The AFL-CIO Defends Union Violence As A ‘Legitimate’ Union Activity, Will The Dept. of Labor Do It Too?

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 22nd at 11:00 PM  | 

A little over a month ago, in a case that drew national attention, a man was targeted at his home, shot and injured, all because he dared to run union free business. Now, in Buffalo, New York, a case involving outrageous allegations of labor-racketeering and union violence aimed at non-union construction workers and company owners is proceeding through the judicial process. Its outcome, however, may | Read More »

The Union Tax: How Unions Kill Jobs

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 5th at 10:00 AM  | 

The Labor Day holiday is always a time for union bosses and the media to reflect on the role that unions play in society. Not surprisingly, with a mere 11.9% of America’s workers unionized today (6.9% in the private sector), between the unionized media and press releases issued by union communications departments, the majority of stories about Labor Day center on what used to be or | Read More »

Obama NLRB’s War on Workers and Job Creators Continues

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 31st at 08:00 AM  | 

On Tuesday*, a mere four business days after the union extremists at President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board issued an edict forcing all NLRA-covered private-sector businesses to notify their employees about their rights to unionize their workplace, the government’s primary union pushers issued a series of decisions that undermine both employee’s rights and employers ability to remain or become union free. * The decisions were | Read More »

An Open Letter to GOP NLRB Member Brian Hayes: Please Resign Immediately

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 29th at 08:00 AM  | 

Brian Hayes, Esq. Member National Labor Relations Board 1099 14th St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20570-0001 Dear Member Hayes: Our nation stands at the precipice of disaster, its future generations are indebted due to the overindulgent spending of politicians from both political parties. Our unemployment is untenably high, our welfare roles expanded beyond reason, both with no signs of easing. Meanwhile, our nation’s job creators are | Read More »

NLRB Chairman, Ex-Teamster Attorney Liebman Departs Rogue Agency As Third Term Ends

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 27th at 11:30 AM  | 

This is good. National Labor Relations Board Chairman Wilma B. Liebman, who has served on the Board for nearly 14 years and under three presidents, will leave the agency at the completion of her third term at midnight today, August 27. The White House has designated Member Mark Gaston Pearce to be Board Chairman upon Chairman Liebman’s departure. Chairman Liebman was first appointed to the | Read More »

Nikki Haley Responds to the NLRB’s Mandate to Post Union Notices

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 26th at 10:30 PM  | 

On the news that the job-destroying National Labor Relations Board is mandating employers in all 50 states to post notices advising employees of their rights to unionize (and destroy more jobs), South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley posted the following response on her Facebook page: Right next to that sign that is being mandated by Barack Obama’s union cheerleaders at the NLRB, I encourage all S.C. | Read More »

Is the NLRB biased? You be the judge…

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 2nd at 09:00 AM  | 

Since the union appointees at the National Labor Relations Board have taken control, there has been a common complaint emerge from those NLRB watchers in the labor relations community that the Obama NLRB has taken a decidedly pro-union/anti-employer position. Unions and their apologists, however, dispute this. Well, if one questions whether or not the Obama NLRB is biased, one need only to look at the | Read More »

Solving the NLRB Ambush Election and Card-Check Issues in One Fell Swoop

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  July 19th at 06:00 PM  | 

This week, on Monday and Tuesday, an “open meeting” occurred at President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board over the NLRB’s proposal to move toward ambush elections. Though largely a waste of time, since the union appointees running the NLRB have little intent to listen to the practical side of labor relations and will do the unions’ bidding, there is a simple solution to resolving this | Read More »

Obama’s Labor Board: We Prosecute Dead People Too…

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  July 13th at 08:00 PM  | 

If you thought the union extremists at the National Labor Relations Board were a little…er…extreme, wait until you get a load of this latest example of an agency run amok. Every week the NLRB publishes a summary of NLRB decisions. In the Board’s latest weekly summary, there was one decision summary that seemed rather unique since it stated: The Board granted the Acting General Counsel’s | Read More »

NLRB Plans Conference at Posh DC Hotel on the Taxpayers’ Dime

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  July 11th at 06:00 PM  | 

Perhaps it’s because the union extremists at the National Labor Relations Board have 40% less work than their predecessors in 2001, yet have nearly $67 million more in their budget, that they now have money to blow on an August conference in Washington, D.C…Or, perhaps it’s because they seem immune from Congressional oversight. Regardless the reason, in August, the National Labor Relations Board is apparently holding | Read More »