Complaints Filed Against UFCW for Union Coercion and Religious Discrimination
Teenage Giant Eagle employee Josiah Leonatti refused to fall victim to UFCW's tactics to force him into the union.
On the Waterfront: Northwest Ports Slowed Over Inter-Big Labor Squabble Over 2 Jobs
Times must be tough. An escalating dispute between two unions ties up millions of dollars of freight across the Northwest boils down to a spat over just two waterfront jobs, The Oregonian is reporting. Bill Wyatt said Longshoremen staging a slowdown at the region’s biggest international cargo hub are contesting the equivalent of two full-time positions devoted to plugging, unplugging and monitoring refrigerated containers. The Longshoremen, who are causing mile-long lines of trucks outside the port’s Terminal 6, sued the terminal operator this week to get the work being done by members of an electricians’ union.
