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Americans are bracing for chaos in their holiday travel and shopping this week, as labor unions are planning strikes and protests across areas of the country that are likely to cause major troubles during one of the busiest weeks of

Despite a $1.5 billion tax hike on income, sales, corporations, and other areas in 2011, the state of Connecticut is projected to have a budget deficit that reaches $1 billion by the end of June 30, 2013. Gov. Dannel Malloy

If you’re a government worker and you’re worried about the effect that “fiscal cliff” negotiations will have on you financially, don’t worry – you’re covered. The Federal-Postal Coalition, which represents more than two dozen federal employee unions, asked Congress to

Even union lackey California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) can’t handle the unions anymore. Brown has appealed a lawsuit that would pay state unions some $12 million because Brown furloughed them thanks to the $16 billion state debt. Last summer, an

(AP) Downgraded France says it needs more timeBy SARAH DiLORENZOAP Business WriterPARIS France’s government has shrugged off the latest downgrade of its credit rating, saying Tuesday that it just needs time for reforms to the sluggish economy to take root.

There is a heated argument over what finally killed the Twinkie. The Hostess Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union blames management. BCTGM International President Frank Hurt said: The truth is that had it not been for the

As many as 1000 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) workers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) are considering going on strike on Thanksgiving eve in what is the busiest travel day of the year. Andrew Gross-Gaitan, the director of the

What was the election really about? Class war. That’s not reactionary right-wing paranoia; it’s the claim of progressives themselves, as evidenced by the mainstream liberal group Campaign For America’s Future, who have launched a new website WageClassWar.org, which is, of

(Reuters) – Hostess Brands Inc, the maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, said it will ask a bankruptcy judge for permission to liquidate after failing to obtain wage and benefit cuts from thousands of its bakery workers. Photo credit: Flickr

President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is considering a rule that would force private businesses to turn over their workers’ personal information — such as phone numbers, email addresses, and work schedules — to union organizers.  While this rule would be

How does a city of 200,000 people go bankrupt? In the case of San Bernardino, CA, the answer is unsustainable pension obligations pushed by union-backed politicians. San Bernardino declared bankruptcy in July, citing “an immediate cash flow issue,” but the

(AP) Strikes, protests hit much of European UnionBy RAF CASERTAssociated PressBRUSSELSWith rampant unemployment spreading misery in southern Europe and companies shutting factories across the continent, workers around the European Union sought to unite in a string of strikes and demonstrations

(AP) European markets underperform as strikes hitBy TOBY STERLINGAP Business WriterAMSTERDAMWorld stock markets were mixed Wednesday, with European indexes down as strikes swept across much of the continent while Asian shares rose as China neared the climax of a once-a-decade

Last week, President Obama promised to bring people together from all sides to discuss what to do about the fiscal cliff. By all sides, he apparently meant unions, Hollywood, and wild left interest groups. Here’s the guest list today at

This Saturday, the Midwest Marxist Conference was held at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. The event was teeming with teachers who spoke about the new found bond between the radical socialists and their Teachers Union. The all-day event, which

Barack Obama isn’t exactly famous for his loyalty; he has a history of jettisoning people once they’ve outlived their usefulness to him. This time, it’s the gay community. On Friday, Obama told an MTV audience that he would not fight

The new conventional wisdom in the aftermath of the 2012 elections is that Republicans face two challenges: first, that the United States is no longer a center-right nation, but a center-left one; second, that the country’s demographic shift away from

The Occupy Wall Street movement may have lost the battle, but it won the war for President Obama.  Yes, Occupy encampments were kicked out of parks and public squares across the country. Yes, they sullied their own reputation with rapes,

With President Obama safely re-elected to a second term, federal workers feel comfortable to make their demands known. As debate rages over lowering the federal deficit, they want a pay raise. As CNN’s Money magazine reports: [Union president Colleen M.] Kelley

Your liberal friends aren’t as liberal as they think they are. Most–not all–actually share what you believe about freedom, responsibility, and limited government. They just will not bring themselves to acknowledge their values openly, or vote for them. But they

Things are strange in Michigan these days. In Michigan’s 11th district, Republican Kerry Bentivolio won the election to replace Thaddeus McCotter for the House seat. Bentivolio has a strange resume, to say the least. He was an auto designer, teacher

Michigan voters on Tuesday rejected a proposal that would have allowed public sector unions to “challenge any law — past, present, or future — limiting their benefits and powers.” The initiative would have also permanently barred Michigan from becoming a

Democrats won big in California Tuesday night in both state legislative chambers while also seeing tax-increasing initiatives passed on the state’s ballot. Voters in California passed Proposition 30, a tax increase designed to prevent $6 billion in budget cuts to

Last night, President Obama gave a victory speech that wasn’t so much a victory speech as a hackneyed mash-up of all his greatest hits, spiced with a hefty dose of socialism for good measure. In other words, it was typical

California voters narrowly approved Proposition 30,  Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed “temporary” tax hikes on wealthy earners, by a margin of 54% to 46% yesterday. The referendum will allow the big-spending state to raise revenues from those earning over $250,000 per

(AP) Gay marriage, marijuana backed in historic votesBy DAVID CRARYAP National WriterAltering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Labor unions shut down Greece for 48 hours in anti-austerity strike Seven more Syrian generals defect to Turkey The Butterfly Effect and the presidential election Labor unions shut down Greece for 48 hours in

The Presidential race is essentially tied, by all metrics.  The topline number is even.  Internal crosstabs favor Romney demographically.  State polls slightly favor Obama. Net outcome? A tie. This makes a prediction nearly impossible.  Indeed, as of last night, I was baffled.   OBAMA PICKUP

These are the pictures of an administration. Every image is a key image from the presidency of Barack Obama. And every image is the image of a commander-in-chief who has led America astray. The great issue of our time is,

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that if President Barack Obama wins a second term, Americans should expect to see “card check” legislation “within the next term.”  Trumka, whose unions are sending nearly 2,000 poll monitors to battleground states, told The

In Sunday’s Wall Street Journal, billionaire businessman and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson explains why he left the Democratic Party – and it wasn’t because he got wealthy and didn’t want to pay taxes. Adelson, who grew up poor, writes of his

Barack Obama convinced many people he acted heroically when he bailed out General Motors with $50 billion from U.S. taxpayers in 2009. Tell that to the 20,000 Delphi employees who saw their pensions sliced from 30% to 70%. Delphi was

Across the country, people have been speaking out against union election intimidation, including both union and non-union employees who are outraged by Big Labor’s attempt to steal the election for its last hope of survival, President Barack Obama. The following

On Tuesday, residents of Georgia will be voting on a ballot initiative to create a state commission which can authorize charter schools outside the normal political process in the state. Teacher’s unions are against the measure which would mean more

Mitt Romney wrote an op-ed in 2008 titled “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt.” Barack Obama has used that title to suggest that Romney didn’t care about the auto industry while Obama heroically saved it. The truth is very nearly the opposite.