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“General Strike” Call Illustrates Labor Conservatives’ Inopportune Timing
For Labor Day, the right-wing central-planning think tank American Compass published a manifesto that called on conservatives to support organized labor. While the eggheads and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) were…
by Michael Watson on September 11, 2020

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Labor Conservatives’ Underpants Gnomes
I regret to inform you that the “labor conservatives,” whose double-bank-shot play to use organized labor for various conservative purposes are at it again. In honor of Labor Day, the…
by Michael Watson on September 10, 2020

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Union Power
Labor Day weekend is nearly upon us, and teachers unions are using their death grip on the public school system to keep schools closed, despite the best interests of children,…
by CRC Staff on September 4, 2020

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Working Washington: An SEIU Subsidiary
Working Washington lists itself as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization created to represent low-wage workers in the state of Washington. From its inception, Working Washington has supported SEIU’s ideology. Its website…
by Jonathan Harsh on August 26, 2020

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Where Is, Repeat Where Is, America’s Political Leadership? The World Wonders.
Teachers unions have shut down schools for goals entirely unrelated to protecting teachers from illness, explicitly demanding defunding the police, wealth taxes, bans on new charter schools, and public benefits…
by Michael Watson on August 25, 2020

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Job Murder Most Foul, Brought to California with a Union Label
This week, in response to a court decision, Uber and Lyft announced that they would at least temporarily shut down their operations in California. At issue is the controversial union-sponsored…
by Michael Watson on August 21, 2020

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Gig Worker Attacks a Big Labor Ploy
Uber has announced its intention to merge with Postmates, giving the ride-hailing and restaurant-delivery networking company a foothold in the growing grocery-delivery market. Since the outbreak of pandemic COVID-19, grocery…
by Michael Watson on August 18, 2020

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Banking with the SEIU to Fund a Radical Anti-Immigration Republican?
why did an Amalgamated client spend roughly $5 million to back the nomination of a militantly immigration-restrictionist Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Kansas? Amalgamated Bank is proudly left-progressive, declaring…
by Michael Watson on August 6, 2020

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Union Targets Writer for Reporting Accurately
Big Labor hates conservatives—especially social conservatives and populists—and journalists’ unions are the combat groups of the “woke” progressive activists. John Kass, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, provides more evidence: "Last…
by Michael Watson on July 29, 2020

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Can’t Get out of Lockdown? Blame Extortion by Teachers Unions
As states and municipalities pursue phased reopenings of economic and social life amid the novel coronavirus, workers are headed back to work. But some workers are finding teachers unions to…
by Michael Watson on July 22, 2020