The NLRB’s Power Grab
By The Editors • National Review Why should a union representing workers who are not employees of McDonald’s be empowered to squeeze concessions out of McDonald’s?…
Scott Walker Signs Right-To-Work Into Law
The Wisconsin governor has created a template for busting unions By Matt Patterson • Washington Times Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is clearly running for president. He…
Labor’s Lackeys Stack the Deck But Workers Keep Leaving Unions
Private sector union membership peaked at nearly 36 percent of the workforce in the mid-1950s. It’s been downhill ever since. An unprecedented trend is reshaping the contemporary American workplace: U.S.…
Scott Walker’s Tough Decision on Indian Casinos and Unions
by George Landrith Summary: For years, a Wisconsin Indian tribe has tried to open a new casino hundreds of miles from its reservation. The controversy over the casino has encouraged…
Chattanooga Volkswagen workers reject the UAW
by Michael Barone It’s official: The United Auto Workers lost the representation vote at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant. The cleverly named nooga.com has the story. The vote was close: 89…
Court rules against unconstitutional recess appointments … again
A third federal appeals court ruled that President Obama’s recess appointments of three National Labor Relations Board members was unconstitutional. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals joined federal appeals…
Chicago Bled Dry by Striking Teachers’ Unions
by John Fund The smartest parents in Chicago right now are those whose kids attend charter schools, private schools, or parochial schools. Those institutions don’t employ Chicago’s unionized public-school teachers, who…