Labor Racket Weekly: Best of September
Below are some of the best labor rackets from September. If you look closely, you can catch the latest guilty…
Supreme Court Backlash Highlights Union Hypocrisy
President Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has incensed union officials, who cite the nominee’s “pro-business stance” as cause for…
Janus Decision a Win for Workplace Freedom
This week, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of plaintiff Mark Janus, a longtime American Federation of State, County, and Municipal…
SEIU Scraps Health and Safety Program. Too Much Politics?
According to Jordan Barab, a former Labor Department official under President Obama and longtime union staffer, the Service Employees International…
Labor Racket Weekly: Theft, Embezzlement, Oh My!
Recent weeks have brought to light all sorts of union scandals, including theft, embezzlement, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and…
Labor Racket Weekly: The Indictments Continue
In union America, corruption is just another day at the office. Here are this week’s best of the worst: In Michigan,…
Two of the Craziest Labor Stories You’ll Ever Read
Life is never dull in union America. Earlier this month, George Botts, vice president of New York’s Amalgamated Transit Union…
Analyzing Big Labor’s Losing Right-to-Work Battle
Right-to-work legislation—which bans union membership as a condition of employment—is currently being considered in Colorado and Ohio. If enacted, it…
Christmas Craziness: Unwrapping a Connecticut Politician’s Conflict of Interest
As 2016 comes to a close, one state legislature is grappling with a conflict of interest between a state representative and a powerful labor union. Representative Joe…
Union Bosses Talk Wage Inequality, Rake in Six-Figure Salaries
Six of America’s most powerful union bosses appeared at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, decrying income inequality and advocating…