Posted on Jun 27, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team
Back in Industrial Revolution-era England, the Luddites were a group of artisans who engaged in sabotage against factories they felt were taking their jobs. They lost, but don’t tell Big Labor: In cities across the nation, taxicab drivers backed by various national unions are protesting new internet-based car-hire services such as Uber. Consumers tend to […]
Posted on May 28, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
Local 983 of District Council 37, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) AFL-CIO, pays its president, Mark Rosenthal, over $156,000 per year, according to the New York Post. It seems like members might not receive much work for all that dues money. The Post alleges: The 400-pound president of Local 983 of […]
Posted on Jun 13, 2012 by Michael Moroney
On the heels of the Wisconsin recall, the 1.3-million-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is about to participate in another heated election—its own. At stake: the political direction of the organization during its next chapter. After 31 years, retiring President Gerald McEntee has built up a reputation as a leading liberal […]
Posted on Apr 08, 2011 by Union Facts
Since the governors of Wisconsin and Ohio put an end to doing business-as-usual with public-sector unions, nearly 750 bills have been introduced by fiscally responsible legislators (or at least those trying to be) in almost every state. Most online news outlets and blogs are reporting this is a bad thing—for unions and their lockstep members, of course …
Posted on Apr 04, 2011 by Union Facts
Small business owners in southeast Wisconsin have been given an ultimatum by a local public sector labor union: Proudly display our pro-union sign in your storefront windows or we’ll boycott …
Posted on Dec 29, 2010 by Center for Union Facts
Last week we discussed the dire situation of several states’ pension funds. But while many states are headed for stormy waters, today brought two very positive developments that indicate labor unions’ stranglehold on state governments may be loosening. First from Pennsylvania: Three of the largest state employee unions wanted to remove one of the more […]
Posted on Dec 22, 2010 by Center for Union Facts
It’s being called a “one-sided report” by the AFSCME. The AFL-CIO says it “could have been written by anti-worker, anti-union New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.” As far as we’re concerned, those are fantastic reviews. The report in question is a 60 Minutes piece from Sunday that broke through the union spin and told the truth […]
Posted on Nov 03, 2010 by Center for Union Facts
Democrats took a severe beating last night, losing over 60 seats in the House of Representatives, and at least six Senate seats. Republicans also had momentous pick-ups among governors and state legislatures. Exit pollsters found that voters thought the government was too big and that they disliked Barack Obama’s agenda. The results are very bad […]
