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Posted on Dec 19, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Should be over at Shopfloor, where Carter Wood has the OLMS budget debacle.
Posted on Dec 19, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Should be over at Shopfloor, where Carter Wood has the OLMS budget debacle.
Posted on Dec 18, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Following major racketeering cases against SEIU and UFCW officials, an Arizona grocery chain has filed a defamation suit against UFCW for its questionable organizing tactics. Couldn’t happen to a more responsible group of guys (see picture). UPDATE (Dec. 19 at ~9:30): The Arizona Republic adds details, including this quote which we think sums up much […]
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… which isn’t good news for the AFL-CIO, which rated near the bottom of groups trusted by the public. The AFL-CIO got trounced by the Chamber of Commerce, by the by.
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From the Associated Press.
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In a winners-and-losers story this morning, the Politico reports that unions have been the winners in the new Congress (guess what that means for actual working Americans): The Employee Free Choice Act, nicknamed the card-check bill, passed the House and was blocked in the Senate. Unions didn’t expect the legislation to pass but wanted a […]
Posted on Dec 17, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
An interesting tale over at the Chicago Tribune.
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From Sen. Jim DeMint, via NRO, on the new spending in the omnibus bill: Policy Riders: Instead of limiting the package to spending needed to fund government operations, the bill includes unrelated policy items. Many of these riders are backed by special interests, such as organized labor, and could not win passage on their own.
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If you can’t convince adults to join unions, you gotta brainwash kids into joining labor organizations later on in life. That seems to be the thought in Wisconsin, where union officials are hoping to use mandates to make schools indoctrinate kids about the labor movement. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel carried thoughts from the Center for […]
