Posted on Jul 24, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Bryan O’Keefe writes in this morning’s New York Sun: While there is plenty of room for both sides to negotiate, the basic choice is clear. The big three and the UAW need to come together to find a creative solution for their long-term economic problems. If they do not take that route, Ford, GM, and […]
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Meant to get around to this, but the trusty Employer Report blog beat us to it. Apparently the chiefs at the Communications Workers of America (CWA) are trying to diversify their leadership … at least a little. According to the Bureau of National Affairs [by subscription only], the CWA’s current 19-member E-Board has only four […]
Posted on Jul 23, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
The current arms race for Democratic presidential hopefuls seems to be over who can fit themselves deepest into Big Labor’s pocket. The Associated Press reports: “Democrat Barack Obama told union activists Saturday night that he would walk a picket line as president if organized labor helps elect him in 2008.” Sen. Hillary Clinton told Iowa […]
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Remember ACORN, the union-funded group which supposedly isn’t involved in voter registration fraud? Well, chew on this report from the Seattle Times: Pierce County authorities are investigating whether hundreds of voter-registration cards were fraudulently filled out by paid canvassers before the 2006 election. The criminal investigation, acknowledged Friday by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Al Rose, comes […]
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Actors and artistes hitch their wagon a little tighter to the AFL-CIO MGM Mirage is holding the line so far as UNITE HERE bosses seek card check scheme in Sin City Oregon’s government move into arbitration … with people who aren’t really state employees Los Angeles Times: Clerks ratify Southland market pact The Hill says […]
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Sunday’s Arizona Daily Star carried an interesting editorial weighing in on the ongoing UFCW-attacks-Bashas saga. The UFCW hasn’t fared very well in this story (see here and here). The Daily Star rightly noted that this sort of anti-corporate campaign is almost always tied to a “card check” drive — that’s because the kind of labor […]
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With each passing day it becomes more clear that union officials are involved, in a destructive way, in the immigration issue. The most important point to remember: union bosses are eying illegal immigrants as a critical source of dues money. Then there’s this: On July 10, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 25 […]
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Again … Will UFCW bosses cut their dues schedules? Don’t hold your breath.
