk their union picket lines. These paid non-union picketers are usually…
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Caution: Big Labor Hypocrisy at Work
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Casey-Pomeroy Bill Would Bail Out PBGC, Union Pensions
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Dems Giving Support to Yet Another Union Bailout
The so-called Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010, introduced by Sen. Robert Casey (D-Pa.), got a huge boost when Senate Majority Whip Dick…
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Vincent Vernuccio on union pension bailouts
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio argues against union pension bailouts.
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Another Day Another Union Bailout
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Bobby Bailout: Casey to Put Taxpayers on Hook for Teamsters’ Shenanigans
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Vincent Vernuccio on union pension bailouts
Competitive Enterprise Institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains potential union pension bailouts.
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Bailing Out Teachers
Democrats on Capitol Hill are literally taking food out of the mouths of the most needy to pay back their political cronies. Today, the House…
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Obamanomics Continues to Hurt Those Looking for Work
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Department of Labor Inspector General Nominee: Too Political, Too Controversial
Fresh from the recess appointment of former SEIU lawyer Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board, President Obama has nominated another controversial figure to…
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Why Democrats are Pushing the $165 Billion Union Pension Bailout
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Who is Elizabeth Warren and why does Big Labor Love Her?
The Dodd–Frank Financial Regulation Bill, which President Obama signed today, created yet another Czar to head yet another Executive Agency, the…
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Union Pensions in Crisis
Full Document Available in PDF Union pensions are in trouble, and financial watchdogs such as Moody’s…
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Union Hiring Unemployed to Walk Picket Lines
Vincent Vernuccio on Fox Business, Varney and Company http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/4285533/unions-hire-unemployed-to-walk-picket-lines/?playlist_id=87060 …
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Vincent Vernuccio on Non-Union Union Pickets
Competitive enterprise institute Labor Policy Counsel Vincent Vernuccio explains potential union pension bailouts. …
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Michigan a Right to Work State?
Oakland County Sherriff Mike Bouchard, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor, called for making Michigan a right to work State in a…
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Will 2010 be the Year States say Enough is Enough?
For decades, government employees at every level have received steadily increasing compensation—including salary, pensions, and health care benefits—thanks to the political clout of public employee…
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The New King of Detroit
Yesterday, the United Auto Workers union (UAW) named Bob King as its new president. Does this mean a change in direction for one of…
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Senate Considers Union Pension Bailout
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Look for the Union Fable
Flanked by representatives from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, YRC Transportation and ABF Freight Systems, Sen. Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Democrat, proposed a massive bailout…