When U.S. Immigration uncovered illegal aliens working in a meatpacking plant in Iowa, the United Food and Commercial Workers asked authorities not to raid the plant while it was trying to unionize the workforce — including the illegal aliens.
Every month, the Department of Labor announces criminal enforcement actions against labor union bosses and officials who put personal gain above the interest of the membership. March was a busy month. Check out what they reported (the information has been…
The Department of Labor (DOL) has confirmed that, over the last year, the number of cases of embezzled union dues has increased. As reported on CNS News, DOL’s: . . . Office of Labor Management Standards (OLMS) recently released its…
“Organized Labor has a long history with extortion and the mob. Federal prosecutors have put most of those mob bosses behind bars, but unions haven’t renounced using blackmail to get what they want. They simply use more sophisticated methods to…
The Office of Labor and Management Standards (OLMS) is the part of the Department of Labor that protects workers by tracking how union officials spend the dues and fees extracted from members and non-members alike under the auspices for government…
We have seen a lot of underhanded attacks by union officials and their front groups to expand their forced-unionism power, but the United Food and Commercial Workers Union’s (UFCW) effort to embarrass Arizona’s Bashas’ Supermarket might hit a new low.
The Washington Times published a piece focused on Big Labor’s drive for more power. This issue involves Big Labor’s efforts to gut oversight of worker funds by the Department of Labor: If the OLMS cut in H.R. 3043 is also…
The New York Times (Registration Required) reports on a federal lawsuit filed in Washington State that contends the National Education Association (N.E.A.) union has been overcharging for fees associated with annuities offered its members: Lawyers representing the plaintiffs said…
According to the San Francisco Weekly: [I]n the 1990s some $76 million was siphoned from union worker benefit funds under the influence of San Francisco labor boss Larry Mazzola. More than $50 million of that money was used to prop…