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Teamsters Union Wins 2010 Most Decertified Union Award

Sep1
 

The folks at UnionFreeAmerica.com have announced their “Most Decertified Union Award” today. Let’s have a round of applause for the Teamsters…
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 [...]

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Obama, Sec. of Labor to Appear by AFL-CIO Prez at Labor Day Rally

Aug31
 

It’s been announced that President Obama will be attending the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin next month. Along for the ride will be Sec. of Labor Hilda Solis.
This is one more effort of the Obama administration to shore up Big Labor’s support coming [...]

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State Pensions are Unsustainable, Taxpayers Left with Huge Bill

Aug30
 

Once again Bill Zettler has a great piece on the mess that is public employee pensions in Illinois. He makes an extremely relevant point asking the question of why the taxpayers are stuck paying off government worker’s pensions to the tune of billions while the [...]

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Union Bosses & Their Supporters On Capitol Hill Put The Lame In Lame Duck

Aug29
 

-By Kate Gage
As if Big Labor hasn’t already squeezed enough out of Congress with payoffs upon payoffs, they are now positioning themselves for one last-ditch effort to achieve the mother of all gifts, the job-killing Employee ‘Forced’ Choice Act (EFCA).
One of the biggest impediments to [...]

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Follow Up: L.A. Engineers Vote ‘Yes’ On Co-Pay Increase

Aug27
 

In July I reported that a city union in L.A. was considering accepting a contract that increased their co-pay for healthcare and that the SEIU was furious at them for even considering such a thing.
As of the middle of August that union, the Engineers and [...]

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