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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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

An official from one losing state steamed, “To have peer reviewers praise the application up and down but still explicitly penalize us because of our union opposition is almost too much to bear.”