Posted on Apr 21, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
If you want to know how Big Labor got its claws into California’s taxpayers pockets, then check out “The Beholden State: How public-sector unions broke California” by Steven Malanga. Here’s a highlight from City Journal: “Meanwhile, what was once the most prosperous state now suffers from an unemployment rate far steeper than the nation’s and […]
Posted on Apr 16, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
In Politico: “We have no intention at the SEIU of making a threat and not doing something about it,” he said. Among the Democrats targeted for retribution are Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln, North Carolina Rep. Larry Kissell and Pennsylvania Rep. Jason Altmire. “I think Blanche Lincoln is ‘Example A’ of the frustration we feel about […]
Posted on Mar 26, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
From the Wall Street Journal: “According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), from 1998 to 2008 public employee compensation grew by 28.6%, compared with 19.3% for private workers. In the recession year of 2009, with almost no inflation and record budget deficits, more than half the states awarded pay raises to their employees. […]
Posted on Mar 19, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Daniel Howes asked an excellent question in the Detroit News yesterday: What will it take for public-sector labor — with no ties to private, for-profit employers — to understand that the steady gravy train of the past 50 years has ground to a halt? In autos and steel, the UAW and the Steelworkers finally learned […]
Posted on Mar 18, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Richard Trumka’s one block sprint to the White House yesterday afternoon paid off. This just in, from Politico: “A union official says the nation’s largest labor federation is strongly endorsing the Obama administration’s health care overhaul bill and plans to push wavering lawmakers for support. A union official familiar with the proceedings says the AFL-CIO’s […]
Posted on Mar 12, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Pennsylvania is such a union stronghold, it naturally caught my eye when Chester County guards voted down the union by a wide margin. The “Chester County Corrections Officers Independent Union” would have been associated with the Teamsters Local 312, who was “ecstatic” and “anxious” at the prospect of the guards forming a union. From The […]
Posted on Mar 11, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Gov. Ted Kulongoski of Oregon has nominated Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler to the position of State Treasurer, following the death of Ben Westlund on Sunday. Want to know why Wheeler, and not another state representative Greg Macpherson, got the nod? According to The Oregonian: “Kulongoski acknowledged that “part of it” was the opposition that […]
Posted on Mar 03, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
The New York Times spared few punches in their piece “Still with Obama, But Worried”: “Because unions have been so crucial to the Democrats election after election, political experts say labor’s ambivalence, or worse, toward the Democrats could greatly deepen that party’s woes this fall. “Labor is very disappointed, whether it’s about card check or the effort […]
