By Fred Wszolek Fasten your seatbelts. We could be in for one of the most impactful, if not the most consequential, Supreme Court cases in generations. It’s the little known Unite Here Local 355 vs. Mulhall case which might end up packing … Continue reading
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By Fred Wszolek Big Labor spent so big in favor of President Obama’s campaigns that we’re still trying to put our hands around it. But, for the guy in the White House, that’s not such a hard thing to do. Eventually, Big Labor … Continue reading
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By WFI Staff Now in week two of a federal budget impasse that’s left the government shut down, the Obama Administration is already playing games with the payroll. In what can only be described as blatant payback, Obama is allowing federal … Continue reading
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Somehow, amid Washington’s budget battles and government showdown, the Obama White House was able to find a $320 million bailout for bankrupt Detroit. But what about so many other cities in similar tough spots? Detroit, remember, is no ordinary city. And, this … Continue reading
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By WFI Staff On the fifth Anniversary of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the day marked as the beginning of the massive financial meltdown we all know as the Great Recession, you’ll hear quite a bit from union bosses about the “one percent.” It’s … Continue reading
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By WFI Staff It was supposed to be the start of something fresh and new for Big Labor. But, no one could have scripted a worse week. On Monday, union chiefs were converging on the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles, … Continue reading
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by WFI Staff When you hear the term “labor peace,” you might think of some wonderful or harmonious state of existence in which Big Labor bosses and the employers they target can get along. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Labor … Continue reading
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As members of the venerable AFL-CIO converge on Los Angeles for their annual Big Labor pow wow, union bosses will attempt to fire up their beleaguered supporters with a long list of grievances against everyone from politicians in Washington to … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, afl-cio convention, Barack Obama, Big Labor, Department of Labor, labor movement, los angeles, President Obama, Richard Trumka, secretary treasurer, Union Bosses, Unions, wages, White House