Posted on Apr 28, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
So while perusing The New York Times slide show on entitled “Buying in Bulk”, I ran across the an image that caught my eye. And the caption read as follows: “PUSHING THE CART Joe Ruggiero, 46, a maintenance technician for Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union, with his co-worker Robert Alfonso, 55 IN THE […]
Posted on Apr 09, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
You put your support for card check in, you pull your support of card check out, you put your support for card check in and you get the union endorsement. From the AP: Cal Cunningham said in an interview with The Associated Press that he supports elections as the sole way for there to be […]
Posted on Apr 05, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
It should indicate something about the employment market when some of a trash collection company‘s employees threaten to strike… and 1600 people apply for their jobs. It should also serve as a reality check to the union–especially when “the the average driver’s annual compensation will reach $109,553” and the unemployment rate has been resting close […]
Posted on Apr 02, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
1. It’s Arlen Specter, so I am not surprised, but it is interesting to note that on the heals of receiving a major labor endorsement from the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, he announced a 5 points “Worker’s Bill of Rights”. Is it some sort of bizarre consolation prize for EFCA? In the process, he manages to rile […]
Posted on Mar 26, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
From the Wall Street Journal: “According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), from 1998 to 2008 public employee compensation grew by 28.6%, compared with 19.3% for private workers. In the recession year of 2009, with almost no inflation and record budget deficits, more than half the states awarded pay raises to their employees. […]
Posted on Mar 23, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
—Andy Stern reports that ACORN is closing up shop (the other Andy Stern). –The SEIU District 1199 and UFCW Local 1059 have made it clear that they will no long support Ohio’s U.S. Rep. Zach Space, the state’s only Democratic representative who voted against the health care legislation. Business Week –The Hill offers this helpful […]
Posted on Mar 19, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Daniel Howes asked an excellent question in the Detroit News yesterday: What will it take for public-sector labor — with no ties to private, for-profit employers — to understand that the steady gravy train of the past 50 years has ground to a halt? In autos and steel, the UAW and the Steelworkers finally learned […]
Posted on Mar 18, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Richard Trumka’s one block sprint to the White House yesterday afternoon paid off. This just in, from Politico: “A union official says the nation’s largest labor federation is strongly endorsing the Obama administration’s health care overhaul bill and plans to push wavering lawmakers for support. A union official familiar with the proceedings says the AFL-CIO’s […]
