Posts Tagged ‘Union Corruption’
NILRR 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 More35K Union Membership?
Union members and officials have been indicted on charges of accepting bribes to allow workers to join Steamfitters Local 638. MaryAnnSpoto has the story on nj.com. A Middletown man has admitted to helping an official in his union accept bribes in return for granting memberships. Christopher Lupino, 51, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on…
Read MoreProphet Pleads Guilty in Philly Racketeering
Three more members of Ironworkers Local401have pleaded guilty to federal charges of racketeering, but the judge is refusing to accept the charges without further information. U. S. District Judge Michael Baylson, indicated he believed in “proportionality.” That is, the more culpability the client has, the more severe the sentence.Julie Shaw has the story on philly.com.…
Read MoreRank and File Teamsters Rail Against Boss “Parasites”
A worthy union will not have to force workers into membership. A bad union should not have the power to force workers to pay it dues. As the article points out, New York is not a Right to Work state, where workers can refrain from joining or supporting labor unions. And the rank and file…
Read MoreNILRR Clips October 31, 2014
After indictments, Ironworkers’ union staying mostly on electoral sidelines Watchdog.org, October 30, 2014 Formerly a heavy-hitter in Pennsylvania politics, at least in Philadelphia and its suburbs, Ironworkers’ Local 401 has spent far less during the 2014 election cycle than any others in recent history. UAW’s Tennessee Trick Or Treat Forbes.com, October 30, 2014 The treat…
Read MoreNILRR Clips October 10, 2014
Roy Exum: The UAW’s New Scab List The Chattanoogan Online, October 10, 2014 There is a special page that is popping up on union websites in right-to-work states such as Tennessee that is called “The Scab List,” according to an article in Washington. Glenn Taubmann, a lawyer at the National Right to Work Legal Defense…
Read MoreNILRR Clips August 15, 2014
Poll Shows State Supports Philosophy Behind ‘Right-To-Work’ ctnewsjunkie.com, August 15, 2014 A poll of 500 residents, conducted in July by Google Consumer Surveys, found that 75 percent of respondents said “yes” when asked: “Should employees have the right to decide, without force or penalty, whether to join or leave a labor union?” Wisconsin public sector…
Read MoreNILRR Clips August 1, 2014
Labor leaders say from now on union organizing will be different People’s World Online, July 31, 2014 When he came out of a closed door session of the council here July 30 Larry Cohen, the chair of the AFL-CIO’s organizing committee, said that from here on out union organizing is going to take on a…
Read MoreNILRR Clipsheet, July 25, 2014
It’s unions that treat nonmembers as ‘whipping boys’: Guest opinion Oregonlive.com, July 22, 2014 The normally calm Nesbitt states that the high court has made “whipping boys” of both unions and home care workers. I disagree. It is government employee unions that have been treating home care workers as whipping boys. Until the Supreme…
Read MoreOn the Waterfront, Continued
Three New Jersey International Longshoreman’s Association bosses have pleaded guilty to various threats to union members to pay “tribute.” Thomas Zambito has the story in the Star-Ledger. Three former officials with the International Longshoremen’s Association union pleaded guilty today to conspiring to extort Christmastime tributes from members who worked on New Jersey’s piers, federal prosecutors…
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