Posted on Aug 23, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Since we decided that we should do a fact of the day until we became bored, we ought to follow through. So in honor of Jason “Lefty” Lefkowitz of the increasingly fractious Change To Win labor coalition, here is today’s fact: According to its financial disclosure filing with the Department of Labor, Change To Win […]
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SEIU tells county employees they ought to strike SEIU bosses commission a report in hopes of blocking a bank merger … perhaps readers can tell us how that’s any of their business SEIU officials in Oregon can’t compete on price (Hat tip: Union News blog) Democratic candidates Bill Richardson and Joe Biden tell Big Labor […]
Posted on Aug 22, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Looks like LaborPains has hit a nerve with some of the folks over at UFCW. We recently posted on platitudes from UFCW’s top man, Joe Hansen. UFCW apparently called in their Change To Win daddies, and a blogger we’ll dub Jason “Lefty” Lefkowitz, to come to their aid. Fair enough. Quick rehash: We took umbrage […]
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Ten years ago today: A federal official threw out the contentious Teamsters election because of alleged campaign fund-raising abuses, forcing union President Ron Carey into another race against James P. Hoffa. Most people don’t remember how this scheme worked. The short answer: Carey’s team sent union member money out to “get out the vote” groups […]
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There has been a fair amount of talk about SEIU bosses’ position on private equity’s role in the changing economy. That union’s leadership attacks private equity at the same time their members’ pensions rely on the investment vehicle. Now comes a new wrinkle: the AFL-CIO is supporting a major private equity buyout of TXU because […]
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Remember the recent story we mentioned about some nurses who weren’t happy with the idea of being represented by either SEIU or UFCW? There are new details today, and we think it’s worth noting. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports: St. John’s nurses had three choices. They could vote for continued representation by their current union, […]
Posted on Aug 21, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Under the header “Unions rebound as Republicans falter”: The signs are all around: Passage in the House, and near passage in the Senate, of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would allow workers to join a union by signing a card rather than going through what labor advocates consider the onerous process of an election; […]
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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s Anya Sostek is reporting that a 9,000-member local of the Service Employees International Union has been put into trusteeship — by its own leaders. The local union officials weren’t sure they could handle the impending doubling of membership, which follows a major card check organizing win for them. We suppose there’s something […]
