Will U.S. see unrest like that caused by union in Mexico?

by Kay B. Day

[Image courtesy of NASA.}Labor union anger doesn’t just happen in the U.S. Right now Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón has his hands full because of financial and production problems at state-owned Luz y Fuerza del Centro. The Wall Street Journal said Calderón “sent more than 1,000 riot police to take over operations.” The utility provides light and power to approximately 25 million customers. The president justified his actions by claiming subsidies for the power company were unaffordable, and he said, “Today, we have to change what doesn't work in the country." Expenses were double the amount of revenue—a balance sheet only a bureaucracy could love.  And last year the company lost 1/3 of the energy it bought from Mexico’s main generator said the WSJ.

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Big Labor pushing costly Cap and Trade: ‘boosts jobs, helps environment’

by Kay B. Day

The EPA no longer refers to global warming, having adopted the new term of 'climate change' to justify categorizing the gas humans exhale as a pollutant.The national psyche is obsessed with healthcare, but just around the corner historic decisions loom and those decisions will affect the daily lives of every American. The US Senate will take up HR 2454, the Cap and Trade bill alternatively called Waxman-Markey or perhaps most appropriately Cap and Tax. Big Labor is pushing for the bill; groundwork has already been accomplished.

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Big Labor mouthpiece violates the U.S. Constitution as tactic to pass card check

This photo from the National Right to Work website evoked memories of my childhood when I saw a strike in progress. Anyone crossing the picket line met with threats and violence. Click the photo to visit the National Right to Work website.The U.S. Constitution specifically bars government from treading on freedom of the press—that’s probably one of the most well-known tenets in the document that binds us as a nation. The Wall Street Journal reported Mar. 11 in the op-ed, ‘The Union Cudgel,’ Anna Burger, chair for the labor consortium Change to Win, wrote the Financial Services Roundtable a letter. CTW demanded banks receiving TARP money keep their mouths shut about union card check.

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