Posted on Sep 01, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
Labor unions want policy makers and the public to think that there are millions and millions of Americans out there who want to join unions but can’t. It is then the express duty of labor unions to bring these workers a chance to unionize. Where exactly are these millions of workers just wishing, hoping, and […]
Posted on Apr 24, 2008 by J. Justin Wilson
Everyone secretly likes watching a good sports fight. And while a baseball bench-clearer is fine and good, nothing beats a hockey smack-down. That’s what I feel like when watching the SEIU these past few weeks. It’s like the rest of the world is chanting: “Fight, fight, fight!” In honor of that, imagine that Andy Stern is number […]
Posted on Jan 22, 2008 by J. Justin Wilson
Doing nothing for a living is not as easy as it looks. That was the militant message from Italy yesterday where artists’ nude models climbed back into their clothes and went on strike for better pay and conditions.
Posted on Dec 27, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Employer Report writes on the writers’ strike: For those who are paying attention to this (yawn) labor dispute, you are witnessing first-hand how little solidarity means to today’s union movement … Click over to get the full story. And this recent Get Fuzzy comic strip may amuse you, or it may be another sign that […]
Posted on Sep 27, 2007 by J. Justin Wilson
Carrying virtual placards reading “workers of the world unite” and demanding more or larger bonuses, IBM employees in Italy have launched a “virtual strike” in the virtual world known as Second Life. We decided to check out the “strike” at IBM’s Second Life headquarters and give the picketers a little dose of UnionFacts.com. So we […]
Posted on Jun 07, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Sadly, this is not news. Another former ACORN employee is guilty of voter registration fraud. The SEIU-funded ACORN is doing anything and everything to spin its own innocence, and it’s being helped by the fact that the indictments of its former employees have been embroiled in the Department of Justice scandal. But here’s the thing: […]
Posted on Jun 01, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
In the never-ending sea of media stories on Big Labor’s split over immigration reform, it’s not often you find really good reporting adding something new and meaningful. But today the Los Angeles Times had an interesting insight into why service employee union bosses are so dead-set on preventing a temporary worker program that they actually […]
Posted on May 08, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Today The Trentonian added its voice to the lengthy list of editorial pages denouncing Big Labor’s power grab. The paper weighed in against the crassly misnamed “Employee Free Choice Act,” which would end secret ballot elections for employees deciding whether to join a union. In particular, the paper takes the local AFL-CIO chief to task: […]
