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Archive: Aug 2022

  • CUF Launches Workplace Election Integrity to Protect Secret Ballots

    Posted on Aug 30, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

    This Labor Day, the Center for Union Facts is launching a new campaign aimed at protecting employees’ right to a secret ballot vote in union elections across the country. The campaign – Workplace Election Integrity – aims to educate workers and the public on threats against choice in the workplace and how they can fight back. The […]

  • Worker Freedom is Under Attack

    Posted on Aug 24, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

    Last week was National Employee Freedom Week — a time dedicated to empowering workers and informing them of their choices when it comes to union membership. Unfortunately, employee choice is under threat by Congress and the Biden Administration. As Vincent Vernuccio and Charlyce Bozzello highlight in a recent opinion piece in the Washington Examiner, President […]

  • UAW Accused of “Threatening and Intimidating” Members at Constitutional Convention

    Posted on Aug 02, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

    Members of the United Auto Workers hoping to have their voices heard at the union’s constitutional convention last week were reportedly greeted with hostility from UAW leadership. The convention was supposed to be a democratic gathering, emphasizing the union’s recent switch to a “one member, one vote system,” instead of the delegate system that was […]