NRTW, Enzi Warned of DOL Deputizing Union Operatives
As the National Right to Work Committee warned in emails to its members and in this video that Solicitor of Labor M. Patricia Smith would approve deputizing union organizers with Obama…
Pro-Obamacare Union Czar: Law Will Have 'Tremendous Impact as Workers Have Their Hours Reduced and Their Incomes Reduced'
Like many other top officials of national, state and local unions, Joe Hansen of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW/AFL-CIO) union lavishly spent rank-and-file employees’ forced union dues and fees to lobby for passage of the so-called Affordable Care…
Top Union Bosses to Workers: We Spent Vast Sums of Your Forced-Dues Money to Enact a Law That Will Hurt You
With every passing day, it seems, union bosses are decrying more loudly the signal legislative achievement of the President they played a critical role in electing in 2008 and reelecting in 2012. In a commentary for Forbes this week (see…
Forced-Dues Drive Pennsylvania Public Union Salaries, Outpace Private Sector's and Members' Wages
Forced-dues continue to fill the coffers of unions, as well as, union presidents' and politicians' pockets according to this recent study by the Commonwealth Foundation: Government Unions and Forced Dues Almost half of government workers in Pennsylvania are union members, compared to 9.3 percent in the private sector. Pennsylvania is a forced union state, meaning that workers can be forced to join a union or pay a [so-called] "fair share fee" just to keep their job. Most government units in Pennsylvania are "agency shops," with a specified union to which workers must pay a fee. When state and local governments automatically deduct dues and fair share fees from government workers' paychecks—as is the practice in Pennsylvania—employees have little or no say in how their money is used. Union Bosses Union bosses collect hefty salaries derived from member dues and fair share fees. In most cases, the salaries are several times the average union member's annual pay. While acknowledging that budgets were tight, AFSCME Council 13 President David Fillman got a 6 percent raise in 2010, making his salary higher than Gov. Tom Corbett's. Dues and fees often go towards expensive conferences, outings and junkets. For example, in 2009-10 the Pennsylvania State Education Association—the state's largest public sector union—spent: More than $250,000 on a board of directors retreat in Gettysburg. More than $89,000 for a "political institution meeting" at the Radisson Penn Harris in Camp Hill, Pa. $20,000 for advertising in the Pittsburgh Steelers Yearbook. Almost $5,900 at Kimberton Golf Club and more than $5,100 at Concord Country Club in Chadd's Ford. Political Activity and Lobbying
Forced-Dues Drive Pennsylvania Public Union Salaries, Outpace Private Sector's and Members' Wages
Forced-dues continue to fill the coffers of unions, as well as, union presidents' and politicians' pockets according to this recent study by the Commonwealth Foundation: Government Unions and Forced Dues Almost half of government workers in Pennsylvania are union members, compared to 9.3 percent in the private sector. Pennsylvania is a forced union state, meaning that workers can be forced to join a union or pay a [so-called] "fair share fee" just to keep their job. Most government units in Pennsylvania are "agency shops," with a specified union to which workers must pay a fee. When state and local governments automatically deduct dues and fair share fees from government workers' paychecks—as is the practice in Pennsylvania—employees have little or no say in how their money is used. Union Bosses Union bosses collect hefty salaries derived from member dues and fair share fees. In most cases, the salaries are several times the average union member's annual pay. While acknowledging that budgets were tight, AFSCME Council 13 President David Fillman got a 6 percent raise in 2010, making his salary higher than Gov. Tom Corbett's. Dues and fees often go towards expensive conferences, outings and junkets. For example, in 2009-10 the Pennsylvania State Education Association—the state's largest public sector union—spent: More than $250,000 on a board of directors retreat in Gettysburg. More than $89,000 for a "political institution meeting" at the Radisson Penn Harris in Camp Hill, Pa. $20,000 for advertising in the Pittsburgh Steelers Yearbook. Almost $5,900 at Kimberton Golf Club and more than $5,100 at Concord Country Club in Chadd's Ford. Political Activity and Lobbying
Anti-Tea Party Web Site Part of Big Labor Scheme to Funnel Funds
According to Fox News’ Joseph Abrams, the Service Employees International Union, Change to Win, the Communications Workers of America, the National Education Association, the Teamsters Union, the United Food & Commercial Workers Union and others are involved in this…
Big Labor's Ties to ACORNs
BigGovernment.com, the investigative website that uncovered corruption at the union funded ACORN group, has connected the dots between efforts to fund groups like ACORN with forced union dues and big labor’s efforts to deny disclosure of such grants to workers.
Union Boss Under Federal Scrutiny
Sean Harrigan, a union boss with the United Food and Commercial Workers, is under scrutiny by the Securities and Exchange Commission, ProPublica reports. In a nutshell, it appears that financial firms showered nearly $1 million in political cash on the United Food…
Card Check Scam Targets Workers at Home
Amanda Carpenter has noticed a flyer from the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union that promises to “start organizing campaigns, develop worker committees and conduct house calls to workers.” As Carpenter notes: House calls to workers? Notice…