Post Tagged with: "organized labor"

January 13, 2011 07:13

The Diversity Police Are At It Again

An alarm has been sounded for Republicans who advocate big-government, abortion, gay marriage, and gun control: Take heed! The GOP is being taken over by (gasp!) actual conservatives!

May 11, 2010 18:15

Another big union payoff without congress

Obama administration seems to be anti-democracy in its favoritism to unions. ‘The fix is in’ with Obama and the unions.

May 11, 2010 05:50

Another big union payback for Obama election help

Labor unions will have an easier time organizing workers at U.S. airline and railroad companies after the Obama administration on Monday changed a 76-year-old rule on union elections. Another example of Obama bypassing congress to payoff election help.

March 11, 2010 06:45

Public sector unions clamor for more borrowing to fund their extravagant pensions and benefits bankrupting cities and states in the process

Shortfalls in states’ public-sector retiree pension and benefits plans, which reached $1 trillion in 2008 according to the Pew Charitable Trusts Center on the States, could bankrupt states absent reform.

February 2, 2010 05:20

SEIU & other labor union money linked to anti-Tea Party web site

A new Web site, TheTeaPartyIsOver.org, has connections to unions, including the Service Employees International Union and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

January 25, 2010 16:06

Government Unions Win, You Lose

Coupled with union losses in the private sector economy, 2009 became the first year in American history that a majority of American union members work for the government. Specifically, 52% of all union members now work for the federal, state or local government, up from 49% in 2008. Or, to better illustrate these statistics: three times more union members work in the Post Office than in the auto industry.