Category: Unions

Ohio Businessman Suffers Union Harassment, Property Damage, Violence, Finally a Shooting

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Once again we see the un-American criminality of violence-prone union thugs, this time with the disgusting tale of the IBEW carrying on a years long intimidation campaign against a Toledo area, non-union electrical contractor which has progressed from mere harassment to now a shooting. On August 10, the owner of King Electrical Services, John King, […]

 

Union Thuggery: More Criminality in Verizon Strike

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

In Pennsylvania union thuggery, violations of the law, and criminality is abundant in the strike by the Communications Workers of America against Verizon. It’s expected that unionistas don’t respect businesses, of course, but not to respect the safety of children? That’s beyond the pale. Sadly, theft, property destruction, and otherwise breaking the law is no […]

 

Failure: Over $14 Mil Spent on Wisc. Recall By Liberal Groups, Unions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

As a recap on the past recall effort that just occurred in Wisconsin, a final accounting shows that liberal groups spent over $14 million to beat the six Republicans that were up for recall. They failed in four of the six attempts and in the two they won, well, it was a Pyrrhic victory to […]

 

Union Thugs Attack Communication Lines, Desecrate Funeral Homes

Posted on by Dave Blount

Having the backing of the most aggressively pro-union president since FDR seems to have thrown the thuggery that characterizes these pernicious organizations into overdrive. Striking Verizon workers are now attacking communication lines: Verizon Communications Inc. reported a dozen cases of sabotaged cable lines and warned of delays in repairs and customer service on the second […]

 

Unions Lose BIG In Wisconsin Recall Efforts

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Oh, the union thugs in Wisconsin will certainly try to act as if winning a mere two of the six recall elections of the Republican State Senators in the Cheese State was a big win… but it wasn’t. In fact, this recall nonsense shows that the union issues were a huge failure. After all, they […]

 

The Left Comes Up Short In Wisconsin

Posted on by John Hawkins

Last night was the culmination of months of gnashing teeth, incendiary rhetoric, court battles, petitions, hundreds of thousands of man hours, and tens of millions of dollars in union money, all put towards a single goal: Beating 3 Republicans last night so that Wisconsin could rollback Governor Scott Walker’s union reforms, that will save the […]

 

Unions: On the Outside Looking In At Political Power?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Since Obama began his run for the White House he has been Big Labor’s best friend. And they loved him for it, too. As Obama ran and as soon as he got into office the unions had stars in their eyes. They thought that with a bought and paid for president in their hip pocket, […]

 

Obama’s New CAFE Standards Will Cost Us All More Money

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

The Obama administration has been touting new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards to be imposed on America’s automobile manufacturers saying that it will save all Americans money at the pumps. Unfortunately, there are all sorts of hidden costs of which the administration isn’t noting, costs that will drive up the price of driving in […]

 

The Union Job Security Act Equals Endless Road Construction

Posted on by Rachel Alexander

Have you noticed how there is more road construction than usual lately, which never seems to end? In some states it has gotten so bad their departments of transportation have set up road closure email alerts on each highway. This is a direct result of President Obama’s stimulus spending. Last summer, Obama proposed spending $50 […]

 

States Taking Pro-Jobs Rules Into Their Own Hands

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

One of the first things that President Obama did when he walked into the White House was to authorize an Executive Order as a payback to his buddies in Big Labor by implementing project labor agreements (PLAs) for all federal construction projects. That this was his very first action upon taking office shows that he […]

 

One Solution to Stop Some of Obama’s Union Pandering Labor Board Rulings

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

We’ve been talking for the better part of the year about how the Obama administration is using its powers to regulate labor and business relations to attack Boeing aircraft manufacturer for attempting to open a new manufacturing plant in North Carolina. Fortunately, there is one proposed law floating around in congress that would stop some […]

 

Union Writing the Book on Intimidation and Violence

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

F. Vincent Vernuccio had a great piece in the Washington Times a few days ago revealing the the handbook written by the SEIU that teaches union thuggery to union operatives. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has a 70-some-page manual that came to light in a recent court case. SEIU is in federal court defending […]

 

Michigan Public School Illegally Uses Robocall System Against GOP Governor

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

News has emerged that a Michigan public school illegally used its automatic phone calling system to call the homes of every student to urge parents to join the recall effort against Republican Governor Rick Snyder last month. To imagine that they can illegally use public school facilities for a partisan, left-wing political effort, this is […]

 

Obama’s Labor Board Now Threatening the Dead

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Imagine the gall of Gordon L. Wray Jr. to die without first getting Obama’s permission! I mean, it takes a real yutz to die before The One waves his royal hand in forbearance, ya know? So, to punish the dead, Obama sent his National Labor Relations Board goosetepping to threaten the man… the, the dead […]

