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Archive: Sep 2024

  • SMART Union Spent Over $6 Million on Left-Leaning Advocacy Between 2019-202

    Posted on Sep 30, 2024 by Admin

    Today, the Center for Union Facts (CUF) released a new report detailing how the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) union has spent members’ dues to fund a largely one-sided political advocacy agenda. “The public and union members deserve to know how the union is spending workers’ dues dollars. 99 percent of SMART’s recent […]

  • The Failed UAW Contract With Stellantis

    Posted on Sep 18, 2024 by LaborPains.org Team

    It’s been about a year since the UAW went on strike against Detroit’s “Big Three” automakers. Are UAW members better off than they were before?  At Stellantis, the answer is a resounding “no.”  While the union’s new contract with Stellantis did raise wages, the company had to offset those increased labor costs by reducing hours […]

  • Times Square Billboard: Meet New York’s Hypocritical Hotel Union

    Posted on Sep 03, 2024 by Admin

    The Hotel and Gaming Trades Council – a union which represents hotel and casino employees in the New York area – is pushing a citywide regulation that would ban hotels from contracting out cleaning and administrative work.  It’s a self-interested scheme designed to provide more dues money for the union. The result could mean pricier […]