organized labor

    Unions Big Loser in Arkansas Primary

    By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  June 14th at 02:52 PM  | 

    At Human Events, I have an editorial today on the multi-million dollar gamble organized labor made on Bill Halter’s ill-fated primary challenge to Blue Dog Senator Blanche Lincoln: For Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Tuesday’s victory was bittersweet: She narrowly secured her party’s nomination, though head-to-head polls indicate she will lose six of every ten general election voters to her Republican challenger in November. But for organized | Read More »

    How Does Obama Keep A Straight Face?

    By: Dave Poff (haystack) (Diary)  |  May 3rd at 05:17 PM  | 

    Barack Obama seems to believe that Unions are not “special interest” groups. Either that, or he really believes we’re just too stupid to understand what he says and pay attention – over time – to what he actually does. In his Book “Audacity of Hope” then-Junior Senator Obama had an interesting comment about Unions (via OnTheIssues.Org) [emphasis mine]: The leaders of service workers unions broke | Read More »