Posted on Dec 12, 2007 by Jon Berry
The Republican candidates’ debate hosted by The Des Moines Register just wrapped up, but not before former Tennessee Senator (and “Die Hard 2: Die Harder” actor) Fred Thompson cut loose against the National Education Association, America’s largest teachers union: Q: What is the biggest obstacle to education in America? Thompson: The NEA … Bringing in […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
You know, we just don’t make it around the Interweb often enough to catch all of the interesting stuff in the Boise Weekly, but we did come across this interesting crack in Labor’s building-trades foundation: Seems those ever-present yellow picket banners the Carpenters Union has been posting at construction sites across the valley aren’t earning […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
An interesting factoid from David Denholm, of the Public Service Research Foundation: In reviewing the September 2007 report of NLRB elections, I came across a decertification vote that is just too priceless to pass up. The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) was decertified by a vote of 4 to 0 in a small […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
Looks like former Kerry campaign strategist Chris Lehane violated Big Labor’s omerta — he was just cut from Change To Win’s strategy cast after people found out he was helping media companies during the writers strike. By the way, the Kos-sacks have some strong words for the “major league ass.” Where was this kind of […]
Posted on Dec 11, 2007 by J. Justin Wilson
Man, I’m sure glad I’m not Center for American Progress Senior Researcher Scott Lilly today (or more likely, one of his research assistants). He released a report yesterday lambasting the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS). The only problem is that he got it seriously wrong. Lilly’s central criticism is that the OLMS’s […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
Now that the AFL-CIO is hosting its own party to gin up international labor support for eroding the rights of Americans, the mischievously misnamed “Employee Free Choice Act” is on everyone’s lips. First it’s Jesse Jackson — that ol’ thoughtful commentator — pushing EFCA in the Chicago Sun-Times. Then it’s the head of the Pennsylvania […]
Posted on Dec 10, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Over at the Shopfloor.
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
Decide for yourself.
