Posted on Feb 10, 2020 by LaborPains.org Team
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released 2019 data on union membership, and it doesn’t look good for labor leaders. The numbers show that union membership dropped in 2019 to a record low of just 10.3 percent. That rate fell by .2 percent from 2018, and is almost half of what it was in 1983 (the […]
Posted on Oct 18, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team
Auto workers have been on strike for over a month. What do they have to show for it? A tentative deal between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and General Motors (GM) that’s been described as a “wash” for union members and almost “identical to GM’s initial proposal from September,” begging the question: Was the strike […]
Posted on Sep 16, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team
Nearly 50,000 members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) traded in their work uniforms for picket signs on Monday morning as part of the union’s strike against General Motors. UAW Vice President Terry Dittes said the strike “is the union’s last resort but is needed because the sides are far apart in negotiating a new […]
Posted on Aug 20, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team
From embezzlement and fraud, to larceny and racketeering, here are the summer’s latest labor rackets: In Kansas, Asenath Roland, former President of the Kansas Postal Workers Union, was indicted on one count of embezzlement of union funds totaling $4,740. In Illinois, John T. Coli Sr., former Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local 727, pleaded guilty to […]
Posted on Aug 06, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team
As the federal investigation into corruption in the ranks of the United Auto Workers (UAW) continues, former union vice president Norwell Jewell will join three other high-ranking union officials behind bars. While Jewell’s union pals will serve one year, he’s been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. Jewell was part of a large scale […]
Posted on Jul 22, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team
Last Thursday, it became public that for months campaign workers employed by Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have demanded that their pay be consistent with the Senator’s rhetoric on minimum wage. Sanders’ campaign staff, who are represented by the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 400, issued a statement claiming they “cannot be […]
Posted on Jul 10, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team
Union officials are feeling the heat, and it’s not just the change in season. Check out the latest union rackets from this Summer: In New Hampshire, the Department filed suit against American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 230. The lawsuit seeks to nullify the union’s recent elections. The complaint alleges that the union denied members a […]
Posted on Jun 04, 2019 by LaborPains.org Team
As workers at Tennessee’s Chattanooga Volkswagen plant prepare to vote next week on whether or not to join the UAW, the newly launched “Center for VW Facts” (sound familiar?) has set out to “bring transparency to VW.” A questionable goal, considering the group’s founder has a history of using dirty and dishonest tactics. The man […]
