Trash Piles up in Union-Boss Stronghold Cities
The Teamsters garbage strike in and around Boston has been even uglier and more dangerous than DC 33’s, which ended July 9.
San Diego-Area Reliance Metal Center Employees Overwhelmingly Vote to Remove Teamsters Union Officials
Jesus Arellano and his coworkers at Reliance Metal Center in National City, CA, have successfully voted out Teamsters Local 683 union officials. The vote, in which 80% of Reliance Metal Center trucking and warehouse employees voted to oust the union, took place on August 19 and received certification from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on September 3. Arellano and his colleagues obtained the vote with free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys. […]
“Around the country, workers are questioning union bosses’ priorities, especially as Big Labor officials increasingly seem willing to break the law to stifle opposition, or engage in overt politicking in order to solidify their grip over the rank-and-file,” commented National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. “Teamsters officials are no exception, and recent cases emphasize the fact that workers should have more freedom, not less, to exercise their right to vote out union officials who harm their interests.
“Cases like this show why workers need more freedom to disassociate with union officials they oppose and more opportunities to hold decertification votes to free themselves from unwanted so-called union ‘representation,’” Mix added. “Instead, the Biden-Harris Administration is taking the exact opposite approach, expanding the powers of union bosses to trap workers in dues-paying union ranks even when a majority wants nothing to do with the union.”
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