Prop 22 Opponents Have a Bad Case of Sour Grapes
This week, Proposition 22 — a California ballot measure that allows certain gig workers to be exempt from the state’s…
"Grassroots" Gig Workers Collective Exposed As UFCW Front
Update: After this post went live, the Gig Workers Collective posted a response on its Facebook page. The post describes an…
UFCW Locals Keep Bylaws Out of Members' Hands
Among the more memorable examples of unions’ anti-transparency antics is the UFCW’s 2002 lawsuit to keep its constitution hidden from…
New Website Details Five Years of UFCW Spending, Including $6 Million to One Consulting Firm
The Center for Union Facts is launching UFCWShopSmarter.com, a new website that highlights the United Food and Commercial Workers’ (UFCW)…
UFCW’s Two-Faced Tactics in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union has been involved in a years-long crusade against in-store…
Union Push to Reclassify Workers in CA Could Result in 900,000 Jobs Lost
As if workers didn’t have enough to deal with while trying to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, California has gone and…
Labor-Backed Attorneys Target Uber and Lyft in Lawsuit
This week, the state of California filed a lawsuit against ride-share companies Uber and Lyft. The lawsuit claims these gig companies…
NLRB Asked to Take Action Against UFCW Scheme Forcing Union Membership
National labor unions are profiting off of the expanding recreational and medicinal cannabis industry, and the most egregious offender is…
Out-of-Control Union Spending: Super Bowl Edition
In honor of the upcoming Super Bowl, it’s time to round up the amount of money labor unions have spent…
Union President Pay Watch, 2018
The AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of labor unions, recently released its annual Executive Paywatch report. AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler describes…