Beware of Union-Boss Crocodile Tears During the Health-Care Debate

By Stefan Gleason October 15, 2009

News stories report that union officials are opposing the Baucus version of government-run health care. However, a look at that proposal suggests that such protests are merely political theater intended ...

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Am-Bushed by Big Labor

By Stefan Gleason September 3, 2007

Union bosses are quick to bemoan President Bush’s record on labor issues. But don’t be fooled — they are on the verge of running out the clock. In spite of ...

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Bosses 1, Workers 0

By Stefan Gleason May 11, 2006

Following a two-month media circus at the University of Miami that included strikes, high-profile visits from national politicians and activists, and even a hunger strike, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ...

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What About The Members?

By Stefan Gleason August 8, 2005

Advocates of freedom may be tempted to uncork the champagne after the United Food and Commercial Workers union became the third major union to ditch the AFL-CIO in recent days, ...

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Free Pass

By Stefan Gleason September 6, 2004

Amid the uproar over the ads run by the “Section 527″ political committee known as Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the Establishment media have remained eerily silent about the massive ...

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Union Doc

By Stefan Gleason November 19, 2003

Howard Dean is thought to have hit the jackpot last week with the dual endorsements of the giant government unions, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the American Federation ...

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Unreasonable Union Bosses

By Stefan Gleason March 3, 2003

At the AFL-CIO’s annual meeting in Florida last week, top union officials blasted Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and the Bush administration for their alleged unprecedented hostility toward the union hierarchy. If ...

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No Choice

By Stefan Gleason February 10, 2003

For teachers reeling from the ballooning union scandal in Washington, D.C., the outlook is bleak. In the last six weeks they have learned how their union, the Washington Teachers’ Union ...