Union Class War Costs U.S. Families Billions
Top ILWU bosses like Willie Adams sought to use the leverage of clogged-up harbors to force operators to stop trying to automate ports. How successful the ILWU hierarchy was remains unclear for now.
Why Are So Many Ships Waiting to Offload Cargo at Big Labor Controlled Ports?
Mike Ferguson from the "Mark Ferguson in the Morning Show" and National Right to Work Committee president Mark Mix discuss the supply chain issues that are being caused by union bosses who refuse to back port automation...
Illegal Big Labor Work Slowdowns Take a 'Lethal Toll' on Jobs and Businesses at the Port of Portland
On September 24, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued the latest of a series of decisions finding that bosses of Local 8 of the International Longshore Workers Union and the ILWU itself commenced ordering illegal employee slowdowns at the…
Big Labor Lawlessness Imperils Portland Jobs
Forced-Unionism Federal Labor Policy Foments Workplace Warfare (Click here to download the July 2014 National Right to Work Committee Newsletter) Right to…
Federal Docs Reveal Longshoremen Goons “threatened to rape daughter”
With jobs dwindling in compulsory-unionism states, Big Labor goons are trying to takeover job sites by any means necessary including threatening children: The most shocking accusations are contained in Hooks’ case against International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 4 in Vancouver.
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…
Will Congress End Union Thugs' Free Ride?
International longshore union President Bob McEllrath has publicly encouraged lawlessness by his militant followers in Washington State. For example, last September 7 he participated in an illegal blockade of grain terminal deliveries. Credit: Dawn Des Brisay-Longshore Shipping News Freedom From Union Violence Act Would Close 'Lethal Loophole' (source: National Right To Work Committee April 2012 Newsletter) This month, pro-Right to Work U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will introduce an important legal reform known as the Freedom from Union Violence Act. This bill would hold union officials who plan, commit, or foment extortionate violence against a firm's employees or owners to the same standard as business rivals, gangsters, or anyone else who does the same. Legislation Would Bar Use Of Violence as a Union 'Organizing Tool' Parallel legislation was introduced in the U.S. House earlier this year as H.R.4074 by Congressman Paul Broun (R-Ga.). Like Mr. Lee, Mr. Broun is one of the most outspoken opponents of compulsory unionism in Congress today. If H.R.4074 is enacted, power-hungry, win-at-any-cost Big Labor barons will no longer be able, without fear of federal prosecution, to resort to violence as a union "organizing" or "bargaining" tool. Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee, vowed over the course of the next few months to mobilize hundreds of thousands of members and other citizens to contact their federal elected officials and express their strong support for this legislation. It's 'Extraordinarily Difficult' to Prosecute Union Lawbreakers Mr. Mix explained: "In today's America, prosecutions of Big Labor arson, assaults, death threats, and other serious crimes are extraordinarily difficult. "Such prosecutions are frequently hindered because of a loophole in federal law that exempts extortionate violence from prosecution when it is committed pursuant to so-called 'legitimate union objectives.'
Will Congress End Union Thugs' Free Ride?
International longshore union President Bob McEllrath has publicly encouraged lawlessness by his militant followers in Washington State. For example, last September 7 he participated in an illegal blockade of grain terminal deliveries. Credit: Dawn Des Brisay-Longshore Shipping News Freedom From Union Violence Act Would Close 'Lethal Loophole' (source: National Right To Work Committee April 2012 Newsletter) This month, pro-Right to Work U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) will introduce an important legal reform known as the Freedom from Union Violence Act. This bill would hold union officials who plan, commit, or foment extortionate violence against a firm's employees or owners to the same standard as business rivals, gangsters, or anyone else who does the same. Legislation Would Bar Use Of Violence as a Union 'Organizing Tool' Parallel legislation was introduced in the U.S. House earlier this year as H.R.4074 by Congressman Paul Broun (R-Ga.). Like Mr. Lee, Mr. Broun is one of the most outspoken opponents of compulsory unionism in Congress today. If H.R.4074 is enacted, power-hungry, win-at-any-cost Big Labor barons will no longer be able, without fear of federal prosecution, to resort to violence as a union "organizing" or "bargaining" tool. Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee, vowed over the course of the next few months to mobilize hundreds of thousands of members and other citizens to contact their federal elected officials and express their strong support for this legislation. It's 'Extraordinarily Difficult' to Prosecute Union Lawbreakers Mr. Mix explained: "In today's America, prosecutions of Big Labor arson, assaults, death threats, and other serious crimes are extraordinarily difficult. "Such prosecutions are frequently hindered because of a loophole in federal law that exempts extortionate violence from prosecution when it is committed pursuant to so-called 'legitimate union objectives.'
Union Thugs Go Too Far
The Wall Street Journal notices that the Washington State’s Longshoreman’s acts of violence were too much for even the NLRB to ignore: It turns out a union can go so far that even the current National Labor Relations Board can’t turn…