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In Camden, Not Fighting Crime Pays

The situation with police union officials in Camden, New Jersey, just keeps getting worse. NILRR previously reported on the mayor’s decision to make union officials actually work as officers in order to alleviate the rank and file officers’ being overworked.…

Greater Union Density = Bigger Government

The huge cost of public unions   In an op-ed published a few days ago in the New York Daily News, California Polytechnic State University economics professor Michael Marlow reports on research he recently completed that found “a solid empirical…

Michigan “Protect Our Jobs” Amendment Only Protects Union Jobs

Vincent Vernuccio explains how Michigan’s Project Our Jobs Amendment wouldmakeMichigan the first state to be completely controlled by unions: The proposed amendment states: “No existing or future law of the state or its political subdivisions shall abridge, impair or limit…

AFL-CIO PR Flack Lashes Out at Book Author

You Are Now Entering the Mallory Factor Spin Zone http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/#48762499   Union kingpins are getting huffy about the success of Shadowbosses, the new book by journalist, editor and academic Mallory Factor and attorney Elizabeth Factor (the two are spouses). Shadowbosses investigates how…

Teacher Union Czars’ Anti-Right to Work Crusade Hurts Teachers

Right-to-Work Laws Increase Poverty, Decrease Productivity | NEA … Right to Work States Benefit From Faster Growth – National Institute … State Characteristics: Median Age and Age by Sex … – Census Bureau  State Characteristics: Median Age and Age by Sex … – Census Bureau Top bosses of the National…

Government Union Bosses Target Nevada’s Beleaguered Private Sector

Unions push a new tax on Nevadans – Las Vegas Review-Journal Government union bosses wield a lot of clout in Right to Work Nevada. In 2011, according to an analysis by labor economists Barry Hirsch and David Macpherson, 47.1% of public…

Mallory Factor’s “Shadowbosses” Predicts Taxpayers’ Future

Mark Tapscott, Executive Editor for the Washington Examiner,  reveals the story behind Mallory Factor’s groundbreaking new book about government employee unions.  His review invites speculation as to whether government employee union bosses are really shadow bosses, or whether they actually…

AFL-CIO Blog Counts on Readers Not to Look at the Links It Furnishes

American Crossroads President Falsely Claims Unions … – AFL-CIO   For decades, poor-mouthing union officials and supposedly nonpartisan monitors of political spending like the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) have fostered a false impression that Big Labor spends less on politics…

At Least The Lawyer Will Serve Jail Time

The State Thruway Workers’ Union president blasted a former union attorney for the theft of money from union workers. Union bosses routinely get away with collecting dues from workers without their permission every day, with no punishment. At least the…

Unions, Democrats Gang up on Iowa Congressman Steve King

Maggie Haberman, Politico.com, reports:       The labor union AFSCME, along with SEIU and the pro-Democratic candidate House Majority PAC, are pooling resources for a $400,000, four-week ad buy against Iowa Rep. Steve King, officials said. King is facing a challenge from…

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