It’s a shame when union bosses need the threat of an administrative law judge to do the right thing. As reported by the Associated Press: The United Steelworkers union has agreed to drop disciplinary action against four former members who…
With $20.1 billion in aggregate annual receipts, Big Labor has become Big Business with a twist. It gets much of its money through force. Approximately 80% of union contracts contain some form of ‘union security’ requirement forcing employees to pay…
The Detroit News has begun posting a multi-part piece on the growing divide between union bosses and union workers. Part 1 of the exposé, “Union Divide,” by Mike Wilkinson and Ron French, contains some interesting facts and figures.
The Washington Post had an interesting article the other day. Seems the Carpenters Union can’t find enough real members who care sufficiently about the issue of low wages to man their picket sites. Instead, they are paying people that…
With Congress spending like drunken sailors, we’re surprised to see House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-WI) offer a small cut in spending — one that, of course, helps the Union Bosses. Robert Novak reports that Obey and company increased…
Union bosses will fight to the death to oppose giving workers the right to decide for themselves whether or not to join or pay dues to a union. After watching the Big Labor front group “American Rights at Work” trying…
It’s bad enough that Andy Levin of the Michigan AFL-CIO believes that employers are conducting a “terror campaign” against workers (hence the need for stripping workers of the right to a secret ballot election for union certification as Big Labor’s…
The headline “Union Boss Makes Threat” is like the “Dog Bites Man” headline — we have seen it all before. But, in New Jersey, there is a new twist. The union boss that is making threats is the head of…
“Nearly two years after leaving the AFL-CIO with big plans to organize more workers and re-energize the labor movement, a [The Change to Win] group of unions has accomplished much less than it hoped and is grappling with internal divisions,”…