Labor Pains: Because Being in a Union can be Painful

Archive: May 2022

  • Do New UAW Election Rules Do Enough to Enact Meaningful Reform At the Union?

    Posted on May 19, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

    Last week, the court-appointed independent monitor for the United Auto Workers union released the rules for the union’s first ever mail-in direct election of the International Executive Board. The rules were published in a six-month update filed by the monitor. Back in December, auto workers voted to adopt direct elections following a years-long corruption scandal […]

  • PRO Act Not the Only Threat to Worker Choice

    Posted on May 12, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

    Major Democrats including President Biden are pushing for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act as a way to boost their pals in Big Labor. The bill reads like a union wishlist. Its provisions do nothing to advance worker choice and everything to consolidate more power in the country’s labor unions. If it becomes […]