Big Labor must be in full panic mode. They lost their first Rust Belt state to right-to-work laws yesterday in Indiana. And today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports dismal numbers for the rate of unionization. How dismal? How about the rate is near zero. As Mickey Kaus reports at The Daily Caller, “The most significant number in the recent Bureau [...]

By Rick Manning — On Feb. 1, Indiana became the twenty third state in the nation to pass a right to work law, and the first in the formerly heavily unionized rust belt to do so. After signing the legislation, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels released a statement saying, “The only change will be a positive one.” “Indiana will improve still [...]

By Kevin Mooney — Fresh from his overwhelming re-election victory, Gov. Bobby Jindal has unveiled an audacious education reform agenda that built around an expanded school voucher program, new charter schools, a rigorous teacher evaluation system and a revamped tenure system. With the Louisiana state legislature set to go back into session this coming March, the governor is expected to [...]

By Kevin Mooney — While the Obama Administration continues to press hard on behalf of its benefactors within organized labor, there is a potential electoral earthquake brewing in California that may prove disruptive toward presidential political paybacks. On the ballot for voter consideration this fall, is the California Government Employee Pension Reform Act of 2012 set up to put public [...]

By Adam Bitely — Records have gone missing at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). A recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request sent to the NLRB by Americans for Limited Government (ALG) sought to obtain all federal records regarding a petition by various unions for the NLRB to issue rulemaking on the issue of members-only minority-union collective bargaining. ALG [...]

Go figure. The one group that organized coast to coast during the Obamacare debate to intimidate Americans to support the bill is also the one group getting out of it. According to a report in the Daily Caller, 543,812 workers who are members of labor unions have received waivers from Obamacare. Compare that to the 69,813 employees who work in [...]

By Bill Wilson — There’s a first time for everything. On Jan. 4, Barack Obama made four recess appointments: Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Sharon Block, Terence Flynn, and Richard Griffin to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In itself, that’s not unusual.  Recess appointments happen all the time in presidential administrations.  What was out of [...]

By Rebecca DiFede — Imagine someone broke into your home and stole several thousand dollars worth of your belongings, including your brand new car.  And then, when they were arrested, in addition to having to repay you monetarily for what they stole, they only got probation and a miniscule fine. You’d be pretty upset, right? Well apparently that is how [...]

By Rick Manning — Momentum is growing in the U.S. House of Representatives for legislation that would fundamentally reform the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), reining in power that has grown since it came into being in 1935. The NLRB has spent the past three years under increasing fire for one-sided legal rulings and prosecutions that have dramatically expanded the [...]

This is an excellent move by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina). Senator Graham is calling for an investigation to determine if the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and labor union collaborated on their attacks against businesses seeking favorable business environments free of Big Labor intimidation. From Senator Graham’s press release: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) is calling for a [...]