Tag Archive: paycheck protection (page 3)

• California Labor’s Pound-Foolish Strategy

  Posted on Nov 09, 2012 by Center for Union Facts

  Labor has no problem bragging about its political victories, although explaining its crushing defeat in Michigan was a little more difficult. Overall, labor unions, thanks in part to Citizens United, were able to spend vast sums of member dues on politics to get some of their preferred policies passed and candidates elected. This was especially true in California, where labor spent incredible sums on several […]

• A California Conundrum Surrounding Paycheck Protection

  Posted on Nov 05, 2012 by Center for Union Facts

  When paycheck protection is on the ballot, there are few things that could take away from its positive effects. The editors at National Review Online, however, believe they’ve found one: In an effort to make the measure appeal to a mostly left-leaning state, the law’s drafters made serious compromises — compromises that make Prop 32 a […]

• What’s At Stake This November

  Posted on Nov 02, 2012 by Center for Union Facts

  We all know that “elections have consequences,” but that isn’t always the case for labor law issues. There are some elections that are, by their nature, more direct in their labor law influence: Oregonians elect their state’s labor commissioner, for example (and some aren’t happy about it). But even federal elections are poor indicators of whether or […]

• Unions Scold Corporations… For Trying to Keep Up With Union Politicking

  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 […]

• The Unions’ Cross To Bear?

  Posted on Oct 29, 2012 by Center for Union Facts

  Labor unions’ political activity is best framed as a byproduct of collective bargaining. Without the exclusivity of a collective bargaining unit, unions could not compel “opt-in” status of their members.  With the help of payroll deductions, “giving” by their membership is easy. Proposition 32, which will appear on the ballot in California, would stop the […]

• The Wheels Keep On Turning

  Posted on Sep 10, 2012 by Center for Union Facts

  The Moving Picture Institute, in conjunction with Reason.tv, has a great new video out explaining “The Machine” that keeps teachers unions alive. It’s definitely one you should share on social media. With the Chicago Teachers Union going on strike this morning—or better stated by Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, “a strike of choice”—it’s important to recognize how these organizations can continue to operate despite the continued deterioration […]

• Labor convenes in the city of brotherly laments

  Posted on Aug 16, 2012 by Center for Union Facts

  A few thousand union members spent their weekend in Philadelphia at an event they called “Workers Stand for America,” better known as their shadow convention. The event was meant to be the answer to the Democratic National Convention, since it is being held in North Carolina, a right-to-work state with the lowest unionized workforce in the […]

• Union Bosses Think They’re Better Than You

  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 […]