Posts Tagged ‘Union Violence’
Ironworkers Local is Stuck at an Earlier Evolutionary State
Karen Heller delves into details of the Reign of Terror perpetrated by Ironworkers Local 401 bosses in the Philadelphia area, in Philadelphia Inquirer. The Ironworkers were such busy, industrious goons. They allegedly destroyed sites and threatened developers who dared not hire them. Their specialties were not iron and steel, according to the recent federal…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly Newsclips February 21, 2014
Clock ticking for UAW to file objection in VW Chattanooga vote Times Free Press Online, February 19, 2014 Raudabaugh, who does work for the anti-union National Right to Work Foundation, said if the board holds a hearing on an objection to the election, it could take months to resolve, he said. “Should the board say…
Read MoreFormer Union Member Recounts Reign of Terror in New York
A former union member recounts union bosses’ reign of terror in Northern New York against nonunion contactors. Phil Fairbanks has the story in the Buffalo News. Even more important, perhaps, they were co-defendants in a criminal prosecution that rocked the local construction industry with allegations of violence and vandalism against non-union contractors. There was a…
Read MoreUnion Boss: “By Signing the Negatives Go Away”
Operating Engineers’ unionbossthreatensa nonunion conractor who questions the benefit of using union labor. Michael J. Caggiano was also convicted of misdemeanor assault onnonunion contractor Timothy Such, whose business is now defunct. Phil Fairbanks has the story in The Buffalo News. The two men had crossed paths before, but this time the altercation escalated, and Caggiano,…
Read MoreNILRR 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 MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips January31, 2013
Unions lash out at ObamaCare regs The Hill Online, January 29, 2014 In a letter dated Monday, leaders of major unions told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that proposed regulations for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would do nothing to help union health plans. Local Transit Worker…
Read More‘[I]f You’re Looking at an Illegal Means and a Legal End, You’ll Be OK’
In a trial that began this week at a federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., union lawyers are insisting that a four-decade-old U.S. Supreme Court decision gives construction union bosses a license to use violence and threats as organizing tactics without being prosecuted for extortion under the federal Hobbs Act. There is no question whatsoever that…
Read MoreWisconsin Union Thugs Threaten Governor over Act 10
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker recounts the threats to his family’s safety after passage of Act 10, which severely limited the scope of monopoly bargaining for government employee unions, and gave teachers right to work freedom as well. Tal Kopan has the story in Politico. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker faced death threats and frightening encounters with…
Read MoreOregon and Washington Longshoremen Bosses Cited for Picketing
International Longshore and Warehouse Unionbosses continue to ignore safety andflaunt court orders to cease picketing grain barges on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, threatening barge workers who only want to do their jobs. Mateusz Perkowski has the story in the Capital Press Online. A federal judge has sanctioned the longshoremen’s union for ignoring an…
Read MoreNILRR Weekly News Clips August 30, 2013
National Right to Work Committee to Hold Candlelight Vigil at AFL-CIO Headquarters Online candlelight vigil to commemorate victims of union violence being held at www.EndUnionViolence.com Washington, DC (August 30, 2013) – Friday afternoon, Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Committee, will be making a speech to launch a candlelight vigil…
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