Posted on Nov 20, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Remember that little ol’ agency for the Department of Labor that union-funded politicians worked to downsize through a budget slashing? Well, enforcement data from the Office of Labor-Management Standards is a good reminder that union officials need oversight. Here’s the latest: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) today announced its criminal […]
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CBS News staff, the people who have helped Katie Couric to her staggering “success,” have authorized a strike … In other news, you in the eventuality of an actual strike you may enjoy this.
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The Wall Street Journal‘s Kris Maher has an interesting read this morning in his story titled “Iowa’s House of Labor Is Split.” It’s worth a read, though you’ll likely need a subscription. In addition to some good details on which unions support which candidates in Iowa, there is this reminder: Indeed, many members will follow […]
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
The New York Times‘ Steve Greenhouse took a look at the rash of recent labor strikes to read the tea leaves on the union movement’s relative power. It’s worth a read, but there is no hard and fast conclusion. But there is yet another reminder of how important political power is to union leaders who […]
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Yesterday a representative for Smithfield published an article in the Charlotte Observer further explaining the company’s racketeering lawsuit against officials of the United Food and Commercial Workers union. Thought you should see it: The truth is that Smithfield has agreed — repeatedly — to hold a secret-ballot election at Tar Heel. We have agreed to […]
Posted on Nov 16, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
You don’t hear about many business-minded folks operating out of Berkeley, California, but there are indeed some. One couple that makes lighting fixtures there, though, has been blinded by a thuggish union organizing drive by the honest-to-badness Socialists from the IWW (aka the Wobblies). Here are the details of the ongoing picket, according to an […]
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Ouch. Another company isn’t taking SEIU’s anti-corporate campaign lying down. As federal regulators clear the purchase of his health care chain by private equity firm Carlyle, a Manor Care spokesman said : “We understand SEIU’s motives: they want to unionize our employees and they will do whatever they can to create the pressure needed to […]
Posted on Nov 15, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
A strike by 800 workers of La Scala opera house has forced the cancellation of a second performance of Verdi’s “Requiem” conducted by principal visiting conductor Daniel Barenboim, officials said Thursday. In any strike, it’s always the culture that takes it on the chin. Our question: Who will chirp up for the concert-goers? UPDATE: The […]
