Nationwide, unemployment reached 9.8% last week. However, in the construction industry, unemployment is nearly 19%. This is causing union bosses to think ‘outside the box’ on how to get work for their unemployed members–even if it includes stepping onto other unions’ turf. In April, the Carpenters’ union in St. Louis did what, in the union building trades, is the unthinkable–it set up an electrical union | Read More »
Cars honk at the union protesters, drivers pump their fists in solidarity, many thinking to themselves: Those evil, greedy, profit-loving corporate bosses are always trying to take the bread and butter from the workers’ mouths! Oh!… Wait a minute!… Those union protesters aren’t picketing the offices of some nameless corporate behemoth. They’re picketing the church on the corner! Why? Because the church members dared to | Read More »
We’ve written before about the trend of some unions to outsource their picketing to the homeless to avoid having their own members do “union work” (i.e., picket). While the practice dates back to (at least) 2007, and despite the negative attention (which includes a NPR broadcast on the topic), unions don’t seem quite ready to give up the shameful practice. Bret Jacobson has posted an | Read More »
Never, ever let someone tell you unions aren’t a business–they are. In fact, even though unions rake in more than $10 billion per year from workers’ dues, when times are tough, like many other businesses out there, unions lay off their employees too. A case in point: Though unions are usually fighting against job cuts, one Chicago union recently issued layoff notices to its own | Read More »
Every now and then (actually, quite often these days) today’s union bosses will do something that leaves one to wonder: Are union bosses really that moronic? Some cases in point: Trying to deny workers the right to vote in a secret-ballot election on whether or not to unionize; Treading on an American citizen for passing out “Don’t Tread on Me” flags; Bullying an Eagle Scout for doing | Read More »
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