American ills not caused by unions JAMES P. HOFFA The 19th-century robber baron Jay Gould once said, "I can hire half the working class to shoot the other half."Gould's vision of class warfare is being played out today in the shameful attacks on public employees....

Dear State and Local Building Trades Leaders: It's no secret that the war on unions has begun, and no sector of the labor movement is immune to these attacks.  Collective bargaining rights for public employees are under assault, and right-to-work initiatives are...

Large Bi-partisan Majorities in Congress Agree:  Community Standards Matter in the U.S. Construction Industry February 22, 2011 Dear State and Local Building Trades Leaders: In early morning hours of February 19, as the U.S. House of Representatives engaged in a...

By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAY The public strongly opposes laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions as a way to ease state financial troubles, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The poll found that 61% would oppose a law in their...

Dear State and Local Building Trades Leaders: The Economic Policy Institute released two reports today on so-called “right to work”.  The first, “Does ‘Right-to-Work’ Create Jobs?  Answers from Oklahoma,” which can be found here,  was written by Gordon Lafer and...