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 [...]
There is no entity with closer ties to the Obama administration than the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). According to the White House visitor logs SEIU President Andy Stern and Secretary-Treasurer Anna Burger visited the White House 58 times in 2009 alone, including 11 meetings [...]
The California Teachers Association spent $211,849,298 on lobbying and political spending to get its way in California in 2009. Along with the CTA, the Calif. State Council of Service Employees and 13 other organizations spent a total of one billion dollars on political lobbying of [...]
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 [...]
Ed Lasky over at The American Thinker has a great piece detailing how much money unions donate to politicians. Not surprisingly, the list Lasky reveals shows that Democrats get the bulk of these unions contributions.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), for [...]
