Archive for February 2020
Rank and File Denounce Latest UAW Union Boss to be Sentenced
Rank and file UAW members had their say in September, 2019, as many attended Mike Grimes’ trial and had plenty to say both to him and the press about Grimes’…
Read MoreUAW Union Official Grimes Ordered To Pay $1,509,500
As the specter of a federal takeover looms over the United Auto Workers (UAW) another union official has pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering before…
Read MoreTeamsters Local 41 Forced to Hold New Election After Ballot Snafu
Union bosses may not like secret ballot elections when conducting organizing drives, but they cannot deny their members in a union election. A lawsuit alleging Local 41 did not enough…
Read MoreAFT President Pleads Guilty to Embezzling Union Funds
The president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Philadelphia, Local 4973, pled guilty to one count of embezzling money from that local. Check out the union’s latest LM-2 here. …
Read MoreThe Fourteen Least-Affordable States All Lack Right To Work Protections
The correlation between forced-unionism status and a higher cost of living is robust. Not one of the 14 highest-cost states in 2019 has a Right to Work law. But 13 of the 15 lowest cost-of-living states protect employees’ Right to Work.
There is a compelling case to be made that compulsory unionism actually fosters a higher cost of living.
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