union violence Archives

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…

March 14

Investigation Revealed 'Pattern' of Big Labor Criminal Misconduct

Last month, 10 officers and militants of a Philadelphia-based local of the Ironworkers union were arrested and charged with “conspiring to commit acts of violence to force contractors to hire union members.” In a February 19 report for the Philadelphia…

February 25

After Quaker Meetinghouse Arson, Ironworkers Union Business Agent Allegedly Texted 'Nice Hit' to the Perpetrators

As Jeremy Roeback reported for the Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday (see the link below), in the “sweeping racketeering conspiracy case” against union officers and militants of Ironworkers Local 401 that was first made public last week, federal prosecutors are relying largely…

February 22

Big Labor Boss Allegedly Itching to 'Shoot' Workers Who Don't Belong to His Union; Philadelphia Construction Union Czar Insists He's an Okay Guy

The indictments this week of Ironworkers Local 401 union boss Joe Dougherty and nine of his lieutenants. militant followers, and other cohorts for “conspiring to torch and damage property when the union wasn’t given jobs on construction projects” has put…