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As I noted in a post on this web site last week, the editors of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel’s (MJS) editorial page admitthat state Right to Work laws protect employees’ “freedom to choose whether to be in a union.” But judging…
FBI wiretaps reveal Ironworker boss Joseph Dougherty believed there were no limits to what could be done to stop employers from using nonunion workers. Joseph A. Slobodzian has the story on philly.com. Shortly after 10 a.m. on Nov. 5, 2013,…
Michigan Supreme Court justices closely question a United Auto Workers (UAW) labor attorney’s challenge to the Right to Work Law. Chad Livengood has the story in The Detroit News. Republican-backed Supreme Court justices drilled a labor union attorney during a…
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…