Three interesting stories on unions have hit the media this week that should be watched.
#1- Bush’s Union Transparency Rules Retracted Under Obama
The Washington Times reports that Obama is still giving favors and pay back to Big Labor. This time Obama is eliminating the transparency rules [...]
Not long ago union advocate Stewart Acuff penned a piece for the Huffington website that was filled with soaring rhetoric about unions “creating the middle class” and pleading for voters to pressure Congress to pass the absurdly named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). He claimed [...]
Ed Barnes of FoxNews has a nice recap on Barack Obama’s appointment of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Chief Andy Stern to his deficit reduction panel.
Barnes tells us that Obama’s appointment of Stern set off a “round of criticism.” That’s putting it mildly.
President Obama’s decision [...]
Shuffling through the web I see a few current stories that might be of interest to union watchers everywhere…
Pennsylvanians awoke today to a tale from Investor’s Business Daily headlined, “Specter Tells Business He’ll Back Pro-Union Card Check.”
Apparently Benedict Arlen is a yes vote for cloture [...]
The Associated Press posted a story lamenting that Big Labor has failed so far to get Obama to heel by their commands. Big Labor has said “jump” and Obama has but skipped. The article is correct, though, that Big Labor has failed in its two [...]
