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 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 Jun 03, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Here’s the first thing you need to know about Senator Casey’s event on March 22, 2010, introducing the Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010, is who was in attendance at the announcement: “Senator Casey was joined at the event in Carlisle by representatives from YRC Transportation, ABF Freight Systems and the International Brotherhood […]
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 […]
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Um. Sometimes things just don’t make sense. Racine County has grass in its road’s medians. The Teamsters can’t and won’t mow it, but that doesn’t stop them from asking the County not to let local inmates do it for free. Teamsters leaders filed a grievance in 2009 after county officials began using volunteers from the […]
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 13, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Today an article entitled “Illinoid Department of Transportation to hire 170 new workers” in the Herald-Review gave me cause for pause. Aside from coining my new favorite word “illinoid,” which while I am sure was a Freudian slip by the person who posted it, it lays out the next chapter in the strange saga that […]
