Posted on Feb 05, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
Yesterday, we found that even a clearly pro-union acting secretary at the Department of Labor (DOL) wasn’t enough to make some members of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) happy. Today, in the alternate universe where the New York Times editors reside, President Obama, too, has not been pro-union enough. The editors write: What has been missing for years is a […]
Posted on Feb 04, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
Washington Times: SEIU local eyes Midwest organizing push The SEIU in Chicago has grand plans to organize airport security workers. National Right To Work Foundation: SEIU Officials Face State Charge for Violating Home Care Provider’s Rights SEIU-UHW won’t let one of its members resign from full membership. CBS Detroit: 8 Plead Guilty in Michigan Right-To-Work Protest The group […]
Posted on Feb 01, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
By John Raudabaugh, Former NLRB Board Member The Noel Canning decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has the potential for far-reaching consequences in many areas of the law. The balance of powers between the executive and legislative branches have been recalibrated based on the court’s opinion that President Obama’s recess appointments to the […]
Posted on Jan 29, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
In President Obama’s recently extended quest to duly reward organized labor for helping him take the White House, he took a serious risk. When he couldn’t deliver “card check” with EFCA, Obama opted to illegally appoint three new members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The risk that Obama took was not only that his picks would be thrown out, but that the President’s recess appointment power would […]
Posted on Jan 23, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
Fallout From Labor’s Falling Numbers You’d be hard pressed to miss the news that organized labor suffered one of its largest one-year losses in membership in years. While the AFL-CIO is out spinning, our executive director, Rick Berman, weighed in at the Washington Examiner: “The continued decline of union membership, even during four years of a labor-friendly administration, is a sign that […]
Posted on Jan 18, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
For years, we’ve contended that laws and other measures said to be “pro-worker” are in reality, only benefiting labor union bosses. It turns out that the last four years were the experiment that proves our hypothesis. With President Obama in the White House, and pro-union leadership at the Department of Labor and National Labor Relations Board, unions have […]
Posted on Jan 14, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
Philly Media Group Threatens to Liquidate Outlets Filed under “this is awkward,” the Philadelphia Daily News reports (via Philly.com) that its parent group, Interstate General Media (IGM), has given the employees of the News, Philly.com, and the Philadelphia Inquirer an ultimatum: Come to a union agreement by Friday or we’ll liquidate. Although the newsroom staff has a contract that runs until October, the company’s ten […]
Posted on Jan 03, 2013 by Center for Union Facts
The latest news from America’s neighbor to the north is that right-to-work may be coming to Ontario. Labor Notes reports that the Canadian province’s Conservative Party—which recently surged ahead of the union-backed New Democratic Party and the ruling Liberal Party in the polls—may push for the legislation in the coming year. Ontario’s Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has tried to […]
