Labor Pains: Because Being in a Union can be Painful

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  • CUF Lifts the Veil on Pseudo-Union Worker Centers

    Posted on Aug 30, 2013 by LaborPains.org Team

    Our Executive Director Richard Berman recently wrote opinion pieces for the Providence Journal and Deseret News profiling misleading union front groups known as “worker centers.” As we’ve said before, worker centers are not your friendly neighborhood employee organizations, but rather unions in disguise. In the article, Berman notes the “differences” (or lack thereof) between unions […]

  • Labor and the “Union” Name: Is a Rebrand Really the Answer?

    Posted on Dec 11, 2012 by Center for Union Facts

    Labor unions have a big problem: Americans don’t like them as much as they used to. Luckily for the union cause, labor has a plan to right the sinking ship—ditch, or at least replace, the “union” label. The latest numbers paint a bleak picture. Public approval of labor unions has dropped nearly 15 percent in […]