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Last week’s announcement from the National Center for Health Statistics that the number of births in the U.S. fell for the sixth year in a row has been recognized by a number of commentators of varying political stripes as a…
Rep. Chris Kapenga speaks with Nick Novak of the MacIver Institute about his plans to introduce a Right To Work bill in Wisconsin. “To me it is the single most important thing we can do to help move this economy…
New Jersey public sector pension funds are in trouble, now predicted to go broke in 10 years. John Reitmeyer and Melissa Hayes have the story in northjersey.com. [Governor Chris] Christie Christie believes these new figures, called “depletion dates” by analysts.…
Jason Hart, Ohio Watchdog, examines how WalMart obtained an injunction against union officials and paid agitators from demonstating in their stores, disrupting legitimate business. Hart also comments on other news media playing downunionparticipation in the protests. In a Nov. 24…
From the Office of Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) comes another report on your tax dollars at work – union work, as a matter of fact. The report’s findings are sobering. In the ten agencies sampled by GAO, official time hours…
Union Organizers, Not Actual Employees, Turn Out for Walmart Black Friday Protests My Freedom Foundation Online, December 3, 2014 Many of the same individuals appear repeatedly in the photos. All told, it appears that about 17 different individuals participated in…
Chris Kapenga, of Delafield, Wisconsin, is set to introduce a Right to Work when the legislature convenes in January. Todd Richmond has the story on Fox News. A Republican lawmaker promised Tuesday to introduce a right-to-work bill, prompting warnings…
The Laborers International Union ofNorth America (LIUNA) officials and union members currently find themselves at odds with its parent federation, the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the country. In 2005, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), Service Employees…
Dignity Health Medical Group hired a nonunion contractor to expand one of its hospitals in Clark County, Nevada. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 357 officials responded with a smear tactic campaign. Dignity hasfiled a lawsuit against the local’s officials.…