Posted on Nov 12, 2012 by Center for Union Facts
Take a step into an alternate universe, just for a minute: Mitt Romney has just been elected the 45th President of the United States. Millions have been spent on the campaign, but one of the largest chunks comes from Corporation X. This large corporation starts to take claim for Romney’s win even before polls have […]
Posted on Oct 31, 2012 by Center for Union Facts
As usual, unions are trying to have have their cake and eat it, too. In this case, unions will spend tens of millions of dollars this election cycle telling their members which candidates to vote for, but at the same time, they are criticizing employers who engage in the same activity as being “improperly coercive.” Steven […]
Posted on Oct 26, 2012 by Center for Union Facts
If you’ve ever questioned if labor unions are inherently self-interested, just take a look at any union-versus-union showdown. The latest face off is playing out in the federal courts and on Capitol Hill. But don’t let politics distract from the real story: Unions are only looking out for themselves. President Obama’s immigration policy is forcing a wedge between […]
Posted on Sep 27, 2012 by J. Justin Wilson
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) engaged in a campaign against the Port of Longview which included obstructing the railway that serves the port. Unfortunately for the demonstrating longshoremen, that’s illegal, so several months later the union’s international president is on trial. Actually, he’s on trial for the second time (the first trial ended […]
Posted on Sep 05, 2012 by Center for Union Facts
In an attempt to soften their image, labor unions are running a “Hug-a-Union-Thug” event in Charlotte, NC as the Democratic National Convention goes on. Union bosses think they’re being terribly clever: This year, rather than sponsoring convention events, the North Carolina State AFL-CIO said it would have a “Hug-a-Union-Thug” booth at a concert affiliated with the convention. […]
Posted on Aug 08, 2012 by Center for Union Facts
Yale Political Science Professor Jacob Hacker and Yale law student Nate Loewentheil seem to have solved America’s woes in a mere 58 pages, Intro to Conclusion, with their plan for “Prosperity Economics.” It strikes common left-leaning themes: government control is better than free markets; spending is a good thing; inequality finds no respite in social […]
Posted on Aug 06, 2012 by Center for Union Facts
What do you call a union member who doesn’t vote for Barack Obama? No, this isn’t a setup for a terrible joke. It’s the issue AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka addressed in a recent interview with Reuters. So what are Trumka’s thoughts on the AFL-CIO members that didn’t vote for Obama in 2008? “Some of this I […]
Posted on Jul 23, 2012 by Center for Union Facts
If you’re a regular reader of Labor Pains, you might wonder about the credibility of “nonpartisan” studies that talk about how wonderful being in a union can be. Your suspicions are well-founded. The source of many of these “studies”—the Economic Policy Institute, also known as EcPI–is essentially the research arm of the country’s largest labor unions. From mid-2004 to 2010, […]
