Labor Unions

How about worker and management?  Is it possible to straddle both sides of the line? Well, it appears Wayne Goodwin is trying to do so.  Goodwin, who is the Democratic ... Keep Reading

Looks like the SEIU is back to its old ways of using forcibly taken membership dues and converting them to PAC dollars -- this time, using a little creative financing to apparently ... Keep Reading

According to this article in the NY Sun, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is underfunded in its pension fund for dues-paying union members, but is over-funded for ... Keep Reading

In an earlier post, there was a description of the House Local Government II Committee meeting that considered and rejected a union backed bill, SB 1271 - Firefighter/EMS Payroll ... Keep Reading

Despite the millions of dollars pumped into North Carolina campaigns and an intensive lobbying effort by national unions to weaken North Carolina’s labor laws, voters ... Keep Reading

The House Local Government II Committee was packed on the morning of Wednesday, June 17th when members debated the merits of SB 1271.  This bill was being sold by lobbyists ... Keep Reading

Only in the world of unions does less that one-forth of employees voting for a union give approval for the union. Take the recent results in Colorado, where the Governor ... Keep Reading

As the General Assembly continues to debate giving collective bargaining rights to public employees, the first step in the process is apparently moving through the Senate next ... Keep Reading

A story so good, I wish I was making it up. WRAL has a brief story here. For the REAL scoop, please see Under the Dome's excellent series of blog posts beginning here, and ... Keep Reading

Today, a coalition of unions will march on the General Assembly to demand the passage of HB 1583 which would allow for collective bargaining for public employees (teachers and ... Keep Reading