Summary: As we reported in the October 2015 Labor Watch, the Reverend Al Sharpton has been, for more than three decades, a key figure in extremist politics and in hoaxes…
Summary: In an effort to help their political supporters in the unions, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton and the state’s legislature classified Minnesota’s home care providers as government employees for purposes of…
Scott Walker vs. the Unions Part 2: Unintended consequences: Wisconsin goes Right to Work, and Walker seeks a promotion [PDF here] [For Part 1, click HERE.]…
Labor Watch June 2015 Scott Walker vs. The Unions Part 1: Wisconsin reforms lead to protests, recalls, and battering rams in the night [PDF here] Summary:…
[PDF here] The National Labor Relations Board is poised to scrap the long-held legal definition of a joint employer, which has allowed business sectors—including the franchise…
[PDF here] Overall, 2014 was a bad year for unions, at least in terms of political power. They lost most of their highest-priority races, including gubernatorial races in Wisconsin…
(PDF here) The Veterans Affairs scandal shocked the nation, and as further revelations of widespread corruption and failure became public, they showed the natural failure of socialized medicine. But…