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Archive: Jan 2013 (Page 5)

  • News Roundup: CUF in the Motor City

    Posted on Jan 04, 2013 by Center for Union Facts

    Center for Union Facts in the Detroit News Our own Rick Berman writes in the Detroit News this morning: 2012 will be remembered as the year Big Labor went to war, taking on everything from Twinkies to state constitutions. But unfortunately for union bosses, they’ve got little more to show for their battle efforts than a handful of […]

  • Right-to-Work on its Way to Ontario?

    Posted on Jan 03, 2013 by Center for Union Facts

    The latest news from America’s neighbor to the north is that right-to-work may be coming to Ontario. Labor Notes reports that the Canadian province’s Conservative Party—which recently surged ahead of the union-backed New Democratic Party and the ruling Liberal Party in the polls—may push for the legislation in the coming year. Ontario’s Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has tried to […]

  • In Post-Election Spree, NLRB Discards Precedent At Every Turn

    Posted on by Center for Union Facts

    At the current rate, it will be hard to find a legal precedent of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that that still stands after the slew of reversals in 2012. Although we’ve already covered some of these, they bear repeating. In December alone, the Board issued several decisions that reversed significant precedent of the Board itself […]