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Union bosses don’t like practicing what they preach, as many teacher union employees will attest. In a classic case of, “Do as I say, not as I do,” a Teamster employee has been fired for joining a union. LaborUnionReport.com has the…
In an effort to ensure the vote went their way, SEIU organizers harassed and intimidated adjunct workers during a recent organizing campaign. Matt Lamb has the story in collegefix.com. Adjunct faculty at Washington University in St. Louis voted narrowly to…
The U.S. Supreme Court is One Decision Away from Curtailing Union Power in California Fox and Hounds Online, January 9, 2015 Last year marked a legal turning point for California’s teachers’ unions and public employee unions across the nation. First,…
In an editorial this Tuesday (see the link below to read the whole thing) attempting to pour cold water on efforts to make Wisconsin the 25th Right to Work state, the Big Labor-friendly editors of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (MJS) at…
What A Year Labor Unions Had In 2014 The Daily Caller Online, January 1, 2015 Here are six major labor issues that defined the year. Harris v. Quinn. The Supreme Court ruled in Harris v. Quinn that Illinois home health…
U.S. Census Bureau data released just before Christmas show that 44 of the 50 states experienced overall population increases last year. (See the news account linked below for more information.) But many states are home to steadily decreasing numbers of…
Nonunion workers, beware: your employer will now be forced to divulge your personal information to union organizers, whether they wish to or not, free of charge, and without your permission.Thanks to a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision union bosses…
Stephen Moore, Investors Business Daily Online, recounts the latest in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, bankruptcy debacle, brought on mostly bygenerous pension packages negotiated by union officials. The city also increased various fees, such as for garbage collection, by two-thirds. It’s becoming…
While public sector unions remain the largest contributors to the Democrat Party, they are costing the government more, leaving less for Democrat causes. Daniel Di Salvo has the story in The Daily Beast. Public sector unions create a genuine political…
Despite a Supreme Court decision, Illinois government has knuckled under pressure from the Serivce Employees International Union (SEIU) and requires all state home caregivers to attend “training sessions,” where caregivers are required to endure lectures ab out union membership. Additionally,…