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Union Dues: We’re All Paying!
FITSNews —
Authority: 657
It’s no secret that labor unions are on their way out of the American marketplace … in fact, were it not for public (i.e. taxpayer-funded) employee unions, they’d be almost completely out of business. Once representing 33.7% of the private sector workforce, today only 7.8% of non-government workers are ...1 day ago -
Canadian Rail Engineers Begin a Strike
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 904
The walkout may create difficulties for manufacturers and resource companies in both Canada and the United States.3 days ago -
Teamsters turnkeys leave door open for criticism in prison row
LaborPains.org —
Authority: 121
The Buffalo News reported today on….wow….how prison guards in Teamster-officiated areas just walked away from their posts, leaving prisoners unattended. Take a look : State inspectors in a recent report describe the Erie County penitentiary as a management-challenged prison where deputies abandon their posts, ...1 week ago -
Yes, the Hill does have talent…female talent!
Women and Politics —
Authority: 421
In an event that brought together both established and rising leaders, the Inaugural Hill’s Got Talent Happy Hour on Wednesday was a “spirited” success! Over 200 people attended to raise their... This is a content summary only. Visit Women and Politics for the full post!1 week ago -
Teamsters buck Senate health bill over tax
American Conservative Daily —
Authority: 502
The powerful Teamsters union on Thursday broke with President Obama over Senate Democrats health care bill that would slap an excise tax on insurance companies for so-called "Cadillac" health plans, the high-priced and benefit-rich coverage that unions have fought hard to win for their members. International ...1 week ago -
No More Sounds of Silence on the Music Composition Front?
Digital Media Law —
Authority: 92
Everyone knows that composers and lyricists makes scales ... now they want to make scale as well. Union scale, that is (or, even better, above scale). One of the few non-unionized sectors of Hollywood, composers and lyricists - the people who write music (as opposed to musicians, the people who perform it) - are now ...1 week ago -
Newspapers, Unions, and Organized Crime
LaborPains.org —
Authority: 121
It’s a guilty pleasure reporting on anything that even smacks of a connection between labor and the mob, so yesterday’s newspaper raids were an irresistible event. You can smell the stereotype wafting across the Hudson River. I had to share: According to the AP (not raided): Investigators in the city ...1 week ago -
Health care legislation is full of “goodies” for unions
LaborPains.org —
Authority: 121
The Houston Chronicle ran an opinion piece by a local lawyer yesterday outlining “ lots of goodies tucked away in the health care bill “ (as the title reads) for labor unions. Before the rundown of the list of things that labor stands to gain from the bill, it’s important to have the end goal front and center, ...1 week ago -
Another Trade Show Dumps Chicago Over Union Ripoffs
THE UNION LABEL —
Authority: 508
Another trade show is leaving Chicago this time for Atlanta, Georgia. The Chicago Tribune is reporting that the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society meeting which has been held in Chicago’s McCormick Convention Center for quite some time is leaving the city due to the high costs that unions force ...2 weeks ago -
Reason TV Takes on the FedEx/UPS Fight
Publius Forum —
Authority: 569
-By Warner Todd Huston The best one-liner? “It tells us who the real villain is here… a federal government that is big enough and powerful enough that it can absolutely, positively guarantee that it can crush any business over night.” Of course, we talked about this FedEx/UPS argument last June . ...2 weeks ago -
Reason TV Takes on the FedEx/UPS Fight
THE UNION LABEL —
Authority: 508
The best one-liner? “It tells us who the real villain is here… a federal government that is big enough and powerful enough that it can absolutely, positively guarantee that it can crush any business over night.”Of course, we talked about this FedEx/UPS argument last June.2 weeks ago -
How to kill FedEx jobs
The Union News. —
Authority: 518
Why not use legislation to win what you cant in the marketplace?2 weeks ago -
Using Unions As Weapons: UPS v. FedEx
Big Government —
Authority: 816
You may have heard the UPS is in quite the political fight with FEDEX. Though both are package-delivery companies, they’re governed by totally different federal labor rules. As a result, UPS’s workforce is much more heavily unionized than FEDEX’s-and more than twice as expensive. So now UPS is trying to ...3 weeks ago -
Reason TV: UPS’ War on Fed Ex
The Lonely Conservative —
Authority: 583
Reason TV ’s Nick Gillespie explains the contemptible attempt by UPS to screw over FedEx. You may have heard the UPS is in quite the political fight with FEDEX. Though both are package-delivery companies, they’re governed by totally different federal labor rules. As a result, UPS’s workforce is much more ...3 weeks ago -
‘General Strike’ talk grows, as British Columbians rally to fight back against the BC Liberals
I'm Laila Yuile, and This Is How I See It —
Authority: 426
I was dreaming of my father last night, right before the thunderous rain against my bedroom window jolted me from my already restless slumber. The dream was a real memory of mine, of something that occurred when I was very young – surely before I was 6 or 7, but without asking him, I can’t put a year to it ...3 weeks ago -
Teamsters: Taking on freedom of speech around the world
LaborPains.org —
Authority: 116
Together: Moyano and Kirchner Argentina has faced a lot of adversity in the last decade, not the least of which was the Kirchner Administration’s (and the legislature’s) recent attack on free speech and the press, as reported in the Wall Street Journal. It doesn’t help that the Teamsters locals are ...3 weeks ago -
Retirement: Sexual harrassment by any other name
LaborPains.org —
Authority: 116
One of 24 international vice presidents of the Teamsters, James Santangelo, has resigned his multiple posts within the Teamsters union. He was the president of Teamsters Joint Council 42 which represented 129,000 members in California, Hawaii, and elsewhere. He also led Local 848. While the Teamsters maintain they ...3 weeks ago -
“Ridiculous assertion” doesn’t sound all that ridiculous regarding backroom deal.
LaborPains.org —
Authority: 121
Loyal readers of DC Velocity , the only site, according to them, that offers content to distribution centers, warehousing and transportation, got a treat today. Apparently, the whole incident involving the labor unions being up in arms over Anne Ferro’ s nomination to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...4 weeks ago -
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Change the Rules.
OpenMarket.org —
Authority: 615
From attempting to manipulate the definition of “supervisor” to changing the way in which workers are organized , the above seems to be a guiding principle in organized labor’s bold new approach to increasing union membership. Consistent with that, some union friendly government officials are trying to change ...4 weeks ago -
Labor unions to protest layoffs at tonight’s Santa Ana City Council meeting
Orange Juice —
Authority: 550
November 2, 2009Contact: Jeff Rogers 323-627-0256Layoffs in Santa Ana’s City Workforce Threaten Public Safety While Hurting Spanish-Speakers and Economic RecoveryCity Workers rally at City Hall with supporters to highlight effects of service cutsSANTA ANA-Emergency calls placed to the Santa Ana Fire Department ...4 weeks ago

