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Another UAW Organizing Scheme

After their unsuccessful attempt to organize the Volkswagen automobile plant in Right To Work Chattanooga, UAW union officials are attempting another end-run around workers in Alabama. Patrick Rupinski as the story in tuscaloosa.com. The United Auto Workers adopted a new…

UAW Coercion in Right to Work Michgan

UAW union officials are stepping up their coercion and intimidation tactics now that Michigan’s Right to Work Law is allowing all workers to choose whether they wish to accept union representation. Kathleen Sulkowski, represented with free legal advice by the…

Union Bosses Have Frequently Favored Schemes to Underfund Public Employee Pensions

In a column appearing in RealClearMarkets this past week (see the link below), Steven Malanga of the Manhattan Institute cites a new study by Moody’s finding that from 2004 to 2012 unfunded liabilities in America’s biggest government pension funds nearly…

Grant Leads to Union Organizing, Corruption

Subcontracted by a non-profit to enroll people in Affordable Care Act coverage, union workers ended up recruiting more union members. The whole scheme came to light when a union worker sued for unpaid overtime. Perry Chiaramonte has the story on…

Trumka Reveals Unprecedented Spending on State Elections

AFl-CIO President Richard Trumka intends on spending hundreds of millions of forced-dues dollars on the upcoming midterm elections, pouring more into state level races than before. Tom Hamburger has the story in the Washington Post. Union spending this election cycle…

“Union Official” Time

A new report published by the Office of Personnel Management reveals over $1.5 million of taxpayer money are spent paying federal workers to conduct union official business. Misnamed “official time,” the only aspect of the time that is “official” is…

A Reign of Terror Begins in Tennessee

Having lost a representation election bid at a Volkswagen plan in Tennessee, the UAW has begun aReign of Terrorat the Spring Hill plant in Right to Work Tennessee. Already an employee has been harassed and threatened for standing up for…

Forced Political Contributions?

This Washington Examiner editorial explores union bosses’ power to force workers into paying for politics they do not support. How would you react if your employer informed you he would be taking a modest cut from your paycheck each month…

UAW Desperate to Keep Michigan Members

If a union is working for its members, those members will not want to resign. If it is not working for its members, they should not have to jump through hoops in order to resign. United Auto Workers Local 600,…

If It’s Selective, Then It Isn’t Really ‘Majority Rule’

Under the principles of limited government espoused by the American Founding Fathers who wrote and approved our Constitution two-and-a-quarter centuries ago and most Americans today, public decisions are generally made by majority rule, but private decisions are not unless all…

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