Archive: Apr 2014 (Page 2)

• Labor-Friendly NLRB Revisits Rule Blocked by Federal Court

  Posted on Apr 16, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  On December 21, 2011, the NLRB announced a change in NLRB election procedures, moving bargaining unit disputes to after unionization elections instead of before them. In practice, this “quickie elections” rule would give employees less time to learn about the drawbacks that come with unionization. Not surprisingly, unions win a higher percentage of elections when employees have less time to become informed about unionization, giving them incentive […]

• Union Hypocrisy on Political Cash Exposed

  Posted on Apr 14, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that “aggregate limits” — maximum totals on contributions to all candidates and party committees combined — on individuals’ election contributions were unconstitutional in a case titled McCutcheon v. FEC. This ruling annoyed Big Labor, which enjoys 10 of the top 14 spots in the ranking of organization contributors to […]

• “Worker Committees” a $15 Million SEIU Project

  Posted on Apr 09, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  We’ve covered the SEIU-led campaign to organize fast food restaurants without a secret ballot—a.k.a. by “card check”—since it began nearly two years ago. It’s a big push by one of America’s most aggressive labor organizations get two big “wins” for the union: A minimum-wage hike—which our research shows would benefit SEIU directly in addition to […]

• Randi’s Underlings Spend $4.8 Million Influencing New York

  Posted on Apr 08, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  The New York affiliates of the American Federation of Teachers—the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) and NYC’s United Federation of Teachers (UFT)—are big-time political players in the Empire State. Randi Weingarten, the AFT’s national president, first rose through the ranks—and first waged war on school reformers—as president of the UFT. Lobbying disclosure filings from […]

• OUR Walmart: Still UFCW in “Worker Center” Costume

  Posted on Apr 07, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  Annually, labor union federations and private-sector unions must publish an annual report to the Department of Labor (known as the LM-2) pursuant to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act.  And even though one of the first acts of the Obama/Solis pro-union DoL was gutting Bush-era reforms that made unions more transparent, they still contain useful […]

• Beware SEIU, Especially Bearing “Polls”

  Posted on by LaborPains.org Team

  Last week, the Los Angeles Times reported on a “poll” by Hart Research purporting to show widespread labor law violations in the restaurant industry. The dubious survey was commissioned by the SEIU-backed worker center “Low Pay Is Not OK,” a national umbrella front group for SEIU’s other “worker organizing committees.” Hart is a big-time union […]

• Missouri Advances Paycheck Protection

  Posted on Apr 03, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team

  The Missouri State House of Representatives passed a bill this week that would provide public-sector employees the right to opt out of automatic deduction of dues and agency fees paid to unions. Although Missouri public employees are not currently protected by a “right to work” law that allows them to refrain from paying any dues […]