Labor Pains: Because Being in a Union can be Painful

Category Archive: Videos (page 3)

  • Udall Avoids Comment on Employee Free Choice Act

    Posted on Jul 17, 2008 by Coloradans for Employee Freedom

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urMqsgABzmQ[/youtube] Coloradans for Employee Freedom caught up with Congressman Mark Udall recently to ask his exact opinion on removing the private ballot from union organization elections.  When asked, he claims that he doesn’t know what our concerned citizen is talking about.  We know this to be false, as Udall not only voted for the Employee Free […]

  • Chellie Pingree admits her support for public ballots

    Posted on by Mainers for Employee Freedom

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDgd3JcdUCU[/youtube] Chellie Pingree, Maine’s 1st district Congressional candidate, makes no secret she supports the Employee “Free Choice” Act. It is always easier to say you support something without letting your constituents know what the bill will actually do. The Employee “Free Choice” Act will take away a worker’s right to a private ballot, but Chellie […]

  • Markey Avoids Real Issue Confronting Colorado Workers

    Posted on Jul 08, 2008 by Coloradans for Employee Freedom

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR9K2H5f-jc[/youtube] In this clip, Betsy Markey, Democrat candidate for the 4th Congressional District of Colorado, chooses to ignore the fact that workers will lose their right to private ballot elections through EFCA, instead choosing to focus on the fact the Employee Free Choice Act will punish businesses and streamline the union organization process that has […]

  • New Hampshire’s Jeanne Shaheen Dodges the Question Once Again

    Posted on Jun 18, 2008 by Granite Staters for Employee Freedom

    Jeanne Shaheen continues to refuse to answer a very simple question: do workers have the right to a secret ballot when a labor organizer tries to unionize their shop?  It’s no surprise that she’s unable to give a straight answer as her position is, to most Americans, completely untenable. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po6OqBKoT-Q[/youtube]

  • Jeanne Shaheen dodges question on workplace democracy

    Posted on Jun 09, 2008 by J. Justin Wilson

    Wow! Check out this video of New Hampshire’s Democratic Senate candidate Jeanne Shaheen totally botching her response to a constituent’s question about labor unions’ plans to eliminate workplace democracy by destroying the 60-year-old tradition of electing unions by a private ballot election.

  • SEIU’s Dissension in the Ranks

    Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

    In addition to the passage of a resolution suggesting that current SEIU members will have to sacrifice pay raises for the “cause,” the SEIU had other signs of trouble at its convention. Specifically, SEIU local leader Sal Rosselli had a lot to say about the SEIU’s “Unity Resolution”:

  • The Modern Teamsters

    Posted on Dec 28, 2007 by Bret Jacobson

    We told you yesterday about one of the latest elections losses — and an embarrassing one at that — for the Teamsters. Now we find video, courtesy of the Union News Blog, of video showing Teamsters members behaving … um … less than professionally. Bonus: see if you can spot intimidation of replacement workers! (Here’s […]

  • Carpenters Video, Pt 2

    Posted on Nov 08, 2007 by Bret Jacobson

    More video of Carpenters union shenanigans today. WARNING: Violence and language