Charlotte Workers Offered Free Legal Aid To Fight DNC Convention Discrimination

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 9th at 06:00 PM  | 

You’ve probably seen the reports from RedState’s Ben Howe on the Democratic National Committee discriminating against union-free Charlotte-area businesses on awarding 2012 Convention work, then Charlotte’s Mayor Foxx denying it, only to see the DNC award the Convention work to a Beltway union-company anyway. You may have also heard the Ritz Carlton, Charlotte employee who was told that he (and other employees) were to be displaced during | Read More »

A Note To Charlotte’s Workers: Get A Written Guarantee You Won’t Be Outsourced To Unions

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 7th at 04:30 PM  | 

Based on a tip last week and subsequent conversations with employees at Charlotte’s Ritz Carlton who, according to them, had been told that they are to be displaced by union workers during the DNC’s 2012 Convention, apparently Charlotte’s mayor and the hotel are saying that the story is untrue. According to WBT.com’s Chris Miller’s twitter feed: Ritz-Carlton calls today’s RedState story “absolutely false.” If the story | Read More »

DNC Union Favoritism Forcing Furloughs Of Charlotte’s Non-Union Hotel Workers?

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 6th at 08:30 PM  | 

In February, when the Democratic National Committee chose Charlotte, North Carolina as the host city for its September 2012 convention, it left the door wide open for the Charlotte-area’s union-free workforce to be discriminated against in favor union workers. Although Charlotte’s Democrat Mayor, Anthony Foxx  (who is facing GOP challenger Scott Stone in Tuesday’s election), has denied the allegation, it appears Foxx has been misleading | Read More »

Dems Dodge Questions On Discriminatory Union PLAs For DNC Convention

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 27th at 11:45 PM  | 

In February, when North Carolina was awarded the Democratic National Convention over forced-union states, we alerted you to the devil in the details of the DNC having its convention in a predominantly union-free state. At issue is something traditionally known as Project Labor Agreements that give work to unionized employers and, as well,  discriminate against union-free workers. Now, that devil appears to be rearing its | Read More »