Posted on Sep 28, 2015 by LaborPains.org Team
We recently noted that the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York (BCTC) is promoting itself as an advocate for jobs and opportunity for minority workers in New York City. Here’s one of their ads, emphasizing how many apprenticeships are going to non-white union members: We found the emphasis on apprentices curious. While […]
Posted on Sep 21, 2015 by LaborPains.org Team
We noted reports from a few months ago that the United Food and Commercial Workers’ front group OUR Walmart might be dead, with the union cutting off at least some of its financial support. Those reports apparently weren’t the full story—the full story is even more entertaining. Apparently, the People’s Front of Judea and the […]
Posted on Sep 15, 2015 by LaborPains.org Team
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, who rose to national prominence by reforming public-employee labor law in his state, gave a major policy speech on labor relations in Las Vegas yesterday. In a wide-ranging call for reform to public and private employment law, Walker endorsed key provisions of the Employee Rights Act (ERA) and called for Congress […]
