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Desperately seeking waivers: Union disgruntlement with Obamacare spreading
**Written by Doug Powers Last month, a 22,000 member United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers — the same one that endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 and lobbied for passage of Obamacare — called for the repeal of the Affordable Care Act. The list of those unions who are starting to realize […]
WH visitors log shows Obama met with IRS union chief day before agency began tea party targeting
Coincidences aplenty
Union that supported passage of Obamacare now calls for its repeal
Awakenings
Hurting for revenue, the US Postal Service is launching a line of… apparel
Budget GAP
Port strike alert: Big Labor abandons talks, ILA walks out on NY/NJ negotiations
Well, I hate to say I told you so, but… The very latest from the East Coast/Gulf Coast port strike scene is that the International Longshoremen’s Association has walked out of federal mediation talks. According to Joe Bonney of the Journal of Commerce, “ILA walked out of NY-NJ local contract talks today, objecting to proposed […]
Thuggery: Chicago Teachers Union president jokes about murdering wealthy people
Remember Karen Lewis? She’s Chicago thuggery personified. I introduced you to her last September when she spearheaded the abandonment of 350,000 schoolchildren over merit-based pay, teacher evaluations, and a 16 percent pay raise: Derision is her specialty. Her tirades at teachers’ confabs are infamous. Don’t feel sorry for her when she moans about Mayor Rahm […]
Port strike update: 48 hours from a waterfront cliff; Update: 30-day reprieve
Scroll down for latest updates… We’re two days away from the long-planned East/Gulf Coast port strike. My most recent column on the Big Labor agitation exposed the archaic work practices and corrupt waterfront rackets at issue. Here’s the very latest: Florida’s Gov. Rick Scott is calling on President Obama to intervene: Governor Rick Scott is […]
What the Looming Port Strike Is Really About
As I’ve been reporting over the last year (see full archive links below), the Big Labor and Occupy goons have long been agitating to shut down the nation’s ports. The “Days of Rage” opened in July and September 2011 in Longview, Wa., where ILWU leaders stormed the port, sabotaged rail lines, kidnapped guards, and dumped […]
Update on ‘the hot dog guy’
Back in business
Heckuva job: Michigan union thugs destroyed hot dog vendor’s cart
This is small business owner Clint Tarver of Lansing, Michigan. He was caught in the violent chaos that erupted when union thugs attacked the Americans for Prosperity tent on the capitol grounds yesterday during the right-to-work debate. His hot dog stand was destroyed. Velvet Hammer reports that the thugs shouted “Uncle Tom” and “nigger” at […]
“There Will Be Blood”: Union Violence in the Age of Obama
Yesterday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder signed right-to-work legislation into law. The death threats against him are pouring in. The Left is blaming the conservative victims of union violence, as usual. The progressive climate of hate is always our fault. Today’s column sets the Democrats’ call for blood in the context of Obama-era union violence and […]
Big Labor targets only non-union resort/casino in Las Vegas; Plus: countering the demonization of the 1 percent
Photo source: ImagesofVegas.com Photo source: Venetian Las Vegas Photo source: @michellemalkin These are pictures of the amazing Salute Our Troops event from the Venetian/Palazzo last weekend. I’ll tell you more about it in a moment. But first, a little about the place. The workforce at Sheldon Adelson’s Venetian/Palazzo resort and casino in Las Vegas is […]
Video gallery of union thuggery in Michigan; Updated
New tone, same as the old tone, part 999,999,999. 1.”Watch as an individual in a hard hat throws an object at Michigan State Police Troopers trying to retrieve a supporter of the Freedom to Work legislation from the hostile crowd.” 2. “Union thug cursing and threatening just before they rushed & tore down the tent.” […]
Fighting for the freedom to work without coercion; Update: Dem threatens “There will be blood”
“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” – Thomas Jefferson Right to Work laws protect the right of employees to choose for themselves whether or not to join or financially support a union. Longtime readers of my work know that I’ve been […]
Teacher ‘sick out’ for right-to-work protest closes some Michigan schools
Lesson plans
Hey, Fat Cat Unions: Pay Your “Fair Share”
Hey, Fat Cat Unions: Pay Your “Fair Share” by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 Message for wealth-bashing millionaire actor Ed Asner: Man up and take responsibility for lying to America’s schoolchildren. Confronted by a producer for Fox News Channel’s “The Sean Hannity Show” this week, the left-wing celebrity claimed he couldn’t remember “a thing […]
West Coast port strike ends; East/Gulf Coast port strikes still loom
Eight days and billions of dollars in lost trade later, the L.A./Long Beach port strike has come to an end. After a day of federal mediation, the ILWU clerical workers agreed to a tentative settlement. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said federal mediators from Washington DC had helped broker a tentative agreement reached during Tuesday night. “The […]
Port strike update: L.A./Long Beach shutdown heads to federal mediation
Here’s the latest update on Big Labor’s long-planned manufactured chaos at our West Coast ports. The two sides are headed toward federal mediation after 8 days of ILWU-sponsored havoc on the economy: Both sides in the strike that has crippled the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have agreed to federal mediation, L.A. Mayor […]
Port strike update: SoCal at a standstill, shippers moves to Mexico, retailers beg Obama for help
In case you missed it last week during the holiday, I discussed the port strike chaos on the Cavuto show and pointed out that shippers were redirecting traffic to Mexico. As the L.A./Long Beach port strike drags on this week, southern California is losing even more business. One container ship laden with goods to be […]
Port strike watch: ILWU’s shutdown spreads across L.A. and Long Beach
Gee, maybe people are finally paying attention. After warning of the catastrophic consequences of the long-planned Big Labor chaos at our nation’s ports for more than a year, I’m finally not the only one talking about it. As I told you yesterday, the ILWU clerks’ union brought L.A.’s busiest pier to a standstill. And now, […]
Port strike update: L.A.’s busiest pier shut down by ILWU
Here’s the latest development in the manufactured Big Labor chaos at our ports. Loyal readers know I’ve been tracking the union-fomented, Occupy-supported agitation on the East Coast, West Coast, and Gulf Coast over the past year. Today, striking clerks shut down the busiest Port of Los Angeles pier: About 70 clerical workers struck Tuesday against […]
Wal-Mart vs. the Mob
Wal-Mart vs. the Mob by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2012 Black Friday always brings out the worst: long lines, short tempers and random outbreaks of shoppers’ rage. This year, Big Labor will ratchet up the Strikesgiving tension with professional grievance-mongers and workers picketing at 1,000 Wal-Mart stores nationwide. Attention, Wal-Mart directors: Mob appeasement never […]
11th hour Hostess/union mediation fails; Twinkies re-declared DOA
Post post-mortem
(Un)Happy Strikesgiving
SEIU and friends are causing havoc across the country for Thanksgiving. This is what Obama’s Big Labor-endorsed “revenge” looks like.
More Big Labor-induced misery: The looming port strike
I’ve been reporting since September on the potentially catastrophic port strike in the works, and have been tracking the Occupy-supported and manufactured chaos at our ports for the past year. Things are about to come to a head. On the West Coast: The Port of Portland (Oregon) is bracing for a strike by longshore workers […]



