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The Laborers International Union ofNorth America (LIUNA) officials and union members currently find themselves at odds with its parent federation, the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in the country. In 2005, The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), Service Employees…
Dignity Health Medical Group hired a nonunion contractor to expand one of its hospitals in Clark County, Nevada. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers local 357 officials responded with a smear tactic campaign. Dignity hasfiled a lawsuit against the local’s officials.…
Today the union-boss front group Our Walmart staged its third annual nationwide “Black Friday” protests against America’s largest retailer at more than 1500 store locations across the country. This year, once again, only a tiny fraction of the protesters were…
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick hustled 500 state jobs into the waiting arms of the National Association of Government Employees (NAGE) two weeks before the 2014 elections. Details are scarce. Sharman Sacchetti ahs the story on My Fox Boston. The…
https://nilrr.org/wp-admin/post-new.phpHiding behind the name OUR Walmart, union officials are planning to disrupt Black Friday sales by engineering hundreds of protests across the country. While the name, OUR Walmart, implies the movement enjoys the support of Walmart employees, but the distinct…
In a blatant attempt to circumvent the Harris v. Quinn Supreme Court ruling, the Service Employees International Union has devised a scheme where Illinois home care workers are still required to listen to SEIU officials’ union membership pitch and receive…
A new report by State Budget Solutions (or SBS, see the link below) adds to the evidence that, as good as government union officials empowered with monopoly-bargaining and forced-dues privileges are at pushing for higher taxes, they are even better…
United Auto Worker union bossesare seeking help from concerns outside the United States in their desperate attempt to bring Volkwagen workers under their thumb.In February, workers at the Chattanooga, Tennessee Volkswagen plant voted to eschew union representation, but UAW bosses…
As even casual observers of U.S. labor policy know, union membership in the U.S. has been declining for a long time, both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the workforce. Is union membership falling more precipitously in Right…
Push For New Mexico “Right To Work” Law Anticipated krwg.org, TV and FM radio, November 13, 2014 A Republican legislative leader says the GOP’s capture of majority control of the state House means New Mexico may enact legislation to bar…