Posts Tagged ‘Occupy Wall Street’
Labor Protestors Funded by Taxpayers, Supported by Union Bosses
Union bosses are not only taking advantage of forced dues, but taxpayer dollars, to promote their agenda. Eric Boehm has the story on reason.com. Using a combination of federal grants and grants from left-leaning organizations, the Restaurant Opportunity Center, or ROC, is technically a charitable nonprofit and not a union. But their pro-worker messages, anti-employer…
Read MoreOn the Waterfront II
Could this Port Strike Be Big Labor’s Last Hurrah? With union membership at an all-time low, and the economy anemic at best, could the Portland strike break Big Labor’s grip on business forever? The chance the President will intervene when the nation’s ports are closed down is nil. With an 85% chance union bosses will…
Read MoreNILLR New Clips – April 27, 2012
A One-Sided ‘Right’ to Unionize?! LaborUnionReport.com, April 9, 2012 A guest commentary by Stan Greer, senior research associate for the National Institute for Labor Relations Research The claim that there is a civil right to join a union, but no equivalent right not to join a union was summarily rejected by a unanimous High Court in…
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