Construction Union Bosses Agree To 10-Year Wage Freezes To Keep Dues Flowing To Union Contractors

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  April 12th at 04:45 PM  | 

Although unions are notoriously uncompetitive in the construction industry and union bosses negotiating wage freezes may make some sense in a bad economy, ten years’ worth of wage freezes seems extraordinarily long.

At least is seems long until one realizes that Michigan union bosses got what they want out of the contracts–the ability to collect union dues in a Right-to-Work state for another ten years and to use those dues to subsidize union contractors.

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Rick Snyder mousetraps Michigan Right To Work opponents.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 29th at 02:30 PM  | 

Hey, do you want to see what it looks like to have your planned judicial delaying tactics trip, fall, and face-plant before it even clears the door? …Yeah, sorry about the metaphor, but sometimes the convoluted ones are really the only ones that fit. Case in point: Opponents of the state’s new right-to-work law promised a challenge of the controversial bill that passed the lame-duck | Read More »

So, Unions Mislead About Income Effects Of Right-To-Work States? Shocking!

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 28th at 04:00 PM  | 

Union bosses and their union-bought politicians insist that Right-to-Work laws mean Right-to-Work for less.

While it makes for a great sound byte, the union claim requires a deeper examination.

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Smokers Are Singled Out in Obamacare Rate Hikes

By: Brad Jackson (Diary)  |  January 28th at 10:03 AM  | 

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech discuss the premium spikes smokers will see under Obamacare, where medical malpractice reform efforts have helped access to care and healthcare’s coming two-tier system.

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Unchanged: Americans Are Still Fleeing High-Tax, Forced-Unionism States With Good Reason

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 3rd at 07:30 PM  | 

The fact that forced-union states have been losing taxpayers shouldn’t come as a surprise. The trend has been occurring for decades. Year after year, taxpayers are merely moving to where there is a more favorable climate–both literally and figuratively.

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Dog Bites Man. Man Bites Back: The UAW’s King made Michigan’s Right-To-Work bed.

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 13th at 10:00 PM  | 

As union bosses–like Teamsters’ boss Jimmy P. Hoffa–begin to see their financial coffers dwindle next year, they shouldn’t blame Republicans for Michigan’s “civil war.”

It was the UAW’s Bob King who fired the first shot.

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Breaking: Union thug violence towards right-to-work supporters in Michigan.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 11th at 01:30 PM  | 

Charming: Unions tore down AFP tent at MI capitol, with elderly trapped underneath, while chanting “This is what democracy looks like.” #thankaunion! — Adam Nicholson (@acnicholson) December 11, 2012 Here’s a picture of the former tent in question. The AFP tent in ribbons after an attack by a union thug. twitter.com/AdamGabbatt/st… #righttowork — Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) December 11, 2012 Moral of the story, besides the | Read More »

Michigan Madness: Thousands Plan To Lay Siege On State Capitol On Tuesday Over Right-To-Work

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 9th at 10:41 PM  | 

Today’s unions are not about freedom of choice, they are about power and politics. On Tuesday, Samuel Gompers’ principles of voluntarism will once again be cast aside as unions and their allies protest to continue their right to force payment from workers.

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Breaking: Right-to-Work legislation passes Michigan State House.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 6th at 05:30 PM  | 

The Monroe News has reported that the legislation (part of House Bill 4054) just (4:45 PM) passed 58-52 in the state house, and will now go to the State Senate (I’m being told that the Senate will vote on this legislation within five business days).  Governor Rick Snyder (R) has already indicated that he will sign the legislation if it gets to his desk; given | Read More »

Michigan to be scene of the Right-to-Work War of 2013?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 4th at 05:00 PM  | 

It’s an interesting situation up there in Michigan: as the Detroit News rather sourly notes, the Republicans control the legislature and the governorship, while the extremely-Big Labor-friendly Proposal 2 went down in flames (58/42, not that the Detroit News wanted to mention that statistic). This opens up the possibility of right-to-work legislation being introduced in either the current or the next state legislative turn; it | Read More »

Tech at Night: More on Republican support of the Marketplace Fairness Act

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  September 1st at 02:00 AM  | 

Governors Robert Bentley, Mitch Daniels, Dennis Daugaard, Bill Haslam, Paul LePage, Rick Snyder, and Tom Corbett are part of push for the Marketplace Fairness act. I’ve come across a July letter to John Boehner, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, and Nancy Pelosi. I find it odd they’d do so now, unless they think they have no chance under a potential Republican Congress. Could that be the case? I wonder.

And yes, those are all Republican governors, some of whom were part of the 2010 landslide. It’s only Republicans I’m seeing back MFA, not Democrats. Democrats are fine with just passing new taxes or raising old ones. They aren’t as hard up to maximize collections of old taxes as Republicans are.

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. . . When?

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 10th at 04:47 AM  | 

Yesterday I asked if not now, when do we get to hold Republicans accountable. It is mind numbingly infuriating to get some of the bellyaching from people that, in effect, we never can. I disagree. I know most of you do too. Right now, here are six congress critters we can annihilate in Republican primaries. The alternative candidates to them are far more conservative. If | Read More »

Freedom’s Slate

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 5th at 04:46 AM  | 

On this Independence Day, it is time to focus on improving the crop of Republican congressmen by examining some of the remaining Republican primaries. Want the GOP to stand up to Barack Obama? Tired of the GOP cutting deals? Want to make sure the GOP doesn’t back out of full and complete repeal of Obamacare if they sweep in November? Then you absolutely must support | Read More »

Freedom’s Slate: Who to Support to Give the GOP Some Testicular Fortitude

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  July 4th at 06:30 AM  | 

On this Independence Day, it is time to focus on improving the crop of Republican congressmen by examining some of the remaining Republican primaries. Want the GOP to stand up to Barack Obama? Tired of the GOP cutting deals? Want to make sure the GOP doesn’t back out of full and complete repeal of Obamacare if they sweep in November? Then you absolutely must support | Read More »

The Next in Our Dump Upton Series

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  May 22nd at 02:55 PM  | 

“I have said at nearly every climate change hearing that for me I don’t dispute the science.  Right or wrong, the debate over the modeling and science appears to be over.” Guess who said that?  While those comments appear similar to the sentiments expressed by the likes of Al Gore, it was actually Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton who said it during a | Read More »