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While Wisconsin was busy curtailing monopoly bargaining privileges to its government employees, Nevada Big labor has snagged a huge payback from Governor Steve Sisolak. Since 1965 there has been a law on the books prohibiting monopoly bargaining for public employees…
Sandusky, Ohio man pleaded guilty to embezzling from Transportation Communication Union (International Association of Machinists) Lodge 6546 while serving as the union’s Secretary Treasurer. Bud G. Sherwood admitted to embezzling to an amount approximately 50% of the union’s annual dues. …
Annette Jones, while serving as Secretary-Treasurer of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 331 (located in Perry Point, Md.), embezzled at least $82,180 from the union by writing checks to herself, forging the signature of other union officers on…
And, the United Nurses and Allied Professional is one example. While the union keeps a nurse as president, the union is actually run by two brothers: a lawyer and a labor activist. Two brothers, who have no medical management experience,…
People abandoning LA pay a “huge premium” for U-Haul trucks “leaving California” (the largest-population state without Right to Work protections for employees) “for Texas” (the largest-population Right to Work state). On the flip-side, should Texans want to go West, there…
Virginia IATSE Union Corruption Case Ends, Union Membership Left Years Before On April 9, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Newport News Division, Benjamin Wisecarver, former President of International Alliance of Theatrical, Stage…
The California Democratic Party convention drew all 24 Democrat to San Francisco this week. While all were invited, only six of the 24 Democrat presidential candidates made a special visit to a Service Employees International (SEIU) meeting. Amy Klobuchar stumped…
From the Institute’s Stan Greer Op-Ed at the Reno Gazette Journal: With a matter of days left before the Nevada Legislature ends its session, national union officials visited the Silver State recently to lobby for more union monopoly power. Big…
For years federal investigators have been scrutinizing International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 98 officers’ management of its forced-dues filled union treasury. Thanks to Local 98’s 2016 federal financial disclosure reports, we have a peek inside federal investigators’ concerns.…