Posts Tagged ‘UAW’
NILRR Clipsheet June 26, 2015
ALRB’s top lawyer named to governor’s staff Fresno Bee Online, June 24, 2015 Sylvia Torres-Guillen, 49, of Los Angeles will become special counsel to the governor. She had been the ALRB’s general counsel since 2011. Beyond the Gerawan case, Torres-Guillén has been sparring with the ALRB’s new chairman, William Gould, who has wanted to take…
Read MoreMissouri Gov Gets Donation After Veto
Missouri Governor Nixon’s veto of a Right to Work law earned him a sizeable donation from United Auto Workers’ union bosses. The story appears in the Kansas City Business Journal. A major union showed its gratitude – $50,000 worth – to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon for his veto of “right-to-work” legislation, KSHB reports. Nixon received…
Read MoreUAW Loses Monopoly Bid
In what can be described as a crushing blow, Volkswagen has decided to recognize a German-style works council at its plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Plant workers have never voted unanimously to be represented by the United Auto Workers, despite UAW union bosses’ best efforts. Jalopnik has the story. The UAW has been pushing for what…
Read MoreBig Labor Gave $2 Million to Clinton Foundations
U.S. Department of Labor’s union financial disclosure reports reveal that Big Labor gave at least $2,034,500 in union general treasury funds to Clinton Foundations. Union treasuries are funded mostly by compulsory union dues or fees collected from workers who would be fired for refusing to pay. As Mrs. Clinton became closer to her current run…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips May 08, 2015
NLRB Schedules Fifth Vote to Decertify Local UAW Washington Free Beacon Online, May 07, 2015 Alabama workers are being forced to take a fifth vote to kick out a local UAW chapter despite giving the union the boot in February. Top N.J. lawmaker helping embattled ironworkers union rebuild as criminal case wanes nj.com, May 01,…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips May 01 2015
UAW members get information on how to leave union freep.com, April 29, 2015 About three dozen UAW workers gathered today in Sterling Heights to get advice on how leave the union or stop paying dues after Michigan’s right-to-work law starts applying to the Detroit-based union. Freedom’s just another word for mandatory dues, union says watchdog.org,…
Read MoreNILRR Clips April 17, 2015
NLRB takes on right-to-work – Finance to hold hearing on TPA today politico.com, April 17, 2015 NLRB TAKES ON RIGHT-TO-WORK: The National Labor Relations Board’s newest target is the right-to-work movement. In a call for briefs yesterday, the agency said it may allow a union to collect a fee from a non-member in a right-to-work…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips February 20, 2015
VW recognizes anti-UAW worker group ACE at Tennessee plant Reuters.com, February 16, 2014 Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) said on Monday it had recognized a new group called the American Council of Employees to represent workers at its auto assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in addition to the United Auto Workers. The ACE is an alternative to…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips January 19, 2015
Public Unions vs. the Public Wall Street Journal Online, January 15, 2015 The facts: Public-sector unions are not underdogs. . . As Mr. DiSalvo shows, public-sector unions are also rich. Taken together, they spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually lobbying governments on behalf of their members. Our courts have ensured that funding for political…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips January 02, 2015
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 care workers could not be compelled to join a union because they were hired by…
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