Category Archive: DOL

• Reps Foxx and Allen Call For Greater OLMS Oversight

  Posted on Nov 16, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

  This week, Education and Labor Committee Republican Leader Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Republican Leader Rick Allen (R-GA) sent a letter requesting the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) and its enforcement activities. Labor unions are required to file financial information with OLMS under the Labor-Management Reporting and […]

• Bernie Sanders Wants Amazon Banned from Federal Contracts Over Union Riff

  Posted on Apr 29, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

  Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont democratic socialist, wrote a letter to President Joe Biden demanding that Amazon be excluded from any contract with the federal government over its handling of the union vote in Bessemer, Alabama. Sanders argued that Amazon – which is expected to land a $10 billion cloud contract from the N.S.A. – […]

• DOL Abandons Transparency Requirements for Labor Unions

  Posted on May 28, 2021 by LaborPains.org Team

  Under the Trump administration, the Department of Labor added additional transparency requirements for unions in an effort to weed out corruption. A final rule — which created the form T-1 — mandated any union with at least $250,000 in annual receipts to disclose information about their credit unions, strike funds, apprenticeship programs, and any additional […]

• Report Gives Union Members Insight Into 20 Years of Labor Finances

  Posted on Jan 27, 2021 by LaborPains.org Team

  This month, the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) released a new report that analyzes union financial data between 2000-2019. While OLMS has collected information on union spending annually for years, this report allows members to see overall trends in how unions use their resources — mainly members’ dues dollars.  The country’s major labor unions — […]

• New DOL Rule Gives Workers a Say in How They Earn a Living

  Posted on Jan 11, 2021 by LaborPains.org Team

  The Department of Labor (DOL) rang in the New Year by finalizing a rule on independent contractor classification. The rule provides another way forward for freelancers after California’s disastrous AB 5 law decimated the incomes of hundreds of thousands of independent contractors in the state. Unlike AB 5, the new DOL rule doesn’t assume that […]

• UAW Scandal Emphasizes Need for Updated Union Financial Reporting

  Posted on Dec 15, 2020 by LaborPains.org Team

  Yesterday, the Center for Union Facts submitted commentary on a proposed rule from the Department of Labor that would update the way labor unions report financial information to the federal government. The commentary notes that the changes proposed in the Federal Register’s notice of Proposed Rulemaking — published October 13, 2020 — would help weed […]

• Sensible Labor Reform: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

  Posted on Dec 17, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team

  Just in time for the holidays, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has delivered several rulings that should inspire Christmas cheer at workplaces across the country. Below are just a few examples: For starters, the NLRB has moved to accept a settlement to resolve “dozens of cases” brought against McDonald’s Corp. Pending approval by a […]

• Labor Racket Weekly: October Round Up

  Posted on Nov 26, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team

  This Thanksgiving, some union bosses have more to be thankful for than others. Below are the best labor rackets from last month — you might even spot some familiar UAW officials. In Michigan, Edward “Nick” Robinson, President of Auto Workers (UAW) Midwest CAP Council, was charged by information with one count of embezzling union funds […]