Overwhelming Majority of Bethlehem, PA, Hygrade Metal Workers Vote to Remove Steelworkers Union Bosses
With landslide 15-3 vote against Steelworkers union, Hygrade workers join other PA-based metal workers who ousted the Steelworkers union this year
With landslide 15-3 vote against Steelworkers union, Hygrade workers join other PA-based metal workers who ousted the Steelworkers union this year
“While deducting an exorbitant 3% of the caregivers’ paychecks, without even pretending to address any workplace issues, Laphonza Butler’s Local 2015 would routinely send form letters to members who had attempted to resign telling them they couldn’t,” noted Mr. Mourad.
Piscataway L’Oreal worker’s objections to election assert that RWDSU union bosses threatened employees critical of union and sowed racial division; new election sought
Max Finkelstein work unit spans several states; RWDSU union bosses disclaimed interest after Winchester, VA-based worker submitted enough employee signatures for ouster vote
NLRB investigating IUOE union bosses for retaliatory termination and seizing dues from Construction Testing Services employee’s paycheck in violation of longstanding law
By not certifying vote of over 80% against UFCW, NLRB Region 19 officials permit union to dodge legal consequences of losing vote
Former UA union member Karl Ludwig: The UA “intentionally excludes potential pipefitters from the labor market to limit supply and drive up prices. Worse yet, the exclusion means less pipefitting work gets done.”
RWDSU rejected twice by Alabama Amazon L’Oreal USA Products workers; union may soon also lose power over large unit of beauty company employees
The share of all LTL shipping jobs held by unionized workers plummeted from 60% in 1993 to just 22% last year. Now Teamster boss Sean O’Brien seems eager to kill off another 22,000 trucking jobs!