Posts Tagged ‘union power’
Elon Musk & DOGE Should Eliminate the Arguably Illegal and Unquestionably Wasteful Racket of Union Official Time
Under the flimsy cover of Official Time, Big Labor gets a free pass to siphon off your money for their agenda.
Read MoreUnion Bosses Sue to Keep Records Hidden
Teacher and bus driver union officials have sued the Cherry Hill, Colorado district in order to keep disciplinary records hidden. The local 9News tv station requested the records after there have been more than 15, 000 school bus accidents in the past 5 years. Kevin Vaughn has the story on KUSA 9News Online. As part…
Read MoreRetaliation for Prosecuting Union Boss?
A Deputy District Attorney has been demoted in the wake of her proposal that prominent union boss John Dougherty be prosecuted for allegedly hitting a nonunion worker. David Gambacorta has the story in phillymag.com. Was a high-ranking member of the District Attorney’s Office demoted over a controversial investigation into Local 98 leader John “Johnny Doc”…
Read MoreUnion Boss Clashes with Nonunion Contractor
Nonunion contractor Joshua Keesee claims John J. Dougherty broke his nose and hit him in the eye in an incident on February 21 of this year. Dougherty, Business Manager for the notorious International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 98, is also a prominent Philadelphia politician who hashelpedmany politicians. Craig R. McCoy, Mark Fazlollah and Dylan…
Read MoreMore Official Time Cases in Pennsylvania
James Sherk and Nate Bohlander describe the case of the “missing” teacher. Missing from the classroom, that is, as this teacher currently takes care of union business full time but will enjoy all of the perksof a Pennsylvania teacher courtesy of the Pennsylvania taxpayer. This practice, known as “official” or “release” time, and is paid…
Read MoreUnion Bosses Finance Philly Mayoral Race
Union boss Johnny Dougherty, head of Local 98 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, demonstrates his influence on the Philadelphia mayoral election spending hundreds of thousands indues. Brooke Rogers has the story in National Review Online. Kenney’s margin of victory in the mayoral primary, which essentially guarantees a general-election win, would have been difficult,…
Read MoreUnions and Democrats
While public sector unions remain the largest contributors to the Democrat Party, they are costing the government more, leaving less for Democrat causes. Daniel Di Salvo has the story in The Daily Beast. Public sector unions create a genuine political conundrum for Democrats. On the one hand, they are genuinely powerful, and Democrats rely on…
Read MoreNAGE Union Benefits from Massive Payback
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick hustled 500 state jobs into the waiting arms of the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) two weeks before the 2014 elections. Details are scarce. Sharman Sacchetti ahs the story on My Fox Boston. The Patrick administration has released a list of the 500 managerial positions transferred into the state’s…
Read MoreUAW Coercion in Right to Work Michgan
UAW union officials are stepping up their coercion and intimidation tactics now that Michigan’s Right to Work Law is allowing all workers to choose whether they wish to accept union representation. Kathleen Sulkowski, represented with free legal advice by the National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation, is challenging the requirement that union…
Read MoreForced Political Contributions?
This Washington Examiner editorial explores union bosses’ power to force workers into paying for politics they do not support. How would you react if your employer informed you he would be taking a modest cut from your paycheck each month for his political action committee? What if he told you that if you try to…
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