Union That Bankrupted Hostess to Receive Generous Government Subsidies
The union whose strike led to the bankruptcy of Hostess last year has just been awarded government benefits from a program few qualify for. Last… Read More
Union Head Convicted, Showing Need for Union Transparency
Last week, the government convicted Tyrone Freeman, president of SEIU Local 6434 in Los Angeles, of 14 counts of illegally diverting union dues into his… Read More
Right-to-Work Gives Michigan Workers a Choice
Conservatives won an enormous victory in Michigan last week. The state just passed a right-to-work law that makes union dues voluntary. Starting next year, union… Read More
California Union Members Demand Transparency from Union Bosses
Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) have launched a protest against their own union in California over waste and corruption. They rallied outside… Read More
Morning Bell: 25,000 Chicago Teachers Walk Off the Job
This morning, about 350,000 students in Chicago Public Schools will be without teachers. While the 25,000-plus unionized teachers take to the picket lines in a… Read More
Auto Bailout Success? For Union Workers, Maybe
President Obama’s auto bailout is being touted as a great success of his Administration. Speaking in Detroit at a Labor Day rally, Vice President Joe… Read More
Morning Bell: Auto Bailout Was Really Just a UAW Bailout
President Obama told the United Auto Workers (UAW) in February not to listen to critics of the auto bailout who said union members “made out… Read More
VIDEO: Gov. Scott Walker Reflects on Wisconsin Government Union Reforms
One year ago Republican Gov. Scott Walker took office in Wisconsin with an ambitious budget plan to set his state on a new course. Democrats… Read More
Indiana Pins Hopes on Right-to-Work Bill to Spur Job Growth
Indiana lawmakers are bracing for another high-profile fight over a right-to-work bill when the legislative session opens Wednesday. Last year Democrats fled the state in… Read More
Top 10 Worst Federal Rules of 2011
Hindsight is supposed to be 20/20, but looking back on the past 12 months, it’s tough to see any sense in many of the Administration’s… Read More
