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  • Hospitals With SEIU-Represented Nurses Have Statistically Worse Patient Outcomes

    Posted on Feb 07, 2025 by LaborPains.org Team

    The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has made it their mission to unionize California hospitals saying it will “lead to safer conditions for our patients.” The data tells a different story. Today, the Center for Union Facts released a new, first-of-its-kind report showing that hospitals that employ nurses who are unionized with the Service Employees […]

  • 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 […]

  • SEIU-UHW’s Anti-Israel Leadership

    Posted on Jun 19, 2024 by LaborPains.org Team

    Leadership at the Service Employees International Union – United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) has been under fire for allegations of toxic work culture and sexual misconduct. But it looks like the union’s issues also extend to anti-Israel rhetoric from its top ranks. Recently discovered material on the union’s leadership and its staff suggest the large […]

  • SEIU Affiliate Workers United Defends Terrorism

    Posted on Oct 12, 2023 by LaborPains.org Team

    Workers United – an affiliate of the SEIU – seems to have found a new cause to rally around and it has little to do with organizing baristas.  In the wake of recent attacks on Israel by Hamas terrorists, Starbucks Workers United and its organizers have taken to X – formerly known as Twitter – […]

  • DOL Proposed Rule Threatens Independent Contractors

    Posted on Oct 14, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

    This week, the Department of Labor published a proposed rule for determining whether or not a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. Spoiler alert: it’s not looking good for hundreds of thousands of freelancers across the country who are hoping to maintain their independence. This new rule is a break from the Trump-era […]

  • Contract Reveal Union’s Salty Tricks

    Posted on Mar 16, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

    There’s an old saying: If you can’t beat them, join them. But if you’re a union boss, there’s a twist. Their saying goes something like: If you can’t beat them, join them with false pretenses to sow discord between workers until the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) backs you up. This is a process called […]

  • What Tennesseans Have to Say About the UAW

    Posted on Jan 31, 2022 by LaborPains.org Team

    A Ford Motors plant is coming to Tennessee. While new jobs are certainly welcome, the UAW’s culture of corruption is not. In fact, a recent poll found that 2 out of 3 Tennesseans think Ford workers should have a secret ballot vote to decide whether they want to be represented by the union. The Center […]