Strange Bedfellows: Unions Protesting For The Right To Target Private Residences Get Tea Party Approval

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  March 28th at 05:00 PM  | 

Union thugs protesting outside the homes of their targets has become a weapon more and more unions have added to their already-large arsenal. Now that the State of Georgia may become the first state to outlaw the offensive tactic, oddly enough, unions are getting support from an unlikely source–the Tea Party Patriots. Last year, when 45,000 union members struck telephone carrier Verizon, IBEW union radicals | Read More »

Congressman & Obama Ally Accepts Social Justice Award From Communist Party Affiliate

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  March 13th at 04:30 PM  | 

“Rudy Lazano and I worked closely together to try and build a relationship between Latino and African American activists and union types. We called ourselves progressives.” Congressman Danny K Davis, Feb. 26, 2012. A longtime ally of President Barack Obama, Congressman Danny K. Davis [D-IL] was in Chicago recently accepting the Social Justice Award from People’s World, a Communist-based website. The editorial mission is partisan | Read More »

Crickets Chirp As White House Spams & Sends Out Union Press Releases

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 12th at 09:00 AM  | 

Last week, many Americans watched President Obama stand in front of of his teleprompters and Congress and sell—no, demand—a still unwritten bill dubbed the American Jobs Act. While the President certainly gives an entertaining teleprompted speech, his demands were reminiscent of a third-world barter between a goat herder and a villager: In exchange for two goats (temporary tax cuts), you can give your daughter and her dowry (nearly | Read More »

BREAKING: Verizon Strikers Head Back to Work Without New Agreement

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 20th at 02:00 PM  | 

After two weeks of striking, it appears that the red shirts at the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) are heading back to work without a contract in hand. According to the CWA’s website: Members of CWA and IBEW at Verizon Communications will return to work on Tuesday, Aug. 23, at which time the contract will be back in | Read More »

Verizon’s Strikers Striking To Save Cadillac Health Plans From ObamaCare Realities

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 19th at 10:30 AM  | 

As of Thursday morning, there have been 202 incidents of sabotage since 45,000 Communications Workers of American (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) members went out on strike to preserve their Cadillac health plans. Of course, that was Thursday morning and, since the strike has been going on for about 10 days, the number of incidents caused by union unknown vandals will have | Read More »

A Primer For Union Members: How Not To Be Burned During A Union Strike

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 18th at 07:30 PM  | 

Back in the day, before Darth Vader saw the light at the end of the movie and when strikes were more prevalent than they are today, there was a time when union bosses conditioned their members for the eventuality that negotiations could break down and union members might be on strike—for a long, long time. Now, with the CWA and IBEW’s 45,000 members on strike | Read More »

Striking Union Extremists Imprison Verizon Replacement Workers In Pennsylvania

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 11th at 10:30 AM  | 

In their increasingly militant strike against their employer, Verizon, union strikers have quickly bridged the gap between exercising their rights to criminal activity. While wide-spread incidents of line-cutting and other forms of sabotage may be defined as ‘property damage,’ possible child endangerment and unlawful restraint or false imprisonment. Yesterday, in another example of union extremism, union militants in Pennsylvania used locks and chains to trap | Read More »

Verizon Strikers Using Children, Harassing & Menacing Replacement Workers [Updated]

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 9th at 11:00 PM  | 

It’s only been a few days since 45,000 CWA and IBEW members walked off their jobs at Verizon, however, incidents of harassment, sabotage, and illegal picketing have already begun to pile up. On Tuesday, Verizon obtained an injunction in Pennsylvania and filed for one in Delaware “to prevent ‘illegal’ and ‘reprehensible’ strike activities such as keeping managers out of buildings.” In one deplorable incident, a | Read More »

Verizon Offers $50,000 Reward After Sabotage On Day Two Of Militant Union Strike

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 8th at 10:30 PM  | 

It’s been less than 24 hours since the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) called 45,000 of their respective members out on strike against Verizon and, already, there are reports of sabotage of Verizon equipment, as well as illegal picketing. According to a Verizon press release on Monday, there has been: Ten incidents of fiber-optic lines being deliberately cut | Read More »

As 45,000 Union Workers Strike Verizon, Union Protesters Bring Rat To CEO’s House

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 7th at 07:00 PM  | 

On Sunday, 45,000 union workers represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) went out on strike against the giant telecom. The strikers work in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions and handle the wireline side of Verizon’s business. [The strike does not affect Verizon Wireless, which is predominantly union-free.] According to a press release issued by the | Read More »