Posts Tagged ‘Union Organizing’
NILRR Weekly News Clips, February 7, 2014
Worker Advocate Reacts to Volkswagen’s Request for NLRB Union Election www.nrtw.org, February 3, 2014 Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Foundation, issued the following statement after the announcement today that Volkswagen America has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a rapid-fire United Auto Workers (UAW) unionization election in its Chattanooga…
Read MorePyongyang, Tennessee?
German union boss Detlef Wetzel of Germany’s IG Metall, compared nonunionized Southern states to North Korea. Huh? Yes. Holman Jenkins, Jr., has the story in the Wall Street Journal. North Korea? That’s the analogy Germany’s top labor leader recently applied to the American South because, in the American South, nonunion auto plants are permitted…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips, December 20, 2013
One Breach of Basic Legal Principles Doesn’t Warrant Another www.nilrr.org, December 15, 2013 Unfortunately, in the U.S. federal labor policy routinely breaches the personal right to choose one’s own representative. If a majority of the front-line employees in a workplace sign authorization cards indicating they wish to be represented by a particular union on compensation…
Read MoreFoundation Helps Auto Workers in Tennessee
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys are taking up the cause of auto workers who have been railroaded into union membership by the organizing activities taking place at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant. Chloe Morrison has the story on nooga.com Volkswagen employees have been relatively quiet lately on the issue of Volkswagen unionization, but…
Read MoreSupreme Court Dismisses Union-Backed Petition to Overturn Organizing Case
Right to Work Foundation-won Eleventh Circuit ruling stands, putting at risk backroom deals between companies and aggressive union organizers Washington, DC (December 10, 2013) – Today, the United States Supreme Court announced that it “dismissed as improvidently granted” a union appeal of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in Mulhall v. UNITE…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips, December 06, 2013
Unions Bring Chicago Thuggery to California, Oregon Hospitals Breitbart.com, December 02, 2013 The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is attempting to force hospitals in California and Oregon to allow it to organize workers by using ballot initiatives that would cap executive pay and charges to patients, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. The SEIU…
Read MoreSEIU Planning More Fast Food Demonstrations
It appears Service Employees International Union officials continue ploughing money and workers into an organizing campaign directed towards fast-food workers. These workers so far have not responded to the SEIU’s overtures, and disruption of their workplace is unlikely to convince anyone to join. Demonstrations are set for tomorrow. Sean Higgins has the story in the…
Read MoreUnion Officials Find a Way to Get Around Labor Law
Former NLRB member Peter Schaumber discusses union officials’ use of “worker centers” as organizing centers. Because the centers are not subject to federal law, union officials find they are a useful way to circumvent regulations on union organizing. Peter Schaumber has the story in the Hill. Two weeks ago, in a sharply worded decision, a…
Read MoreTrumka sees the Light — 30 years of Stagnation
The AFL-CIO has been toying iwth the idea of organizing nonunion workers for a while now. On Thursday, Richard Trumka announced intentions to put this idea into action by courting left-wing ideological groups. It seems the Sierra Club is considering “aligning” itself with the AFL-CIO. How long will it be until Sierra Club members are…
Read MoreSEIU Has Big Plans for Midwest Workers
SEIU Local 1’s 2013 Strategic Plan reveals a goal of forcing thousands of guards and airportworkers into unwanted representation.A majority of the workers perform janitorial or security duties. The plan also boasts it will help the “99%” achieve equity with the “1%.” This “1%” must include some SEIU officials, considering their hefty salaries. Luke Rosiak…
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