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April 1, 2023

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MOORE: The dumbest union ever

September 3, 2022 Stephen Moore

In September 2020, at the first presidential debate between him and President Donald Trump, Democratic nominee Joe Biden infamously declared, “Nobody’s going to build another coal-fired power plant in America” if he won the White […]

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NC Rep Virginia Foxx joins lawmaker letter on unions illegally receiving PPP funds

April 21, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — North Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-05) has joined other lawmakers in a letter demanding answers about unions having illegally received COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds.   In the April 6 letter, […]

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Amazon plans to object to union win in New York

April 11, 2022 Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press

Amazon plans to file objections to the union election on Staten Island, New York that resulted in the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the company’s history. The e-commerce giant stated its plans in a […]

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Workers go on strike at California refinery owned by Chevron

March 21, 2022 The Associated Press

RICHMOND, California — More than 500 workers at a Chevron Corp. refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area went on strike early Monday over safety concerns and to demand a salary increase to keep up […]

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Volvo Trucks to restart Virginia factory as strike continues

July 12, 2021 The Associated Press

DUBLIN, Va. — Volvo Trucks North America says some striking workers crossed picket lines Monday at a southwestern Virginia factory as the company plans to restart production. Spokesman John Mies wouldn’t say how many United […]

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Ex-UAW leader gets nearly 2 years in prison for corruption

May 11, 2021 Ed White, Associated Press

DETROIT — A welder who rose from the factory floor to become president of a venerable U.S. labor union was sentenced Tuesday to 21 months in prison for luxurious winter stays in the California sun […]

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ZITO: Coal workers union doesn’t always represent coal worker values

May 6, 2021 Salena Zito

GRAYSVILLE, Pennsylvania — When coal mine employee John Morecraft heard last Monday that United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts approved of President Joe Biden’s plan to move the nation’s energy industry away from […]

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MOORE: Unions sell out their own workers for the Biden energy plan

April 29, 2021 Stephen Moore

Another pro-President Joe Biden union just told its rank-and-file members: Sorry, guys; you are all fired.  Last week, the United Mine Workers of America union endorsed Biden’s energy policies. Yes, you read that right. The […]

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Union accuses Amazon of illegally interfering with vote

April 22, 2021 Joe Pisani, Associated Press

NEW YORK — The retail union that failed to organize Amazon workers at a Alabama warehouse wants the results of a recent vote to be thrown out, saying that the company illegally interfered with the […]

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BARONE: Workers don’t share Democrats’ nostalgia for unions

April 20, 2021 Michael Barone

It wasn’t even close. The final count was 1,798 against and 738 for, 71% to 29%. The issue in question was whether the employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, wanted to be represented […]

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