Matt Patterson

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In this June 12, 2013, file photo, workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP Photo/Erik Schelzig, file)

Volkswagen punishes worker for opposing union

margaret-mire, Matt Patterson · March 4, 2015 10:00 am

In a May 17, 2011 photo, Volkswagen employee Trina Galanto works on paint finish on a 2012 Passat at the automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. (AP File)

UAW imports anti-worker thuggery to Tennessee

Matt Patterson · February 2, 2014 5:00 am

The rank-and-file union members who are struggling in these difficult economic times might be interested to know that the top 100 highest-paid union officials took home $52 million between them -- in 2012 alone.ÃÂ (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)

Top three myths of Big Labor

Matt Patterson · December 21, 2013 5:00 am

Big Labor has a new ROC to throw at Walmart

Matt Patterson · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Cable TV: Where truth is chum and viewers are chumps

Matt Patterson · August 15, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama (AP/Susan Walsh)

President Obama: All of the power, none of the blame

Matt Patterson · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

Op-Ed: Obama’s civil liberties abuses expose liberal hypocrisy

Matt Patterson · May 25, 2013 4:00 am

Op-Ed: ‘Life of Julius’ shows how unions kill jobs, hurt workers

Matt Patterson · May 8, 2013 4:00 am

After an eight-month strike by workers at Healthbridge Management, five of the company's nursing care facilities have declared bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)

Op-Ed: Unions euthanize nursing homes

Matt Patterson · March 18, 2013 4:00 am

Financial data analyzing. Counting on calculator.

Markets or government: Whom do you trust?

Matt Patterson · October 30, 2012 4:00 am

Chicago strike shows unions corrupt teachers, harm students

Matt Patterson · September 22, 2012 4:00 am

IRS tax forms (ThinkStock photo)

Why liberals should love low taxes

Matt Patterson · September 3, 2012 4:00 am