Posted on Jan 11, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team
Thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision in Janus v. AFSCME, public-sector unions can no longer compel workers to pay so-called “fair share fees.” However, these unions still have the sole power to negotiate on behalf of their workers. Known as “exclusive representation,” federal labor law requires unions to represent every worker in a bargaining unit, regardless of […]
Posted on Jul 30, 2018 by LaborPains.org Team
It’s been an eventful summer for unions. Following up on a win for workforce freedom in Janus, a final rule handed down by the Department of Labor (DOL) on July 17 will end an Obama-era ruling known as the “Persuader Rule.” The “Persuader Rule” was added to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) in […]
Posted on Jan 19, 2018 by LaborPains.org Team
The hits keep coming for the United Auto Workers union. In late December, the New York Times published a story exposing the culture of sexual harassment at a UAW-represented Ford plant in Chicago. Subsequently, the Center for Union Facts produced a video featuring female employees at that plant, who described the disgusting behaviors they had […]
Posted on Jul 11, 2017 by LaborPains.org Team
Life is never dull in union America. Earlier this month, George Botts, vice president of New York’s Amalgamated Transit Union Local 726, was caught falsifying time sheets. How’d he get caught? E-ZPass. According to the New York Daily News, Botts was recorded “paying tolls at the same time he was supposed to be performing union duties […]
Posted on Sep 27, 2016 by LaborPains.org Team
Union bosses know a thing or two about the wrong side of the law. David R. Sager, the former president of the United Steelworkers Local 5000, is now under federal indictment for embezzling more than $185,000 from the union’s strike fund. Law360 has more: “A 29-count federal indictment has been unsealed charging David R. Sager of Gibsonburg, […]
Posted on Feb 19, 2014 by LaborPains.org Team
Last year, we reported on a concerning story out of Philadelphia. A Quaker meetinghouse that was being built by non-union labor was burned down, and local police found that it was “absolutely” related to a union labor dispute. Today, the federal Department of Justice announced it agreed. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of […]
Posted on Jul 31, 2013 by LaborPains.org Team
In a recent article and our full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, we explained the uncanny similarities between worker centers and labor unions. On July 23, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce expressed their suspicions as well by writing a letter to newly appointed Labor Secretary Thomas Perez. In their letter, they challenge Perez to clearly define Labor-Management […]
Posted on Jul 10, 2013 by LaborPains.org Team
The Teamsters in Long Island were caught in a scene reminiscent of the gangster classic “Goodfellas” when the president of Local 917 was accused of participating in a $10 million crime ring. Nicholas Bernhard, President of Local 917, was arrested along with nine members of the Bonanno crime family for reputedly engaging in drug trafficking, extortion, loan sharking, and […]
