Obama’s Labor Department Blasted in Public Comments Over Dangerous ‘Persuader’ Proposal

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 26th at 11:00 AM  | 

Last week, the public comment period closed on the Obama Labor Department’s proposed regulatory change to alter a 1959 law that would make employers and their service providers (attorneys and various consultants) file financial disclosure statements and make personal information public, all in order to give union bosses hit lists of individuals and companies to target. Prior to the closing of the public comment period, | Read More »

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 Unintended Consequences of Labor Secretary Hilda Solis’ Witch Hunt

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 11th at 07:30 PM  | 

In less than two weeks, on September 21st, the public comment period will be closing on a Department of Labor scheme to have employers report the amount of money paid to outside vendors (namely, attorneys, PR firms, website developers, video firms, polling firms and just about every type of communications and human resource consultant) as newly-minted “persuaders.” Once the public comment closes, and because too few | Read More »

The Latest From Obama’s Labor Dept: “You Might Be Union Busting If…”

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  June 27th at 02:00 PM  | 

Last week, the union extremists controlling the U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board conducted a coordinated attack on America’s job creators. The first punch, a 160-page rule-making proposal by the Department of Labor was issued on Monday for public comments. However, it was quickly drowned out by the second punch: Tuesday’s NLRB rule-making proposal to modify election procedures, which are intended | Read More »