Tag: Unions

It’s good to be king–or at least the man who has to deny being one. In an interview with the leading Hispanic network Univision, President Barack Obama stated, “I think it’s important to remind everybody that, what I’ve said previously,

The heartbreaking gun violence the media chooses to ignore because there would be no political upside in reporting it, continues unabated in Obama’s Chicago — a city run only by Democrats and unions, and with some of the toughest gun

Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director John Morton. “Last year, I joined with my colleagues at a press conference with the top representatives of the nation’s rank-and-file immigration law

Mere hours after Breitbart News published an excerpt from an interview with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in which he speculated that President Barack Obama would “prefer a different kind of constitution,” one with a Bill of Rights based on the South

Border security is the only basis for Republican unity. Republicans are divided on all other particulars–path to citizenship, guest worker program, deportation, anchor babies, etc. As I’ve argued before, Republican strategy in the House should be to say “no” on

Despite the Obama administration’s best attempts to prop up failing private sector unions, the percentage of workers who now hold union membership plummeted from 11.8 percent in 2011 to 11.3 percent in 2012, reflecting the fact that unionization is obsolete

NATIONAL MALL, Washington DC–Crowds shuffled in throughout Monday morning and took their places around the National Mall for Barack Obama’s second inauguration as president of the United States. Color-coded tickets separated those who paid to be here from those who

Group of “teachers, parents, substitute teachers, after school instructors, youth workers and community activists” have formed an organization, Classroom Struggle, in Oakland to promote their anticapitalist agenda. It’s another example of the long term danger of the Occupy Wall Street,

The 2012 elections have forced conservatives into the role of a loyal opposition, at least in terms of national policy. With control of just the House, there is little opportunity for conservatives to do more than block the enactment of

Gov. Jerry Brown is telling everyone that California’s state budget problems are “fixed” and predicting surpluses for years to come. It’s become sort of a tradition for the state to make rosy budget predictions and to then make downward revisions

A decision issued today by the 7th circuit Court of Appeals says collective bargaining reforms passed by Governor Scott Walker will stand. Act 10 was the controversial reform law passed in Wisconsin in 2011 after weeks of protests and stalling

Mega retailer Wal-Mart says it will hire 100,000 newly discharged veterans over the next five years and will buy an additional $50 billion worth of U.S.-made products over the next ten years. The new effort, said Wal-Mart U.S. Chief Executive

On Monday, the New Jersey state Senate, in a party-line vote, passed a bill that would exclude construction workers who are not a part of a union from doing work related to Hurricane Sandy cleanup and reconstruction in the state. 

(AP) Obama Cabinet shuffle taking shapeBy KEN THOMAS and SAM HANANELAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe composition of President Barack Obama’s second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president’s team deciding to stay

(AP) Gay marriage floor vote postponed in Ill. SenateBy JOHN O’CONNOR and SARA BURNETTThe Associated PressSPRINGFIELD, Ill.Hopes that Illinois could quickly become the 10th state in the nation to legalize gay marriage bogged down Thursday when the bill’s Democratic supporters

California Gov. Jerry Brown, following in the footsteps of his compadre in the White House, is now intent on redistributing the public wealth – in education. Brown hasn’t released the details of his plan, but he has stated that he

Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr.’s wife Sandi, a Chicago alderman, was called a traitor to the community by local grassroots activist Mack Glover. Glover’s accusation came during a December meeting about the housing and foreclosure problems in the black communities of

President Barack Obama is encouraging legislators in his home state of Illinois to legalize gay marriage this week, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The state only just established civil unions earlier in this legislative term. “While the president does not

While politicians have kept the focus on the fiscal cliff and displaced anger toward law-abiding citizens who own guns, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) was able to quietly overturn longstanding precedents to give unions some Christmas gifts that will

On Thursday, the California Supreme Court upheld two state laws allowing labor unions to picket on privately owned property.  Justice Joyce L. Kennard justified the state’s interference in protests on private property because “the state’s interest in promoting collective bargaining

There’s something rotten in the $1.1 billion settlement Toyota reached in a federal court yesterday to settle claims about unintended acceleration in its cars. The massive payout does not address an actual problem: the lawsuit blames problems with Toyota’s throttle-control

Winter came early to Washington, as “Plan B” failed in the House. Stubborn Republicans, along with equally obtuse Democrats, refused to grant tax increases even on those earning a million dollars. While Mr. Obama will celebrate the disjointedness of Republicans,