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In an April 20 post, I referenced data from the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation and from the U.S. Commerce Department to show that, in 2011, state and local taxes combined consumed 10.7% of personal income in the 28 states that…
UPMC employees, beware of card check Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, April 21, 2014 This is where the SEIU’s theatrics come in. The SEIU and its allies have repeatedly attacked UPMC in an apparent effort to force management to agree to a card…
Tennessee’s Chattanooga Volkswagen plant workers won a victory as the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) certifed election results from a February vote which rejected representation by the United Auto Workers union. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys represented…
Riker McKenzie and Daryl Willburn, both of International Longshoremans Association Local 33, have both filed charges alleging the other assaulted him. Kevin Rector has the story in the Baltimore Sun. Riker “Rocky” McKenzie, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association Local…
Once again, the courts have upheld Wisconsin Act 10. Government employee unions in the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and Dane County do not have a constitutional right to monopoly bargaining. Reuters has the story. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of…
Taken in conjunction with personal income data supplied by the U.S. Commerce Department, data from a report on “Tax Freedom Day 2014” published by the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation early this month show that federal, state and local taxes consume…
Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty Flouts IRS List Demand New American, April 18, 2015 “There is no legitimate reason for the IRS to know who donates to Campaign for Liberty,” the organization’s Communications Director Megan Stiles told the Washington…