Tag: Unions

New York City Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio has only been in office for a short time, but already he is starting to look like a lame duck. A year ago, nobody would take a call from de Blasio, but

The leader of a super PAC that is using donations from labor unions to wage war on the Tea Party went on MSNBC to say that Sen. Ted Cruz should leave the Republican party.  Former Rep. Steven LaTourette is a

On Monday, UAW President Bob King, embittered at his union’s 712 to 626 loss in Friday’s election among workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, blamed Tennessee Republican politicians for the stinging defeat. King told MSNBC’s Ed Schultz, “Sen. [Bob] Corker

In his latest video release, investigative journalist James O’Keefe of Project Veritas calls Battleground Texas “the new ACORN.” O’Keefe and his team recorded Jennifer Longoria, a field organizer for Battleground Texas, apparently instructing volunteers to copy, unlawfully, the telephone numbers

Despite the many times the White House has pointed to the CBO as proof that Obama’s policies are working, the administration pushed back against this week’s report that claimed that a hike in the minimum wage would kill jobs. On

Real Clear Politics (RCP) has referred to New York State as “Ground Zero” in the national debate about Common Core, and it is an apt title given the vociferous battles among all the key players–the governor, the State Board of

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union, long an institution in the American automotive industry, may no longer focus on automobile workers in the wake of its stunning rejection by Volkswagen workers last week in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Instead, the union may

On Friday, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, TN dealt a major blow to the United Auto Workers (UAW) and to Big Labor in general when they voted 712-626 to reject the union. The loss is only the latest setback for the

As a public school educator in Louisiana who is opposed to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), I participated in a panel discussion on February 4th for the West St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce. The panel was composed of two

In an op-ed in USA Today Wednesday, Bill Gates writes that the Common Core State Standards are to be “commended” because they will “improve education for millions of students” and that arguments against the standards are “shrouded in myths.” After

The remarkable victory by Kevin Faulconer in the special election for San Diego mayor on Tuesday–by a margin of nine points, far more than almost anyone had expected–raises questions about the state of the Republican Party in California. If the

Tennessee Republicans, who control a two-thirds supermajority in the state legislature and essentially govern alone, have warned Volkswagen that if the United Auto Workers (UAW) win an election this week to represent VW’s new plant in Chattanooga, the company cannot

On Wednesday, workers at Volkswagen’s new plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee will vote on whether they wish to be represented by the United Auto Workers (UAW), the union that critics say brought the American auto industry to its knees. Auto manufacturing,

In law school, students are often told: “Hard cases make bad law.” That is, drawing general principles from the most complex cases may not always be a good idea. In the same way, the California drought could offer a new

A consortium of liberal groups and labor unions are pressuring Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to change Senate rules on filibustering beyond the nuclear option. They argue the additional changes will speed up the confirmation of President Obama’s judicial