Posted on Oct 19, 2012 by Center for Union Facts
Unions in California are busy playing politics this season. In addition to labor’s push against paycheck protection, the AFL-CIO has been particularly outspoken in supporting—and funding–a San Jose referendum that would increase the city’s minimum wage to $10 per hour. (The campaign even appears to be headquartered at the offices of the AFL-CIO’s South Bay Labor Council.) Proponents claim that […]
Posted on Jun 08, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
–The SEIU sees blood in Arizona, and a chance to cash in. They put together a hotline for anyone traveling to Arizona to call in and get travel advisories. The hotline, if set up by anyone not far left of center, would result in pejoratives being hurled at them by ….everyone. But because the SEIU […]
Posted on Apr 08, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Higher public sector unionization means higher public sector debt (speaking of the debt, have you seen our sister organization, the Employment Policies Institute’s Defeat the Debt campaign?). Labor unions generally ignore the connection, or claim its caused by something else, but when public sector employees are draining state coffers, like California’s, into deeper debt, it’s […]
Posted on Mar 04, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
Today the Center for Union Facts (CUF) released an analysis of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) data which refutes union claims of widespread employer intimidation and lagging union win rates in organizing elections. In the first-half of 2008, labor unions won 66% of NLRB secret ballot elections, the highest win-rate in decades. This figure counters […]
Posted on Dec 13, 2007 by J. Justin Wilson
Watching the unions complain about the Department of Labor reporting requirements reminds me of watching OJ try to put on the bloody gloves. They go through all sorts of contortions—twisting and turning to great effect—ultimately arguing that categorizing their electric bill as “overhead” and their photocopiers as “administrative” is some sort of Herculean task. (Never […]
