Lawsuit Charges That California Union Bosses Are ‘Equal Opportunity Extorters’
“Give us $1000, or you’ll be fired from your job.” That sounds like an extortionate threat. And such threats are indeed often illegal.
Freedom from Union Violence Act Introduced In Congress
National Grassroots Lobby Urges Congress to Pass Freedom from Union Violence Act 2.8 million National Right to Work Committee members call on Congress to protect rank and file workers Washington, DC (November 16, 2017) – Today, Congressman Steve King…
Boston Teamster-Violence Case Goes to Trial
When Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi arrived on the set in Milton, Mass., Teamster tough John Fidler allegedly reached into her vehicle and threatened, “I’ll smash your pretty little face.” (After this article went to the printer, these four union…
How Did Teamster Toughs Get Away With It?
Despite testimony from multiple witnesses that Daniel Redmond (left), Robert Cafarelli (center), and their cohorts had threatened, strong-armed and intimidated the cast and crew of a reality show, the Teamster toughs had the legal deck stacked in their favor. Image:…
Boston Politicians Did Union Dons’ Dirty Work?
Depending on how their case turns out, Boston political operatives Kenneth Brissette (left) and Timothy Sullivan could establish a new means for Big Labor bosses to seize monopoly power over employees through extortion, and get away with it. (credit: LANE…
Vexing Enmons Decision Again Under Scrutiny
Violence Committed For ‘Legitimate’ Union Goals Isn’t Extortion?? (Article first appeared in the September 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter) This summer, pro-Right to Work U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) introduced in…
'I Just Want to Thank the Shadow Crew For Another Job Well Done'
Late last month, as the July 30 news story by Jason Laday for the South Jersey Times linked below explains in detail, a federal grand jury added multiple charges to an indictment issued early this year against top bosses of…
Longshore Union Kingpins Plead Guilty to Shaking Down Dockworkers
Two former presidents and a former delegate of a West Orange, N.J.-based local of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union have admitted that they conspired for many years to extort money from the very dockworkers they purported to “represent.” According…