 

Wisc. Firefighters Care More About Their Union Than 9/11 Memory

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

If you needed yet another example of why government employees should never be allowed to join unions, this is it. In Racine, Wisconsin the local fireman’s union got into an imbroglio over a July 4th parade float honoring the fallen first responders of the Sept. 11 attacks, a parade entry that the union supported previously. […]

 

Unions Display Hatred in Union Derangement Syndrome

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

My Friend Maggie Thurber has a great piece chronicling the hate that unions in Ohio display for those voters that stand against the absurd riches that government employees have wrung out of the taxpayers in the Buckeye State. Pointing out that union supporters are “dripping with ‘hate’ and derision toward people who see a problem […]

 

The Unions’ Real Enemy: Themselves

Posted on by John Hawkins

It’s no secret that union membership has been slowly, but surely declining for decades in America. There’s a simple reason for that and it’s not unfair business practices, mean old corporations, or big, bad Republicans. No, the problem with union workforces is that non-union workforces are simply more competitive. In a study of the decline […]

 

Conn. Unions Have Trouble Reading Hand Writing on Wall

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Cities, counties and states (not to mention the federal gov’t) all across the country are overspent, out of cash, and deeply in the red. One reality that has been hitting all these government entities has been a series of tough negotiations with government employee unions. Unions are loathe to take cuts, certainly, but the reality […]

 

Contrary to Claim, White House Did Control GM’s Daily Business And Cut Workers Pay?

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

When Barack Obama threw millions of our tax dollars at General Motors to “save it,” the administration claimed that it would not involve itself in the “day-to-day management” of the venerable car company. New emails obtained by The Daily Caller, however, casts doubt on this claim. In fact, as Matthew Boyle reports, the emails “reveal […]

 

Obama’s Union-Sold Regulatory Agency Goes Even Further for Unions

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

With one regulatory decision after anther, Obama’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has repeatedly abused its position and lent its powers to come to the material aid of Big Labor. This week we see the NLRB coming to the aid of unions yet again by changing rules to fast track union votes in businesses not […]

 

Labor Lawyer Explains Why Boeing Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Make Airplanes in Right to Work South

Posted on by Dave Blount

The socialist goons staffing Obama’s National Labor Relations Board have two reasons not to allow Boeing to build airplanes in a right to work state like South Carolina. It’s not just that letting Boeing escape the suffocating unions that killed the car industry would peeve the Moonbat Messiah’s union friends. Labor lawyer Thomas Geoghegan gives […]

 

South Carolina Worker Sues Federal Gov’t Over Possible Loss of His Job

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Barack Obama’s interference in the business operations of Boeing new Dreamliner manufacturing project will likely cause thousands of workers in South Carolina to lose their jobs. Because of this, one Palmetto State worker is suing the federal government for its part in his probable future job loss. This is a story about Obama’s status as […]

 

Workers Have It Better at Nonunionized Subaru

Posted on by Dave Blount

The disease of unionization destroys every industry it infects, most dramatically including the American automotive sector and public education. But what would happen to the poor workers if there were no unions to look out for their interests by confiscating their money and giving it to Democrats? Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) demonstrates: In its […]

 

Illinois Congressmen Help Tip in Big Labor Amendment

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

On Monday I alerted you all to a jobs-killing, union-favoring amendment being considered in the House of Representatives in Washington, one that needed to be defeated. Unfortunately, the amendment was successful and now, in this dour economy, unions will be able to make matters worse just when we need a shot in the arm. (See

 

Obama Puts Unions Ahead of a Healthy Economy, Free Trade

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

President Obama claims that he wants to “create jobs,” and is happily touting several policies that he claims will create jobs in this jobless, non-recovery. Unfortunately, all his polices really do is shore up the high cost unions that kill job growth. As GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConell says, Obama has “relentlessly pursued an […]

 

Cal. Union Launches Effort to Recruit Republican Candidates

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

This is a novel approach. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), one of the largest government employee unions in the nation, has decided that they’ve had enough of all those darn Republicans that are… well… acting like Republicans. So, the union has lighted on a new way to be rid of all those darn Republican-like […]

 

Urge Congress to Vote ‘NO’ On Striking $$ Saving Section From Federal Construction Projects Bill

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Today there may be a vote on striking a section of H.R. 2055 that will insure that federal construction projects for the military are fairly priced and will save money for the taxpayers. Some representatives want this advantageous section struck out and replaced with a union-favoring provision that will cost the tax payers millions and […]