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…
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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…
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…
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…
Outside Money Favors McAuliffe in Virginia Governor’s Race
Spending by groups outside Virginia overwhelmingly favors former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe over his Republican rival, Glenn Youngkin in the Virginia governor’s race, according to news reports. According to data…
Shareholder Activism: Woke Capitalism from the Inside
Conservatives are rightly vexed by “woke capitalism,” exasperated at the ways in which big American corporations are increasingly weighing in on sociopolitical issues—invariably, it seems, in favor of the progressive…
“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…
Government Unions after Wisconsin
Summary: Unlike private-sector unions—which create an adversarial relationship between the labor union and the employer—public sector unions operate under a different dynamic. Indeed, public sector unions are in a unique…
Unions Make an Offer Illinois Can’t Refuse
https://www.youtube.com/embed/vO_M4sIETh8 Thanks to Big Labor’s political machine, Illinois and California are in a race to see whose economy can go belly-up first – and they’re happy to let their taxpayers…