Archive for the 'Labor' Category

Senator Jim DeMint is a hero

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

Watch this great interview with Fox News.
Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) lays down the facts on the minimum wage and smacks Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) for his hypocrisy.
Well done, sir.

Matt Kibbe on the radio in St. Louis tonight!

Monday, January 29th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe will appear on The Sloan Ranger Show January 29th at 5:15pm CST on WGNU AM 920 in St. Louis.
Kibbe will be discussing how the labor unions are pushing for “card check” legislation, that would open the door to worker intimidation and make it easier for unions to form with a [...]

New book about the United Nations

Friday, January 26th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

Nathan Tabor has a new book out about the United Nations. You can read the review at Amazon here. The book is called The Beast on the East River: The UN Threat to America’s Sovereignty and Security.
In his debut book, rising conservative voice Nathan Tabor offers a frightening expose of the United Nations’ global power [...]

American Samoa rep. says minimum wage hurts local economy

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

I found the American Samoa representative’s comments enlightening. He is a Democrat who opposes the federal minimum wage hike because he realizes the economic implications of arbitrarily raising the rate. Too bad his fellows don’t understand basic economics.
The Democrat-controlled Senate took up a bill yesterday that would raise the minimum wage across the United States [...]

Global Warming Based on Science?

Saturday, January 20th, 2007 by Tim Gillespie

The following article was originally published by Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Is Global Warming Talk Based on Science?
By David Deming, Ph.D. I recently read an editorial column in an Oklahoma newspaper alleging that Senator Inhofe is “not the leader we deserve” because he refuses to toe the party line on global warming. That’s funny. I [...]

Stop Ted Kennedy and Big Labor!

Thursday, January 18th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

We are going to be supporting Rep. Charlie Norwood’s effort to prevent union intimidation via union “card check” legislation.

We are going to be fighting against the “Employee Free Choice Act” which is an Orwellian name for a bad piece of legislation sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy. This bill would do [...]

FreedomWorks takes on Big Labor

Friday, January 12th, 2007 by Brendan Steinhauser

Our President, Matt Kibbe, has published a scathing critique of Big Labor.
It is over at TownHall.com
My favorite quote:
Given their shrinking membership, labor bosses have nothing to lose and everything to gain. UNITE HERE’s Bruce Raynor, a big labor front group, told the New York Times, “There’s no reason to subject the workers to [...]