Labor unions

• After Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker prevailed in this years recall election, there cant have been too many people who were left with the impression that Americas labor unions had put on some sort awesome display of political clout.
(Huffington Post)
• Four times as much. (Click here to read the full story.) The story by reporters Tom McGinty and Brody Mullins uses reports that unions must file with the U.S. Department of Labor. McGinty is a specialist in the use of databases of public records.
(msnbc.com)
• Previous estimates have focused on labor unions filings with federal election officials, which chronicle contributions made directly to federal candidates and union spending in support of candidates for Congress and the White House.
(FOX News)
• Unions will hold a Workers Stand for America rally on Aug. 11 in Philadelphia in an effort to draw attention to labor issues before both conventions. The Associated Press is calling the rally on Aug.
(Los Angeles Times)
• The second is that unions need to spend their money on different shit. In other words, its okay to recognize the motivation for this sort of story, set it aside, and still accept the facts it has.
(Gawker)
• LONDON - Look out Alabama – the union is coming. The International Association of Machinists – one of the largest labor unions in the U.S. – says it will seek to organize the aircraft assembly plant that Airbus is planning to construct in Mobile.
(Everything Alabama Blog)
• The unions reports to the Labor Department capture an additional $3.3 billion that unions spent over the same period on political activity.
(YAHOO!)
• When Californias largest public employee union announced Tuesday that its members accepted another year of furloughs, it was one more sign that government labor unions are moving to make concessions.
(Sacramento Bee)
• "Labor unions must give nonmember workers 'fresh notice' of unplanned increases in fees or assessments -- money that might be used for political purposes -- the Supreme Court ruled Thursday," according to CNN.
(Town Hall)
• The union gathering in Philadelphia on Aug. 11 was inspired by the anger many labor officials felt after Democrats a right-to-work state that is the least unionized in the country.
(Minneapolis Star Tribune)