Posted on Jun 09, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
In what is being described by CNN as a landslide by women, Blanche Lincoln managed to hold off labor-backed Bill Halter in the hotly (and nastily) contested Democratic primary race in Arkansas. The AFL-CIO called the loss a “tremendous victory” for working families, and SEIU stood by their man as well. If this is what […]
Posted on Jun 07, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Doubt the power of the National Labor Relations Board to create an environment for business that feels a lot like EFCA? Here’s a rude reminder. Peter Kirsanow, a “labor attorney at Cleveland’s Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff law firm and former pro-business member of the powerful five-member National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C” had […]
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Tomorrow, a number of unions will find out if their blood, sweat, tears, and cash–lots of it– paid off in Arkansas when Blanche Lincoln faces off to labor backed Bill Halter. According to the New York Times, labor in Arkansas has “knocked on 170,000 doors, made 700,000 phone calls, sent 2.7 million pieces of mail […]
Posted on Jun 04, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
What is it with the American Red Cross? Last December, the Teamsters were picketing facilities of the American Red Cross in Philadelphia. This time around, shift one state over–to West Virginia–and now its the SEIU employees striking. The Red Cross won a court injunction to get them back to work in December. No word yet […]
Posted on May 27, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
A Reuters article entitled “States face hurdles in cutting worker benefits” could have subtitled “Unions made this reporter feel bad for governors”, because that ended up being how it read. Instead, the subheading was: “State governors working to close yawning deficits are again eyeing a tempting target — the billions of dollars in benefits and […]
Posted on May 21, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
From the Wall Street Journal: The rise of the tea party makes Democrats even more dependent on organized labor. In this week’s Pennsylvania special election for the late Jack Murtha’s seat, the AFL-CIO alone sent out 80,000 mailers on behalf of Democrat Mark Critz, along with 100,000 robocalls. In Arkansas, unions showed their clout by […]
Posted on May 17, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
So you may have heard about the anti-Wall Street protests…or is it anti-K Street protests?…. that happened around Washington, DC, not New York City, today. Made up of a hodgepodge of unions, they stormed down a bank, closed a road or two (K and 14th NW), pissed off some pigeons in a park, and got […]
Posted on May 05, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Gov. Paterson may have gotten mad in January, but he’s finally laying down the law against labor unions in the state. According to the Wall Street Journal, Governor Paterson is considering going all Schwarzenegger on the State of New York: “In his most aggressive move yet to slash state labor costs, Gov. David A. Paterson […]
