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Good News?

March 24, 2009 - 00:00
Take it with a grain of salt, but some Big Labor activists appear to be nervous about “Democrat defections” on the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill. The liberal Huffington Post quotes a union lobbyist as saying:
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Eye on the Prize

March 23, 2009 - 00:00
Taking the secret ballot away from workers so they can be identified, pressured and coerced into forming a union is a primary goal of the union bosses, but don’t forget — it isn’t the only goal.
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Nelson Targeted

March 22, 2009 - 00:00
Big Labor has let the cat out of the bag. Their strategy is simple — get supporters to vote to move the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill to the floor of the Senate and they will get a free pass if they oppose the measure. Why?
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Card Check Forced Unionism: "Bad for Economy"

March 21, 2009 - 00:00
The Oklahoman newspaper takes aim at the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill:
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Threats, Fear, and Intimidation

March 20, 2009 - 00:00
How does Big Labor plan to pass the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill through the Senate? With threats, coercion and intimidation.
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Big Labor Lobbyists Payoff?

March 20, 2009 - 00:00
Was the new U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, built four years late and $350 million over budget, a payoff to Big Labor lobbyists? A Washington Times commentary by former U.S. Department of Labor senior counselor Nick Geale provides some insight.
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Union Bosses or Workers

March 19, 2009 - 00:00
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) has a choice to make. He can stand with the workers of his state, or the union bosses. It’s that simple.
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SEIU Boss Scrutinized by Feds

March 19, 2009 - 00:00
Another union boss of the besieged Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is under federal scrutiny.
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Save Our Secret Ballot

March 19, 2009 - 00:00
From ground zero in Big Labor country — Detroit, Michigan — the Detroit News demands that Congress save the secret ballot:
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Depression Era Facts

February 23, 2009 - 01:00
Big Labor advocates like to cite the big government spending programs of the Depression-era as the panacea for what ails us today. But Mark Mix, the President of the National Right to Work Committee, looks at the facts.
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Bad Note

February 22, 2009 - 01:00
The Pueblo Chieftain in Colorado refuses to sing to Big Labor’s tune:
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Police Union Boss in Deep Trouble

February 21, 2009 - 01:00
Prosecutors have charged the former head of the Milwaukee Police officers Union, Bradley DeBraska, with misappropriation of entity identifying information and forgery.
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Delta Queen Sinks

February 20, 2009 - 01:00
For refusing to unionize the employees of the Delta Queen, an historic U.S. landmark, the Seafarers International Union used its political muscle to sink the ship’s business.
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Card Check Scam: Assault on Democrat Values

February 19, 2009 - 01:00
The Waco Tribune hits the nail on the head:
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Says It All

February 18, 2009 - 01:00
After spending more than a billion dollars in forced union dues to ensure his election, President Obama repaid the favor by repealing executive orders, helping speed coercive union organizing.
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SEIU Boss Cooperates with Feds

February 17, 2009 - 01:00
Another day, another SEIU (Service Employees International Union) scandal.
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SEIU Apparatchik Resigns

February 16, 2009 - 01:00
A high-ranking Midwest officer of the Service Employees International Union [SEIU], who had been serving as trustee of a financially troubled local, has resigned after being accused of billing the labor organization for $9,000 in personal expenses.
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Union Households Know Card Check Bill Will End Privacy; Cost Jobs

February 16, 2009 - 01:00
A new national survey of voters released . . . [January 26, 2009] by the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) shows opposition coming from an unlikely source — union households.
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