Teachers Unions’ Political Money Making Members Miffed
We’ve noted that in past elections, roughly 40 percent of union households have tended to vote Republican while 90 percent…
Howard Dean’s Campaign Cash Confession
One pressing issue in the Democratic presidential primary is campaign finance and its impact on policy, with Senator Bernie Sanders…
Union Statistics Show a Tale of Two States
This post has been updated since its initial publication with 2015 data from Unionstats.com. Yesterday, the federal Bureau of Labor…
New Analysis: Dues Money Goes to Causes That Union Members Don’t Support
Union political spending is widely discussed but poorly understood. Much is made of the millions of dollars in contributions that…
New SEIU Demonstrations Betray Electoral Motives
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), backed by the “workers organizing committees” and worker centers that it funds, are demonstrating…
Labor’s Confused “Workplace Democracy”
The Employee Rights Act (ERA) has kicked off a long-overdue debate over the future of labor policy in America’s 21st…
ERA Takes Center Stage in Labor Debate
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who rose to national prominence by reforming public-employee labor law in his state, gave a major…
With Momentum and Personal Stories, Hatch and Price Reintroduce Employee Rights Act
Today, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) are re-introducing the Employee Rights Act, a reform proposal that…
Racial Slurs by Union Picketers A-OK, NLRB Judge Says
If a normal person stood outside his or her workplace and shouted racist epithets at coworkers and passersby, that person…
Democrats Say Unions Crossing the Line on Trade
Unions and Democratic Party politicians are infamously loyal to one another. Labor PACs consistently send about 90 percent of their…