Big Labor on Townhall

• California Governments Confront $1.0 Trillion in Debt Thanks to Unions Mon May 6
  Mike Shedlock
  Most of the money owed by California’s state and local government agencies is to pay unionized government workers rates of compensation that most private sector workers can only dream about. ... more
• Union Seeks Repeal of ObamaCare Mon Apr 22
  Michael F. Cannon
  United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers International President Kinsey M. Robinson issued the following statement calling for a repeal or complete reform of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act (ACA): ... more
• Free the Workers Sat Mar 23
  John C. Goodman
  The labor market is one of the most regulated markets in our economy. ... more
• Half of Detroit Properties Have Not Paid Taxes; Update on Detroit Bankruptcy Mon Feb 25
  Mike Shedlock
  Detroit is financially and morally bankrupt yet the governor refuses to make that declaration. A Review team says Detroit faces financial crisis, has no plan to fix it so why won't the governor act? ... more
• Obama is Caught Between Friends in Keystone Pipeline Fight Tue Feb 19
  Byron York
  A brief moment on February 13 showed why President Obama can't win when it comes to the Keystone XL pipeline. In front of the White House, protesters led by actress Daryl Hannah and the head of the Sierra Club demanded that Obama kill the project. Just a few blocks away, the head of the AFL-CIO's powerful Building and Construction Trades Department joined with the American Petroleum Institute to demand that Obama approve it. ... more
• Unions Lose it Under Obama Tue Feb 12
  John Ransom
  Conservatives must continue to take advantage of union weakness. Wherever conservatives have run against unions, conservatives have won. And underneath the declining union stats are examples that show that the basic problem with unions is that they don’t play nice with others. And people are paying attention. ... more
• Labor Board Stocked With Union Partisans Fri Dec 21
  Fred Wszolek
  Reasoning Behind Unconstitutional Recess Appointments Comes Into Full View ... more
• California Teachers Union Video Features ‘Rich’ Urinating on the ‘Poor’ Wed Dec 5
  Kyle Olson
  A new video produced by the California Federation of Teachers – which could be playing in your child’s classroom as we speak – drums up the typical class warfare images we've come to expect from Big Labor. ... more
• Bill Ayers: ‘Dear President Obama: Congratulations!’ Thu Nov 8
  Kyle Olson
  Among the well-wishers for President Obama’s triumphant re-election is Chicago pal and domestic terrorist-turned-professor Bill Ayers. Writing on the website good.is, Ayers writes: “Dear President Obama: Congratulations! ... more
• Help From Alabama Workers Being Denied in New Jersey Because They're Non-Union Fri Nov 2
  Katie Pavlich
• Newark Teachers Claim to be ‘Indentured Servants’ Despite $57K Average Salary Wed Oct 31
  Kyle Olson
  Is it ever enough? That’s what citizens should be asking in Newark, where the teachers are claiming they are subject to “indentured servitude” for being forced to consider an “inhumane” collective bargaining agreement that many consider very union friendly. ... more
• Who Are the Real Workplace Bullies? Fri Oct 26
  Fred Wszolek
  Irony in politics is nothing new, but this may take the prize: Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), keynoted last week the “Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week,” an anti-workplace intimidation symposium in the nation’s capital. ... more
• Ethics violations? Business as usual at the NLRB Wed Sep 26
  Fred Wszolek
  The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is accustomed to a “by any means necessary” approach. That’s how they’ve tackled issues like “ambush” or “quickie” elections, which was since overturned by a federal judge and the formation of micro-unions, which is operable today. So, is it really surprising that the NLRB’s lead attorney is in hot water over ethics violations? ... more
• Fulfilling the Promise of America’s Labor Spring Mon May 28
  Rick Berman
  Revolutions are not easy. That’s the lesson of the Arab Spring, where the forces of retrenchment have dug in their heels after the uprisings’ promising beginnings. ... more
• The Real GSA Scandal: Job-Killing Big Labor Payoffs Wed Apr 18
  Michelle Malkin
  Stop the presses: Big-spending Democrats are finally up in arms over a federal boondoggle. Details of the U.S. General Services Administration bacchanalia get worse by the day. ... more
• Ambush Election Vote: Senators Either Stand With Small Business Owners Or Big Labor Bosses Tue Apr 17
  Fred Wszolek
  After a few weeks of recess, Members of Congress will return this week to address a number of issues, including the budget, transportation bill and Buffet Rule. One of the issues that will likely come to a vote in the U.S. Senate in the coming weeks is a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act, which seeks to reverse a recent regulation promulgated by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). ... more
• Primary Battles Through the Labor Lens Wed Mar 28
  Brett McMahon
  With Santorum’s win this last weekend in Louisiana, he continues a trend of faring better than Romney in Right-to-Work (RTW) states. Many of these RTW states are located in the south and have historically been states that haven’t been impacted by labor unions such as those in the northeast and midwest. ... more
• The War on Wisconsin Wed Mar 28
  Michelle Malkin
  Now is the time for all good tea partiers to come to the aid of Wisconsin. Fiscally conservative leaders in the Badger State are under coordinated siege from Big Labor, the White House, the liberal media and the judiciary. The yearlong campaign of union thuggery, family harassment and intimidation of Republican donors and businesses is about to escalate even further. This is the price the Right pays for doing the right thing. ... more
• The End of Big Labor May Be Nigh Sun Mar 18
  Brett McMahon
  According to Mayan calendars and some scholars, 2012 is supposed to be the end of an age and resulting in cataclysmic and transformative events. While the winds and storms are raging and the earth is moving and shaking both literally and figuratively, most everyone will agree the end of the world is not likely, though 2012 is shaping up to potentially bring to end the area of Big Labor as we know it. ... more
• Connecticut Considers Bill Requiring Students Learn "Labor History" Sat Mar 17
  Kyle Olson
  The Connecticut Senate is considering a bill which would require all government school students to learn “labor history” as a part of the curriculum. ... more
• The Autoworkers Obama Left Behind Wed Feb 29
  Michelle Malkin
  The White House fairy tale about the Happily Ever After Auto Bailout is missing a crucial, bloody page. While President Obama bragged about "standing by American workers" at a rowdy United Auto Workers meeting Tuesday, he failed to acknowledge how the Chicago-style deal threw tens of thousands of nonunion autoworkers under the bus. ... more
• NLRB Considering Rule Allowing Jimmy Hoffa To Call & Email Employees Thu Feb 23
  Fred Wszolek
  In an era when Americans simply want the government to leave them alone and focus on getting the economy going so businesses can create jobs, the message seems completely lost on Big Labor’s agents at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). ... more
• Congress Soon Will Soon Voice Stance On "Ambush" Elections Tue Feb 14
  Fred Wszolek
  Toward the end of last year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) finalized a rule for “quickie” or “ambush” elections. The final rule significantly diminishes the amount of time for workplace elections and threatens the unionization of workplaces without labor having secured the employees’ un-coerced majority support. ... more
• The State of Union Paybacks Tue Jan 24
  Fred Wszolek
  As President Obama steps before the nation tonight, he will deliver a report to the American people on the condition of our country. The speech is the equivalent of Super Bowl Sunday for politicos in Washington, D.C. Commentators, policy experts, lobbyists, flacks and many others will be combing through the speech seeking mentions that affect clients or favored issues. ... more
• Strange Bedfellows: Big Labor spends $1 million to aid Gingrich Tue Jan 24
  Bob Beauprez
  The big labor union that represents government workers is spending $1 million on a television ad in Florida to attack Mitt Romney’s record as a businessman. It's an ad clearly designed to aid Newt Gingrich. ... more

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