Posted on Mar 26, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Since it became clear that union-organized stores had trouble competing with Wal-Mart’s efficiency, UFCW bosses have turned to a campaign focused on attacking the retailer’s reputation. And while UFCW’s membership shrank last year by several thousand members, their leaders’ attack on Wal-Mart keeps growing. In its current financial disclosure provided to the Department of Labor, […]
Posted on Mar 23, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
The process of change isn’t easy on some. The Associated Press has launched a three-part series to look at ways “labor unions are trying to rejuvenate themselves in changing economic times.” That largely boils down to stealing the democratic rights of working Americans. The UAW – our biggest fan – has had the hardest time adapting to the changing world. Perhaps that’s […]
Posted on by Jon Berry
The St. Petersburg Times reports on some interesting findings from a pilot program in Little Rock, where public schools are experimenting with paying teachers according to how well their students learn. According to the Times, the University of Arkansas researchers studying the program found that “students in the pilot schools increased their scores 6 to […]
Posted on Mar 22, 2007 by J. Justin Wilson
The AFL-CIO has boiled the debate about the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) down to a few misleading statistics, largely composed of research commissioned from union-friendly researchers. But in a policy debate, a number isn’t just a number, and too often supporters of the EFCA have used misleading statistics to justify the act’s total evisceration […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
Since we launched the Center for Union Facts a little over a year ago, we’ve attracted 2.5 million unique visitors to the website. Our greatest fans seem to be union members themselves. But they’re not alone. We’ve received thousands of visits from … union bosses! Topping our list of visits from union offices are the […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
Production workers at Alpha Baking Co. in Cudahy will vote March 30 whether to decertify Teamsters Local 344 as its collective bargaining representative.
Posted on Mar 21, 2007 by Jon Berry
Another good editorial from the New York Post this morning: it looks like the United Federation of Teachers may have fudged things a little bit to maintain the appearance “that armies of parents are rising up against the city’s school-reform plans.” Dozens of hecklers stormed a New York City Department of Education meeting on Monday […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
The Center for Union Facts received the following tip from a union whistleblower: The Sheet Metal Workers are trying to break the OPEIU bargaining unit in house. The are not honoring a signed contract and are threatening to outsource part of the bargaining unit jobs to possibly a nonunion company. There will be an informational […]
