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Flush With Union Cash, DC Mayoral Candidate Vincent Gray Looks to Roll Back DC School Reform - Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:26 PM
The fight for the Democratic mayoral nominee in Washington DC encapsulates the national struggle for...

Daily Media Spotlight August 31, 2010 - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 5:00 PM

Unions plan on spending big this election cycle - Thursday, August 26, 2010 1:26 PM
[PDF Document] The AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) recently announc...

Government Workers' Pensions are Underfunded by $3 Trillion - Monday, August 23, 2010 2:55 PM
[PDF File] With state and local spending overruns having prompted officials to take a second loo...

Inflated Federal Employee Pay Costs Taxpayers $47 Billion a Year - Tuesday, July 13, 2010 4:25 PM
Inflated Federal Employee Pay Costs Taxpayers $47 Billion a Year Federal employees paid more than ...

Economy Sheds 125,000 Jobs in June, Fears of A Double Dip Recession Rising - Friday, July 2, 2010 1:07 PM
In response to June's abysmal job numbers, the Alliance for Worker Freedom sent out the followin...

DISCLOSE Act Exempts Unions from Central Disclosure Requirements - Thursday, June 24, 2010 9:13 AM
[PDF Document] Expected to come to the House floor today, the now infamous DISCLOSE Act (H.R. 51...

Daily Media Spotlight June 17, 2010 - Thursday, June 17, 2010 4:45 PM
Federal Affairs Manager for ATR, Brian Johnson wrote an op-ed for Fox News highlighting the mistruth...

Obama’s Union Politics Handcuff Him During Oil Spill - Wednesday, June 16, 2010 2:16 PM
President Obama has been under fire for the oil spill that occurred on his watch, some claims more l...

Daily Media Spotlight May 28, 2010 - Friday, May 28, 2010 1:36 PM
In an op-ed for Investor’s Business Daily, Grover along with Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.) call...

Daily Media Spotlight May 27, 2010 - Thursday, May 27, 2010 3:31 PM
Foxnews.com published an op-ed by Grover on the “tax extenders” package up again for vot...

Diana Furchtgott-Roth Explains Pension Bailout Legislation on CNBC - Thursday, May 27, 2010 11:40 AM
Echoing ATR’s coalition letter, Diana Furchtgott-Roth explains the problem with Congressional ...

Brown, Collins, Johanns, Murkowski, Snowe Side with Unions, Declare War on Volunteer Firefighters - Tuesday, May 25, 2010 9:25 AM
AWF Executive Director Brian Johnson. “As evident from the recent bankruptcy filing by Vallejo...

Good Employment News, Sort of - Thursday, May 20, 2010 3:33 PM
Although the unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent, it was largely due to people re-entering the wor...

Public Service Recognition Week – Fact #2 - Tuesday, May 4, 2010 11:26 AM
Coinciding with national Public Service Recognition Week, the Alliance for Worker Freedom will send ...

AFL-CIO Throwing in Towel on Card Check - Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:07 PM
From Chamber Post Today the AFL-CIO removed the large banner supporting EFCA which had covered t...

Burger Could be Elected SEIU President by Private Ballot, but Presses Labor Board on Card Check - Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:12 PM
Now that Andy Stern has officially resigned from head of the largest and arguably most powerful unio...

SEIU President Andy Stern Set to Retire - Tuesday, April 13, 2010 5:23 PM
AWF (PDF Document), they stated: “This year, more than any in recent history, Andy Stern ...

Consequences of Ever-growing Public Sector Unionization - Tuesday, April 6, 2010 2:27 PM
AWF has previously noted, public sector workers are compensated more generously than private sector ...

OHSA Creeps Towards Ergonomics Regulations - Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:34 PM
Ergonomics, another form of government imposed work standards, has been a long sought-after goal of ...

AWF Urges Obama to Respect the Will of the Senate: Do Not Recess Appoint Craig Becker - Thursday, March 25, 2010 12:50 PM
AWF), an organization established in 2003 to combat anti-worker legislation and promote free and ope...

Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.) New Ad: I'm not working for the unions - Wednesday, March 17, 2010 4:46 PM
In a promising ad, Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.) fights back against the unions who paid for attack ads agai...

How 550,000 jobs were destroyed by the minimum wage hike - Monday, March 8, 2010 5:39 PM
In 2007, the Federal government demonstrated their ignorance of economics by raising the minimum wag...

Why Everyone Should be Worried About Craig Becker (and why Scott Brown needs to stop him) - Thursday, February 4, 2010 11:09 AM
Originally posted on BigGovernment.com: Craig Becker is President Obama’s nominee to the Nati...

