It was previously reported that unionized Red Cross workers in Michigan were going on strike because they wanted better benefits than those offered to non-union employees. Now they are striking, and according to WLNS, some blood donation drives have had to shut down. The strike, organized by two unions, has forced the organization to reschedule...
In November Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed an order forcing union elections on independent child care providers. Many of the daycare workers would have been ineligible to vote in those elections, but would be stuck paying union dues. Dayton’s reasoning was that since some daycare clients receive state funding, all daycare workers are state employees. That’s...
I’m sure the media will pass this off as another grass roots movement. You may remember reading about The 99% Spring, a protest movement supported by political groups and organized labor that aspires to be the next Occupy movement. Its 40 co-sponsors include big names the United Auto Workers, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Moveon.org, and...
The following is a guest post by Joseph Hall. *** Wisconsin Recall Election: Big Union Joins Corrupt Judiciary to Attack Key Republicans Freedom of choice is at stake in the Wisconsin recall election. The issue is over Governor Scott Walker’s and Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch’s leadership in restoring economic parity for the state’s budget....
Wow! Who knew being an educator could be so lucrative? Looking to join the millionaire’s club and wondering what it takes? Finding the right occupation is a good place to start. But some surprising occupations hold a greater chance of getting there than others. According to a report released last week by the Spectrem...
If you don’t see what’s wrong with this story you’re just rotten. The Red Cross is supposed to be a charity organization, not an “I want to look like I’m doing great things so I can get a good retirement” organization. For the second time in six months, employees of the American Red Cross...
The SEIU had their minions protesting for ObamaCare outside of the Supreme Court during the healthcare proceedings. MRCTV reporter Joe Schoffstall caught up with a few of them to ask what they think about the unions being granted waivers from the law. The first woman he spoke to was wearing a purple SEIU hat...
The Workforce Fairness Institute put together this mash up video of the violence and intimidation tactics employed by labor unions and union bosses to advance their agenda. One thing that’s quite telling is that you never hear Democrat politicians denouncing the strong arm tactics of the unions. President Obama’s NLRB wants to give your...
To hear New York Governor Andrew Cuomo talk, you’d think he took some big stand against the unions and stood up for the taxpayers. Unfortunately, you’d be mistaken. It seems the unions still have New York lawmakers in a stranglehold. Cuomo’s latest “crackdown” on union pensions may be considered a small step in the...
Yesterday my local paper had a long, front-page article about the precarious state of the city of Syracuse’s finances. Of course, the biggest budget item is public employee benefits. With benefits like these, you can see why the city is broke: After 33 years of driving a snowplow, picking up garbage and working as...
I didn’t even know that American Red Cross workers were unionized. Apparently they are, and the Teamsters union in Michigan is threatening the Red Cross with a strike because they want better benefits than the organization’s non-union workers receive. WLNS reported: The American Red Cross Great Lakes Blood Services Region received notices of intent to...
I wonder how the average worker in the AFL-CIO feels about their union naming Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao as the “Best Friend of the American Worker.” Why, because American workers can buy cheap crap that’s made in China thanks to the slave wages Chinese workers are paid? Thanks to all of those underpaid Chinese workers...
Via American Power, the New York Times had a story over the weekend about the state of the budgets in New York’s counties and cities. It’s downright dismal. Public employee pensions are bleeding the localities dry. New York City’s annual pension contributions have increased to $8 billion from $1.5 billion over the past decade....
Just when you thought politics couldn’t get any uglier, the New York Times reports that the labor unions are preparing to send their thugs to go door-to-door to help reelect President Obama. As the A.F.L.-C.I.O. prepares to endorse President Obama on Tuesday, labor leaders say they will mount their biggest campaign effort, with far...
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