The Hudson Institute on Tuesday released a report condemning some union pensions as being “Ponzi schemes” because a dwindling number of union members are paying into the plans while a growing number of retirees rely on the funds to meet … Continue reading
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President Obama will spend Labor Day alongside AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, the union announced Monday.
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As if Big Labor hasn’t already squeezed enough out of Congress with payoffs upon payoffs, they are now positioning themselves for one last-ditch effort to achieve the mother of all gifts, the job-killing Employee ‘Forced’ Choice Act (EFCA).
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Marco Rubio, the son of Cuban exiles and candidate for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, invoked the American dream during the weekly Republican address.
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As we move past Colorado’s primary election and begin the push to November, it’s clear that one of the defining issues for business — and for candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives — is the misleadingly named … Continue reading
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The much anticipated flood of special interest groups investing big dollars in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race is beginning to take shape.
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A bill involving “card check” unionizing for farmworkers has cleared the Legislature in California.
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Gov. Charlie Crist took six questions from the crowd at the AFL-CIO conference in Jacksonville Friday. Two of them were about the Employee Free Choice Act, which Crist could be voting on if he’s elected to the U.S. Senate.
Posted in Campaigns & Elections, EFCA