Posts Tagged ‘American Federation of Government Employees’
Veterans Affairs Union AFGE 331 Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
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 355 checks, and making personal purchases with the union credit card. She recently pleaded guilty…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work Clips July 20, 2018
Group wants California union to hand $100 million back to state workers sacbee.com, July 20, 2018 The National Right to Work Foundation in a new court filing attached to an ongoing lawsuit is demanding that SEIU Local 1000 return the money to about 40,000 current and former state workers because the union allegedly created overly…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work Clips June 21, 2018
After Three Decades Couple Prevails over Union freebeacon.com, June 17, 2018 The Pirlotts sought out a lawyer locally to defend their right to withdraw but could not find one to take the case. That’s when they turned to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation to fight the union’s handling of the withdrawal petition.…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News March 23, 2018
Featured Video – I Was a Union President. Now I Support Right to Work capitalresearch.org, March 20, 2018 Ben Johnson spent the last decade as treasurer and then president of AFT Vermont, the state affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, the second-largest teachers union in the country. For three of those years, Johnson also…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Work News October 13, 2017
Change of Course Expected at NLRB freebeacon.com, October 12, 2017 Patrick Semmens, spokesman for the National Right to Work Foundation, called Griffin’s tenure “a disaster for the rights of independent workers who don’t want to associate with a labor union” and said Robb’s appointment is “critical” to winning balance on the board. Flight Attendant: Southwest,…
Read MoreNILRR Right to Clips March 17 2017
Manufacturing Moves to Right to Work States cnsnews.com, March 15, 2017 by Stan Greer Ever since the first state Right to Work laws were enacted back in the 1940’s, the share of total U.S. manufacturing employment located in such states has been consistently rising. Alexander Defends Delaying Confirmation to Meet With Trump freebeacon.com, March 17,…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips January 06, 2017
House Advances Right To Work, Prevailing Wage Repeal wkms.org, January 06, 2017 The state House of Representatives passed a so-called ‘right-to-work’ bill yesterday. The bill now heads to the Senate, where it is expected to pass. Both sides on right-to-work issue to testify Tuesday at Missouri Capitol Missouri.net, January 06, 2017 A Missouri House Committee…
Read MoreMonopoly Bargaining Compromises Cybersecurity
Jason Chaffetz,Utah, Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Congressman Gary Palmer of Alabama, describe how monopoly bargaining rules undermine the federal government’s cybersecurity in the Washington Times Online. The federal government’s most important responsibility is to protect this nation and its citizens. That includes protecting against cyberattacks. Recall…
Read MoreNILRR Right To Work Clipsheet December 11, 2015
Documents Show Teachers Unions Spent Millions on Luxury Hotels, Overseas Travel, Car Services The74Million.org, November 29, 2015 A cursory scan of the line items on the union’s annual financial filings shows that the American Federation of Teachers spent more than $1.3 million on luxury hotels, more than $300,000 on foreign travel and an eye-popping $59,368…
Read MoreNILRR Clipsheet July 31, 2015
Supreme Court upholds right-to-work for state workers freep.com, July 29, 2015 The Michigan Supreme Court, in an opinion that has the effect of making state employees subject to Michigan’s 2012 right-to-work law, ruled Wednesday that Michigan’s Civil Service Commission never had the authority to impose union fees on state workers, even before the controversial law…
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