By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 4th at 05:31 PM  | 

It’s considered the ‘Last of the Mohicans’ in the world of big Teamster-represented less-than-trailer load (LTL) carriers, all the rest having been doomed to the scrap heap of uncompetitive unionized trucking companies. Now it seems, however, the question is not “if,” but “when” YRC Worldwide will be closing up shop. YRC Worldwide, which is the combination of Yellow Freight’s 2003 acquisition of Roadway and its | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 4th at 10:30 AM  | 

As talk turned to such stupid ideas as “cash for caulkers” at yesterday’s two hour and 15 minute photo op “jobs summit,” at least one businessman in attendance had the fortitude to answer the President’s question on why jobs aren’t being created: Mr. Obama told the chief executives that he wanted to know: “What’s holding back business investment and how we can increase confidence and | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 3rd at 10:59 PM  | 

A fleeting thought this morning:  Since Comcast is buying NBC, perhaps the peacock will regain some of its journalistic integrity. Then, while posting on the faux jobs summit attendees, this flashed across the screen: The chairman of Comcast endorsed the Senate health care bill in a letter Thursday to President Barack Obama, saying, “We cannot allow perfection to stand in the way of critically needed and very good legislation.” | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 3rd at 03:14 PM  | 

It’s a list of “who’s who” from the non-job creating House of Labor (listed in bold), with a smorgasboard of company chieftains (many with unionized workers), a few of Obama’s “czars”, some politcos, some “progressive” think-tank policy wonks and a few other if-you-can’t-do-then-teach type academics thrown in for good measure, a lunch and a photo op. Here’s the list (from Politico): The White House released | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 2nd at 11:03 PM  | 

Behind every man, there is a woman… Behind every king, there is a queen… Behind SEIU boss Andy Stern, there is Anna Burger. Who is Anna Burger? She’s the less public face of the Union of Purple People Eaters (aka the Service Employees International Union). But her less-public profile should not fool you. She is as every bit as powerful (and perhaps moreso) than her | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 2nd at 05:32 PM  | 

The daughter of Ernie Duran, Jr., the accused nepotist and money mismanager, as well as soon-to-be ex-president of United Food & Commercial Workers’ Local 7 in Denver has filed papers to run for the House District 5 seat being vacated by a term-limited Joel Judd. Crisanta Duran, is legal counsel for the UFCW local, as well as listed as the 19th vice president (out of | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 1st at 05:49 PM  | 

From the diaries by Erick We first saw this on the blog of the Union of Purple People Eaters (aka the SEIU), so we had to ‘fact-check’ the story and, sure enough, it appears to be true. According to Bloomberg, executives at failed-NJ governor John Corzine’s old company, Goldman Sachs, are applying for handgun permits and exercising their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 30th at 02:17 AM  | 

With unemployment reaching 10.2% and likely to rise over the coming year, the Obama administration is getting desperate to show that it can reverse the rising unemployment and the President’s falling poll numbers. As Politico notes: It’s one of the oldest tricks in the presidential playbook: when you want to focus attention on an issue, hold a meeting and call it a “summit.” President Barack | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 29th at 01:34 AM  | 

A mere two weeks ago, the Union of Purple People Eaters (aka the SEIU) found itself in the middle of a media maelstrom for picking on a pathway-clearing eagle scout. In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park. Little did the do-gooder | Read More »

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 27th at 11:20 PM  | 

The Obama administration is giving lobbyists the boot, according to the Washington Post, in an effort to reduce their influence in Washington. No, really. It’s not a joke. The Washington Post says it’s the case. Hundreds, if not thousands, of lobbyists are likely to be ejected from federal advisory panels as part of a little-noticed initiative by the Obama administration to curb K Street’s influence | Read More »