Free Talk Live

"I was fired for trying to start a union at the UFT," said a dumbfounded Callaghan, who worked for the union's newsletter and as a speechwriter for union leaders for the past 13 years.

Callaghan said he personally told United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew on June 9 about his intention to try to organize nonunionized workers at UFT headquarters.

"I told him I want to have the same rights that teachers have," said Callaghan, 63, of Staten Island. "He told me he didn't want that, that he wanted to be able to fire whoever he wanted to."

The Daily Caller Video:
Madison police detain union operative who tried to destroy Tea Party sound system.

You knew this was coming. TSA will become a powerful union.

Queensland police will forego their speed camera vans and go back to pounding the beat if the state government has its way.

The plan for civilian operators to take over the cameras comes as the government and police union wrangle over a three-year pay deal.

Union leaders will meet with Premier Anna Bligh in Brisbane on Friday at 3pm (AEST).

The government has offered 2.5 per cent over three years, prompting a police union rejection and a television advertising campaign demanding more.

The latest proposal for government health care would exempt union members and government employees from the tax on "expensive" health plans. More proof that government is about rewarding your friends.

The march, which lasted about an hour, comes amid growing rancor between Weis and the union representing rank-and-file officers. Chief among the union's complaints is how manpower in Chicago's 25 police districts has suffered from officers being detailed to other assignments.

Enter the Benson family of Union County, Illinois. They like to make maple syrup.

What could go wrong? The news video below gives us a glimpse at what happens when suspicious neighbors think your maple syrup operation isn't so sweet.

KFVS reports that Union County resident Laura Benson and her family "got the scare of their lives" this week when drug agents swarmed their property.

Wisconsin's peaceful protest against Senate anit-Union Bill thousands turn out, yet Bill looks like it will pass

A day after union workers rejected for a second time a contract that might have saved their jobs, the Metro East company told them it was moving about 1,000 ammunition production jobs from Metro East to Oxford, Miss.