UAW Employees Earn $130,000 a Year

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  November 19th at 12:00 PM  | 

Here’s a little known fact about the Big Three automakers: The average unionized worker costs his or her employer about $75 an hour in wages and benefits. That’s more than $130,000 a year — three times as much as the typical American worker. With executives for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler pleading their case for a government bailout, it’s worth remembering the UAW’s role in | Read More »

New Milestone for Union Corruption

By: Robert Bluey (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 09:02 PM  | 

The U.S. Labor Department last month surpassed 900 criminal convictions for union corruption dating to the start of the Bush administration. The milestone is incredible evidence that union bosses continue to lie, cheat and steal despite greater transparency of their finances. For the last fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) obtained 102 convictions and 130 indictments for cases mostly | Read More »