AFL-CIO

Labor Watch
Immigration Agents’ Union Seeks Divorce from AFL-CIO over Irreconcilable Political Differences
Rare is the labor union that breaks formally from “social justice unionism.” Reportedly, the National ICE Council, a labor union of immigration enforcement agents, seeks to disaffiliate from its parent,…
by Michael Watson on June 28, 2022

Labor Watch
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Beginnings
For years the Democracy Alliance has embodied big money on the American Left. The alliance is as notable for the tremendous depth of its partners’ pockets and for the relative…
by Robert Stilson on June 3, 2022

Labor Watch
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Funding Union Priorities
The Democracy Alliance functions largely to channel contributions pledged by its well-heeled partners to left-of-center organizations that the alliance has recommended. Individual partners are reportedly expected to commit at least…
by Robert Stilson on June 3, 2022

Labor Watch
Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance: Union Personnel
Still further evidence of the close relationship between Big Labor and the Democracy Alliance can be found in the number of current or former union personnel serving on the alliance’s…
by Robert Stilson on June 3, 2022

Labor Watch
Unions and Their Allies Threaten the Supply Chain
Anyone with a passing familiarity with current economic conditions is aware of supply chain problems, which are contributing to inflation and product shortages. These supply chain problems are largely not…
by Michael Watson on June 2, 2022

Labor Watch
Organized Labor Is a Dubious Ally for Conservatives
American business, long the key funder and rock-ribbed ally of the Republican Party and the conservative movement that uses the GOP as its imperfect electoral vehicle, now seems captive to…
by Michael Watson on May 24, 2022

Labor Watch
Social Justice Unionism Means Pro-Abortion Big Labor
Last week, Politico reported on a leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade and return the question of abortion regulation to the states, ending…
by Michael Watson on May 10, 2022

Labor Watch
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

Deception & Misdirection
Time: The Left-Wing Conspiracy to “Save” Democracy
On February 4, 2021, Time published “The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election” by Molly Ball. In this report, the author described what she called a “conspiracy,”…
by CRC Staff on December 22, 2021

Labor Watch
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