Litigious Labor in the White House: Limiting Labor’s Sway
Litigious Labor in the White House (complete series) The National Treasury Employees Union | Partisan Players | Limiting Labor’s Sway Summary: Banking millions of dollars…
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UAW Caught Using Non-Union Labor on Perk for Ex-Boss
It hasn’t been a good few months for one-time United Auto Workers President Dennis Williams (2017 salary and expenses: $181,046). In June, Williams stepped aside from his position…
State Policy with the Union Label: The Economic Analysis and Research Network
The names “Center for Public Policy Priorities,” “Fiscal Policy Institute,” and “Policy Matters Ohio” sound innocuous. But for a number of left-wing state-level policy organizations, membership in…
A House of Labor Responds to Market Forces
Members of the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) led a picket on October 11 against their employer, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations…
Liberal Union-Busters Accused of Silencing Workers, Punishing Union Supporters
Last week, it emerged that Grassroots Campaigns, Inc., a liberal canvassing consultancy with ties to the Public Interest Network (PIN), the controversial array of left-wing organizing entities, had…
Union PAC’s Canvassing Consultants Turn to Old-Fashioned Union Busting
[Editor’s Note: This article and MASSPIRG: The Left-Wing Leviathan are the first parts of an in-depth investigation into the Public Interest Network. Stay tuned for…
Unions Threaten Strike, Demand Cut of Tariff Payoffs
Earlier this year, the Trump administration—through the Department of Commerce, run by former steel industry investor Wilbur Ross—announced that it would levy tariffs on steel imports, dubiously claiming that…
From Janus to Justice Reform?
Since the Supreme Court determined that government worker unions can no longer collect agency fees from nonunion employees, the Left has been furious. The Supreme Court’s decision in Janus…
Jane Fonda Needs an Economics Workout
The minimum wage has long been a hotly debated aspect of the economy. Recently, this fight came to Washington, DC with Initiative 77, an immensely controversial attempt to raise…
Missouri Underscores Need to Consolidate Victories
In the US Supreme Court’s late-June Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) decision, the Court held, 5-4, that AFSCME violated the First Amendment by…