De-Facto Card Check Vote Coming Soon - Wednesday, February 3, 2010 12:03 PM
AWF executive director Brian Johnson. “Becker will use the NLRB to help unions get more card c...

US Attorney Reviews Call for Probe into SEIU President Andy Stern’s Lobbying Activities - Monday, February 1, 2010 3:44 PM
AWF Executive Director Brian Johnson wrote: By this letter, we urge you to investigate the activi...

For the First Time, 52% of All Unions Members Work for the Government - Monday, January 25, 2010 2:56 PM
Originally appearing in The Washington Times: Any Republican effort to cut back the size of governm...

Largest. Union. Theft. Ever. - Tuesday, January 19, 2010 12:39 PM
Originally appearing at BigJournalism.com: While the mainstream media swarmed all over Bernie Madof...

Stern, Death Tax, and Phillips Foundation Highlight Blogger Briefing at Heritage - Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:06 PM
The Bloggers’ Briefing, hosted by the Heritage Foundation, covered a variety of topics this we...

A Letter to SEIU President Andy Stern, RE: Obama's Big Labor Meetings - Monday, January 11, 2010 5:54 PM
[PDF DOCUMENT]   Andy Stern, President Service Employee International Union 1800 Massachuse...

Andy Stern Pressed on ATR/AWF Investigation on CNN - Tuesday, January 5, 2010 4:15 PM
AWF investigation into Stern's potential violation of the Lobbying Disclosure Act; White House decli...

California Voters Look to Revisit Paycheck Protection - Monday, January 4, 2010 12:43 PM
California, a state with one of the highest unionization rates, has often been a battleground for wo...

Leaked SEIU Card Check Cheat Sheet - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:25 PM
AWF Executive Director originally appeared on BigGovernment.com: As if Andy Stern and Anna Burger l...

Investigation Request Filed Against Unregistered Lobbyist SEIU Treasurer Anna Burger - Thursday, December 3, 2009 11:13 AM
AWF) formally requested an investigation by the acting United States Attorney Channing D. Phillips, ...

Ed Morrissey Interview on ATR & AWF Call for SEIU Investigation Today at 3:30pm EST - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:40 PM
AWF & ATR have called on the United States Attorney to launch a full investigation. In their le...

ATR and AWF Call for the Investigation of SEIU President Andy Stern - Monday, November 16, 2009 9:05 AM

Job Losses Continue Despite False Claims and Broken Promises from White House - Monday, November 9, 2009 5:01 PM
AWF's press release as a PDF Document While Obama officials tout the success of the stimulus the ...

Union Cost Increases in Dem. Healthcare Bill Raises Hospital Costs by $27 Billion - Monday, November 9, 2009 4:55 PM
AWF's press release as a PDF Document A lot has been made of Pelosi’s recently passed H.R. ...

SEIU President Andy Stern Visits White House More Than Any Other Person – Why? - Thursday, November 5, 2009 9:45 AM
AWF's press release as a PDF or "read more" to continue. An interesting story to keep an ...

Big Labor's Selfish Healthcare Motivation - Friday, October 30, 2009 11:39 AM
Originally posted on BigGovernment.com: With the health care debate raging and, what seems like, ne...

Sacrificing Jobs on the Altar of “Green” - Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:41 PM
Support for a cap and trade national energy tax is dwindling and supporters have been throwing every...

Davis-Bacon Act Undermines Democrats' Stimulus Bill - Monday, September 28, 2009 2:35 PM
While many have criticized the Democrat-passed “stimulus bill” for its expediency, or la...

Three Labor Nominees That Will Change the Workplace Forever - Friday, September 25, 2009 11:36 AM
AWF), an organization established in 2003 to combat anti-worker legislation and promote free and ope...

What's the Matter With Kansas? - Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:49 PM
Several Kansas State Departments have been caught soliciting information on behalf of the Service Em...

AWF: Specter Revised EFCA Package Still Remains Unacceptable - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 6:32 PM
AWF) Brian Johnson released the following statement: “To call this a ‘revision’...

Union Approval Continues to Fall - Tuesday, September 15, 2009 10:53 AM
Content originally found here and cross posted at the Alliance for Worker Freedom PRINCETON, NJ --...

Kansas Officials Use Taxpayer Money to Collect Names for SEIU - Monday, September 14, 2009 1:00 PM
AWF staff, we have learned that Kansas is using state resources and taxpayer dollars to collect heal...

