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A Misguided Republican Gift to Big Labor
U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) have ideas to change the relationship between American workers and their employers: employee involvement organizations that resemble European-style works councils…
by Michael Watson on February 8, 2022

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Unionization Falls as Left Wing Pushes More Coercion
Each year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) estimates the number of union members and the proportion of American workers in labor unions. Most years, the data tell a…
by Michael Watson on January 25, 2022

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Philadelphia Union Boss Conviction Reveals Big Labor’s Political Machines
In November, a federal jury convicted John Dougherty, business manager of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 in Philadelphia, on a handful of conspiracy and fraud-related charges. Dougherty…
by Michael Watson on January 12, 2022

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Social Justice Unionism
If nothing else, the COVID-19 pandemic has repeatedly demonstrated that Big Labor remains a potent force in American culture and politics, even though its power has declined since the 1950s,…
by CRC Staff on December 31, 2021

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Philly Union Boss Johnny Doc Convicted
Earlier this week, justice was done on some of the 116 counts, as a federal jury convicted Philadelphia union boss John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty and Councilor Bobby Henon (D-6th District)…
by Michael Watson on November 19, 2021

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How Government Worker Unions Manipulate Municipal Elections
Liberal special interests have effective control of many municipal governments and government arms. The most notable case is school boards. Teachers unions are playing an organization game that rewards professional…
by Michael Watson on November 9, 2021

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Virginia Dodges Big Labor’s Bullets
This week, Virginia Republicans Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Sears, and Jason Miyares swept the governorship and statewide row offices, and Republicans appear to have retaken control of the lower house of…
by Michael Watson on November 5, 2021

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AFL-CIO Goes All-In for the Woke Professional Managerial Class
The current labor movement forms the combat groups of the woke professional managerial class (PMC), who make up the leadership and operative class of the union movement. Last week, the…
by Michael Watson on October 25, 2021

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The Big Labor–Big Green Alliance in One Provision
If the “labor conservatives” were Captain Ahab from the classic novel Moby-Dick, their White Whale would be a divorce between institutional organized labor and the environmentalist movement, which they reasonably…
by Michael Watson on October 18, 2021

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Criticizing Teachers Union Allies? You Might Be a “Domestic Terrorist.”
After a year of public school closures, mask mandates far stricter than in comparable international settings, and the exposure of radical-left social indoctrination in public school as endorsed by teachers…
by Michael Watson on October 7, 2021