Who is the more believable articulator of Obama/Biden’s coal policy?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  July 19th at 11:00 AM  | 

Leo Gerard, the (Canadian) president of the United Steelworkers union? (Via Obama spokesflack @BenLaBolt) Mr. Obama is committed to protecting clean air and clean water for our families while also helping the coal industry. Or would it be… actually, hold on a second. WHO ASKED foreign-born and foreign-national union leader Gerard his opinion on the 2012 American Presidential election? WHY did the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette avoid | Read More »

Union Bosses Applaud Obama’s Unconstitutional Appointments to Union-Controlled NLRB

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 4th at 11:30 PM  | 

On Wednesday afternoon, the current President of the United States did what may be described as an unconstitutional end run around the United States Senate by “recess appointing” three nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (as well as to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) even though the Senate is not in recess. Notwithstanding the CFPB appointment, Obama’s seating of the three NLRB appointees—two of whom are | Read More »

The AFL-CIO’s Orwellian Boss To Occupy Wall St. Protesters: Daddy loves you, kids…

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 1st at 07:00 PM  | 

A: Today’s union bosses. Earlier this week, led by the 38,000 member TWU Local 100, several New York unions (including three large New York  SEIU locals and the United Federation of Teachers) pledged their support to the Occupy Wall Street protesters.  The union plan, so far, is to march on October 5th from Zuccotti Park (where 200-300 Wall Street protesters have been camping since September 17th) | Read More »