Archive: Jul 2016

• Union Bosses Talk Wage Inequality, Rake in Six-Figure Salaries

  Posted on Jul 29, 2016 by LaborPains.org Team

  Six of America’s most powerful union bosses appeared at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, decrying income inequality and advocating for reckless minimum-wage hikes. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka urged voters to “stand up to Wall Street” and “build a new era of shared prosperity.” Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), praised the “[fight] for […]

• Labor Secretary Lies About Lineage?

  Posted on Jul 26, 2016 by LaborPains.org Team

  It’s been a rough few weeks for U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez. Not only was Perez—the architect of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) job-killing overtime rule—passed over as a vice presidential candidate, but the secretary also sparked a firestorm of controversy. Why? Because of his ancestry—or, rather, what he said about it. In stump speeches and […]

• SEIU Faces Largest Decertification Vote in History

  Posted on Jul 22, 2016 by LaborPains.org Team

  A group of Minnesota home health care workers have embarked on a campaign to decertify the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Minnesota that currently represents them. Launching their decertification effort on Monday, they seek to extricate roughly 27,000 home health care professionals across the state from the SEIU. If successful, it would be the largest decertification vote in history. […]

• In-N-Out Learns a Lesson on Taking the “High Road”

  Posted on Jul 15, 2016 by LaborPains.org Team

  If you’ve ever been to an In-N-Out, you’ll know that the company’s distinct style consists of two colors: Red and white. From the employee uniforms to the paper to-go bags all the way down to the bathroom tiles, everything is similar. No longer. This month, an administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board ruled that […]

• Boisterous Teachers Union Silences Conservative Members

  Posted on Jul 08, 2016 by LaborPains.org Team

  The National Education Association (NEA) is not one to keep its anti-reform agenda quiet. That was made clear at the union’s annual labor conference this week, where Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton—who received an early endorsement from the NEA—was recruited to speak. When Clinton praised charter schools—saying that “when schools get it right, whether they are traditional public […]