Obama proposes union slush fund
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No industry has spent more on this election cycle than unions.
Obama Attacks GOP, Promotes New Jobs Program in Speech to Cheering Union Members
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A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season assault on Republicans for causing Americans’ hard economic times.
French Unions to Strike as Sarkozy Pension Bill Debate Starts
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French unions are striking nationwide as lawmakers begin debating President Nicolas Sarkozy’s bill to raise the retirement age.
Obama’s 6 year plan tops Lenin’s at 5 years
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Charles Krauthammer responded to President Obama’s latest announcement of a six year stimulus plan.. “Even Lenin stopped at five.”
Union boss says not enough $timulu$ went to union jobs
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President of the AFL-CIO claims not enough of the stimulus went to ‘infrastructure’ which would all be union jobs. Trumka has also made bizarre claims that Obama has created more jobs than Bush and that the US does not have a deficit problem.
Union cartels
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Labor unions cannot prosper in a competitive environment. Like other successful cartels, they depend on government patronage and protection. Worker cartels grew in surges during the two world wars and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Federal laws—the Railway Act of 1926 (amended in 1934), the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931, the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, the Walsh-Healy Act of 1936, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, various war labor boards, and the Kennedy administration’s encouragement of public-sector unionism in 1962—all added to unions’ monopoly power.
The Schools Scandal
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Twice the money. Zero progress. American spending on public education, adjusted for inflation, has more than doubled over the last three decades. What did taxpayers get for their money?
Meek pumps up AFL-CIO in Florida race
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Unions have pledged over $100 million in support of Democrats this election cycle. They want to own the government. Kendrick Meek points out that it is the unions that have made the difference for him and will pay them back with your tax dollars if elected.
Labor weekend special -all about unions
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Learn how socialist unions are crushing our economy, corrupting our government and pushing a leftist agenda like amnesty, global taxes, Obamacare and others in these links related to Labor.
Teachers Union Fumes After L.A. Times Releases Evaluations
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Two weeks ago the Los Angeles Teachers Union called for its members to boycott the Los Angeles Times over the impending publication of a study that rated the effectiveness of some 6,000 elementary school teachers.
Michelle Malkin: Big Labor’s Legacy of Violence
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To mark Labor Day 2010, President Obama will join hands with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in Milwaukee and pose as champions of the working class. Bad move. Trumka’s organizing record is a shameful reminder of the union movement’s violent and corrupt foundations.
Teamsters Union Wins 2010 Most Decertified Union Award
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is the winner of Union Free America’s 5th Annual “Most Decertified Union Award.” This honor is awarded to the labor union that lost the most decertification elections during the preceding 12 months.
Obama and the unions working on global ‘Robin Hood’ tax
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Richard Trumka, President of AFL-CIO union and frequent White House visitor, is excited about working with European socialists to push for a global tax.
Outlook Dimming for Democrats – but they have more cash and the unions
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Polls show more Democrat seats in trouble and the number keeps going up. With more cash and the power of incumbency on the Dems side, the GOP challengers face a tough battle and will need to put more boots on the ground. With the electorate in a pitchfork mood that may just happen.
Down with Big Government, Big Business, Big Labor
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Scads of liberals gleefully predicted that the financial crisis and deep recession would destroy Americans’ faith in markets and increase their confidence in Big Government. Many conservatives gloomily feared they were right. Hasn’t happened.