Not New News: Americans Disenchanted with Organized Labor - Friday, September 4, 2009 4:46 PM

They Started It! - Thursday, September 3, 2009 2:22 PM
The LA Times has a new piece on free trade by a Republican-turned-Democrat from Michigan, the intern...

Young and Job-Hunting? Don't Join a Union - Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:43 PM

A Conflict of Interest Rates? - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 5:38 PM
The following article can also be found here on the official website of the Alliance for Worker Free...

International Brotherhood of Teamsters Strong-Armed by Internal Union - Friday, August 14, 2009 4:20 PM

Union Violence at Town Hall Meetings Condemned - Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:23 AM
AWF), an organization established in 2003 to combat anti-worker legislation and promote free and ope...

Union Chief Facing Corruption Charges - Thursday, August 6, 2009 9:45 AM
AWF Union Transparency Page.   Photo Credit: Eugene Pivovarov...

SEIU Crashes Private EFCA Event...Meanwhile, Members Pensions Failing - Thursday, July 30, 2009 10:53 AM
On its website, the SEIU argues that traditional defined contribution 401(k)-type pension plans are ...

Media Matters Still Missing the Facts About "Card Checked" - Friday, July 17, 2009 3:49 PM
AWF remain encouraged by the excitement “Card Checked” has created over the past we...

And Unions Wonder Why They Need EFCA - Friday, July 10, 2009 3:36 PM

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) Sponsors EFCA - Thursday, July 9, 2009 5:15 PM
AWF issued the following release: No Surprise Here: Al Franken Co-Sponsors Employee Free Choice Act...

DC Metro, Stimulus Funding and Union Issues - Monday, July 6, 2009 1:28 PM
AWF recently took on the DC Metro and their complete inability to function efficiently in an Examine...

UAW Parking Lot Discrimination - Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:29 PM

Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) 101 - Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:29 AM
AWF Press Release: 16 States Instruct Congressional Delegations: “Vote ‘NO’ on Emp...

How do you feel about Rep. Kline named Ranking Member of Ed & Labor Committee? - Wednesday, June 17, 2009 3:56 PM
Rep. Kline (R-Minn.) is the new Ranking Republican on U.S. House Education & Labor Committee...w...

Union Bullies Demand Higher Taxes in California - Wednesday, June 17, 2009 1:47 PM
From the California GOP: Originally posted on Alliance for Worker Freedom:   The unions in C...

RAISE Act Gives Union Workers Pay Increase - Wednesday, June 10, 2009 12:48 PM
Dear Senator and Representative: The undersigned  write to you on behalf of millions of Ame...

Rep. McKeon (R-Calif.) Appointed Ranking Member of Armed Services – Leaves Education & Labor Open - Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:41 PM
AWF) recently learned that Rep. McKeon (R-Calif) has been appointed the Ranking Member position on t...

Getting Around Card Check - Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:27 PM

DC Metro union forces unwanted exercise program onto customers - Wednesday, May 6, 2009 2:20 PM
This article originally appeared in the Washington Examiner: Good news for faithful Metro riders &n...

Daily Media Spotlight--April 30th, 2009 - Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:46 AM
Politico Arena: President's news conference: how did he do? Plus Specter's choice: What are the...

Daily Media Spotlight--April 16th, 2009 - Thursday, April 16, 2009 4:00 PM
AWF provides comparative analysis and research on employee rights and worker freedom in all 50 state...

The Truth About "Green Jobs" - Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:53 AM
AWF supports all forms of energy; both proven and alternative, as long as the free markets are allow...

The Fight to STOP "Card Check" Goes On - Thursday, April 9, 2009 1:48 PM
AWF and find out as much as you can about Card Check, and the damage it could do if signed into law....

Why is Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) Still Supporting EFCA? - Monday, April 6, 2009 4:28 PM
With Sen. Lincoln (D-Ark.) recently announcing that she will vote no on cloture for the Employee Fre...

Daily Media Spotlight--March 16th, 2009 - Monday, March 16, 2009 3:36 PM
Politico Arena: Is there room for Michael Steele in the GOP tent? How small can a tent get anyway? ...

Help Support the Alliance for Worker Freedom - Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:08 PM
AWF are not tax deductible. AWF depends on donations and fund-raising to accomplish our mission....

Private Ballot Elections are Good Enough for Congress but not American Workers - Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:30 AM
AWF), sent a letter to Congressmen Dingell (D-MI) and Waxman (D-CA) attacking their use of a private...

What are Americans for Tax Reform's Affiliate Projects? - Wednesday, December 31, 1970 7:00 PM
AWF) was founded in 2003 and is dedicated to combating anti-worker legislation and the promotion of ...