Proving once again that we live in an overly litigious society, a teachers union in Belleville, Illinois has decided that instead of working through the regular channels to fix classrooms and to eliminate mold and dampness caused by building maintenance troubles, they had to stampede straight for the courts to get it done. The lawsuit […]

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As president of the Services Employee International Union (SEIU), Andy Stern has presided over a union that has grown impressively while at the same time just about every other union in the country has diminished in size and power. Some might think this a tremendous victory for president Stern. But how he has achieved this […]

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Remember, Teachers are all about the kids… but too bad their union isn’t. The Daily News in Longview, Washington

That $13.2 million grant Washington state won last year to enhance the teaching of Advanced Placement courses in math and science is history. It’s lost because of the financial incentives it would have provided for teachers who […]

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Of course, no one could expect less of organized labor but to attack Republicans, even John McCain. But the amount of money proposed to be spent to destroy McCain really makes one wonder if every last union member would approve of such vast expenditures of their dues money?
To answer that question, the AFL-CIO, for its […]

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The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) suffered a stinging rebuke when nearly 47% of the nurses at three St. Rose Dominican hospitals in Nevada voted to join a rival union this week. It wasn’t enough to decertify the SEIU — 50% was necessary — but with nearly half of the members voting against the union, […]

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The Dept. of Labor (DOL) has announced that it is changing the requirements for internal financial disclosures of unions requiring more details on finances and spending, the AP report on the 8th.
Unions are required annually to submit forms to the DOL detailing their financial information, but Federal officials have decided that the current forms lack […]

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There will be dark days ahead for American business and the economy if Barack Obama becomes the president. Especially if his coattails brings an avalanche of Democrats into Congress. All because the first order of business for the next Congress will be passage of the “card check” ideas that unions have been pushing for since […]

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So, Barack Obama claims he is a reformer. He claims he wants to clean up Washington D.C. He acts as if he just wants the truth told to the people. Well, here is some truth. According to the Wall Street JournalBarack has promised the Teamsters that if they give him their support he will kill […]

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Looks like the union chief of the electrical workers in Philadelphia has been getting “free” work by union members, big gifts, and sudden piles of cash from union coffers of late. It also looks like the authorities have taken notice, too.

In a new court filing, prosecutors investigating John J. Dougherty’s extensive home renovations […]

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Here is a good piece by the Heartland Institute explaining the transparency and reporting laws that unions have been fighting in the US.
-By Scott Dilley, Heartland Institute
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled federal financial transparency laws apply to certain public-sector unions, traditionally exempt from such regulations.
If it stands, the decision will allow workers across […]

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