Union Strike Threatens Cheap Gas, Ambulance Services Might Be Next
You may have noticed that the price of gasoline has plummeted recently. Good news, right? Well, not if you’re the…
Union Boss Under Scrutiny From Union Members
Ann Twomey, president of the Health Professionals and Allied Employees (HPAE)—a health care labor union and affiliate of Randi Weingarten’s American Federation…
Employee Rights Act Grabs Attention
The Employee Rights Act (ERA), a proposed piece of federal legislation that gives a host of individual rights to workers,…
Labor-Friendly NLRB Revisits Rule Blocked by Federal Court
On December 21, 2011, the NLRB announced a change in NLRB election procedures, moving bargaining unit disputes to after unionization elections instead of before them. In…
What Do “Associate Voices” Have to Say About Working at Wal-Mart?
In an effort to try to fluff up its Astroturf campaign against the world’s largest retailer, United Food and Commercial…
Newsflash: Benefits of Union Membership Declining by the Year
Unions have always turned to the same trump card when trying to convince employees to unionize: Unions members make more…
Workers Centers: Labor Organizations That Aren’t “Labor Organizations”?
Organized labor knows that employees are leaving it in droves. That shouldn’t be surprising: A history of corruption, forcing employees…
Ex-Union Members Know Why Unions Are Declining
According to the federal government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the proportion of private-sector employees in unions has tumbled to a…
Union Corruption Roundup
New York Times: Powerful Leader of Mexican Teachers’ Union Is ArrestedElba Esther Gordillo, also known as “La Maestra,” stands accused…
Book Review: The Devil At Our Doorstep
We’ve been chronicling the tactics of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for years. But David Bego knows what the SEIU is like up…