**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 […]

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Back in business

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.” […]

“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 […]

Lesson plans

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 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 […]

Post post-mortem

SEIU and friends are causing havoc across the country for Thanksgiving. This is what Obama’s Big Labor-endorsed “revenge” looks like.

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 […]