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Court Slaps NLRB — Again

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 05/15/2012

In yet another victory for workers and job creators, a federal district court has struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) ambush election rule.

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I Can Succeed, But You Can’t: The Left’s Message to Waitresses

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 02/16/2012

One of the left’s favorite mantras is that government regulations and special interest groups provide the only ways that workers can get ahead. This notion…

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In Wisconsin Recall, Unions Run to Stay in Place

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 08/09/2011

No matter what the outcome of today’s recall election, nothing substantive will change in Wisconsin. Even if organized labor were to sweep all six recall…

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Taxpayers vs. the Post Office Bureaucracy

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 06/23/2011

When it comes down to outdated business model of the Post Office vs. taxpayers and postal workers, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) sides with taxpayers and…

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Another Union Handout from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 06/21/2011

Today the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) proposed a new regulation that would speed up the union election process from 45-60 days to about 10-21…

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Fighting Back Against Obama’s Big Labor Favoritism

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 05/18/2011

Republicans in both Houses of Congress are answering the Obama administration’s overreach in union favoritism. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee…

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Labor Secretary Admits Union Bias

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 03/01/2011

Speaking to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis admitted she was biased toward unions.

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Unions Bucking the Will of the People

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 02/18/2011

If there was ever an “I told you so” moment on government unions becoming too powerful, this is it. The Wisconsin…

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Government Unions Buying More Power

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 10/25/2010

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 Infringes on Freedom of Speech and Disses Military

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 10/22/2010

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

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 10/22/2010

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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Mackinac Appeals Court Decision that would Unionize Independent Home Daycare Workers

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 10/15/2010

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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Who is Elizabeth Warren and why does Big Labor Love Her?

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 07/23/2010

The Dodd–Frank Financial Regulation Bill, which President Obama signed today, created yet another Czar to head yet another Executive Agency, the…

Consumer Freedom

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Trumka: “Well, I’m not done.”

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 01/12/2010

Showing a stubborn belligerence more commonly seen in the coal mines where his father worked than in the leader of one of the largest…

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Labor’s Day at the Federalist Society

  • By: F. Vincent Vernuccio
  • 11/16/2009

Workers may get violent if their wages are cut. The United Auto Workers union (UAW) has a monopoly and was an anchor on the…

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