SEIU Front Group: America is a ‘Dangerous Idea’…Attacks Continue on America’s Tea Party Movement

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 30th at 09:59 PM  | 

Are the leaders of the purple behemoth known as the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) opposed to America’s founding principles? Are America’s founders “extremists” to people like Andy Stern and Anna Burger? When you start to add up the evidence, it certainly appears so. The SEIU is the same union… that ‘declared war’ last year on America’s Tea Party movement… that spent nearly $1 million dollars | Read More »

Andy Stern’s Purple Shorts Turned Brown Tonight

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 19th at 10:51 PM  | 

$214,000 of his SEIU members money:  Wasted. $685,000 more of his SEIU members’ money: Wasted. 300 pairs of purple jack-boots sent to Mass for GOTV:  Wasted. Seeing Andy Stern’s own members campaigning for the opposition:  PRICELESS   America’s de facto Labor Party received a serious setback tonight: Brown will give Republicans a 41st seat in the Senate, robbing Democrats of the filibuster-proof majority the party had used to pass | Read More »

Brown Leads: Union Bosses’ Reign of Error May Suffer Fatal Blow Next Tuesday

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 15th at 01:24 PM  | 

Unions and their de-facto labor party political puppets [read: Democrats] are freaking out right now!  They know that their Reign of Error may come to a crashing halt next Tuesday. The Senate Special Election in Massachusetts next Tuesday is not going their way and, while the AFL-CIO sends its shock troops and the SEIU’s attack ads and purple shirts flood the Bay state, GOP candidate | Read More »

“Cadillac Tax” Exemption: Union bosses get a deal while the rest of America gets screwed.

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 13th at 09:08 PM  | 

Apparently, the fix was in when union bosses’ met in a closed door meeting at the White House on Monday and had a follow-up meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday.  Unions bosses were reportedly able to get an exemption for collectively-bargained health care plans from the so-called ”cadillac tax.” According to Congress Daily: Unions tentatively struck a deal Tuesday to exempt collectively bargained healthcare plans from | Read More »

Obama Backs SEIU’s Becker, Labor Union Shorts & EFCA Update

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 7th at 06:14 PM  | 

A hearty Happy New Year to you! Besides some breaking news and an EFCA update, we offer you our first 2010 edition of Labor Union Shorts. First, this… BREAKING: Becker to be Re-Nominated… President Obama’s radical union nominee to the National Labor Relations Board, Craig Becker (who is Assistant General Counsel to both the AFL-CIO and the SEIU) had his nomination rejected by the Senate | Read More »

98% of Workers Vote to Give SEIU an ‘Old School A** Whooping’ …

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 19th at 04:41 PM  | 

UPDATED: When given a choice, ninety-eight percent of workers chose to give the Union of Purple People Eaters (formally known as the SEIU) a good ‘old school a** whooping.’ National Union of Healthcare Workers soundly defeated the SEIU, but the margin of workers wanting no union was close. Results are not yet final. An upstart union challenging the giant Service Employees International Union won a plurality Friday | Read More »

The SEIU & Obama’s ‘Jobs Summit’: How much influence will the Queen of Labor have?

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 2nd at 11:03 PM  | 

Behind every man, there is a woman… Behind every king, there is a queen… Behind SEIU boss Andy Stern, there is Anna Burger. Who is Anna Burger? She’s the less public face of the Union of Purple People Eaters (aka the Service Employees International Union). But her less-public profile should not fool you. She is as every bit as powerful (and perhaps moreso) than her | Read More »

Will Union Bosses Use Obama’s Job Summit to Push Job-Destroying Legislation?

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 30th at 02:17 AM  | 

With unemployment reaching 10.2% and likely to rise over the coming year, the Obama administration is getting desperate to show that it can reverse the rising unemployment and the President’s falling poll numbers. As Politico notes: It’s one of the oldest tricks in the presidential playbook: when you want to focus attention on an issue, hold a meeting and call it a “summit.” President Barack | Read More »

Will Unions’ Billion Dollars Buy Exemption from Obama’s Crackdown on Lobbyists?

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 27th at 11:20 PM  | 

The Obama administration is giving lobbyists the boot, according to the Washington Post, in an effort to reduce their influence in Washington. No, really. It’s not a joke. The Washington Post says it’s the case. Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street’s influence | Read More »

AFL-CIO Top Boss and SEIU’s King & Queen Dine at the White House

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 25th at 12:14 AM  | 

Described as the ‘hottest ticket in town,’ an impressive, star-studded list attended President Obama’s first state dinner at the White House. According to ABC News, “fewer than 400 lucky guests received the official invitation.” Among the guest list of dignitaries, luminaries and Hollywood bigwigs were a trio that, under ordinary circumstances, might go unnoticed were it not for their nefarious influence on this Administration. The | Read More »