Right to Work Legal Foundation Aids Unwilling Union Members to Recoup Close to $1 Million in Dues

On April 23, 2013, in News Clips, by CLJ

Union bosses continue to abuse workers’ rights by simply ignoring the law.  National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys are helping workers who were unwilling to continue union membership during a strike to recoup a fine of almost $1 million against Local 851 of the International Association of Machinists. Cindy Wojdyla Cain has the [...]

Philadelphia Union Boss Boasts About Union Violence

On February 13, 2013, in News Clips, NILRR Research, by CLJ

The National Institute for Labor Relations Research has tracked violence incidents since 1975.  While much of their information comes from news media accounts, it is obvious that many incidents go unreported, even to police, out of fear of retaliation.  Union bosses  use tough economic times and free speech to exculpate union violence, their victims still suffer [...]

Union Member: “It Sounds Like We’re Getting Robbed”

On January 14, 2013, in News Clips, by CLJ

Stanley Oubre, retired Boilermaker, may have been correct when he made this comment.  Again, another example of union bosses’ putting their own agenda before the needs of their members.  Do union bosses speak for their members? Luke Rosiak has the story in The Washington Times. There can be riches in standing up for the working [...]

Obama NLRB Serving Union Bosses Everywhere

On January 10, 2013, in News Clips, by CLJ

More examples of how union bosses and their supporters don’t have their members’ welfare in mind.  The Obama NLRB has become Big Labor’s servant, sanctioning union violence and endangering workers testifying on behalf of their employers.  Labor Union Report Diary has the story:    Notwithstanding the union-backed effort to end Senate filibusters, time and time again, both publicly and behind-the-scenes, [...]

Union Bosses Want To Keep Union Power To Themselves

On January 3, 2013, in News Clips, by CLJ

Big Labor bosses don’t want the rank and file wresting more power from them, for fear they will lose their power to force workers, and to live the good life on forced union dues. Alec McGillis, tnr.com, misses this point telling the story of union “dissident” Jerry Tucker. It’s not surprising Tucker’s voice was drowned [...]

Chicago Bosses Take Aim at Mayor

On December 24, 2012, in News Clips, by CLJ

Dane Placko, Fox 32 News, Chicago, unearths SEIU Bosses’ campaign to punish Mayor Rahm Emmanuel for considering privatizing airport custodian jobs.  It’s just another example of union bosses’ utter disregard for rank and file members, as they spend possibly millions of dollars to help their dues-paying members.   For several weeks, members of the Service Employees [...]

Union Apologist Criticizes Union Bosses for Ignoring Rank and File

On December 22, 2012, in News Clips, Right To Work, by CLJ

A view from the other side:  Union supporter Jonathan Tasini, takes union bosses to task for alienating rank and file members on Working Life.  Beginning with the passage of  Right to Work in Michigan, . . . concentrating  on the fact that Right to Work eliminated the goose that laid the golden egg for union [...]

Big Labor Bosses Make Way More than Michigan Workers

On December 14, 2012, in News Clips, by CLJ

Jillian Kay Melchior, National Review, The Corner, compares Big Labor officials salaries to the rank and file.  It pays big to be a union boss. That’s something to remember as Big Labor leaders decry Michigan’s new right-to-work law. After all, those union dues are supporting their rock-and-roll lifestyles. The latest numbers from the Office of [...]