As Stupid As It Gets: Longshoremen’s Union Protests U.S. Marines

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 20th at 05:30 PM  | 

Somehow, it seems that the folks at the International Longshoremen’s Association misunderstood Candidate Barack Obama’s 2008 statement: “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun.” Since the target of the Longshoremen’s union protests is the U.S. Marines, according to this union press release, ‘misunderstood’ might actually be an understatement: Union longshore workers from many Atlantic Coast District Ports are joining forces | Read More »

Beyond Boycotting, Upset Unions to Picket DNC’s Charlotte Convention

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 12th at 07:00 PM  | 

Despite throwing 400,000 foot soldiers into the effort to re-elect Barack Obama, union bosses are apparently still seething at the DNC’s decision to hold its convention in a [gasp!] Right-to-Work state. Last year, when the DNC announced that it would be holding its convention in Charlotte, North Carolina—the least unionized state in the nation (in a stadium built by non-union labor!)—several unions claimed they would | Read More »

AFL-CIO Vows To Be #OccupyWallStreet Protesters’ ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ Card

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 24th at 02:15 PM  | 

Remember just a few days ago when AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka told C-Span viewers that his federation was only providing support, places to meet, water, food, but NO money? Well, it turns out the AFL-CIO has vowed to provide legal support and is also encouraging people to be arrested…

AFL-CIO Boss Discusses #OccupyWallSt, Alleged Communist Ties, Obama & Jobs

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 22nd at 08:30 AM  | 

The following video is from C-Span and was taped on October 18th. During the 45-minute show, Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, discusses a myriad of topics and answers questions from callers. [See below for approximate timeline.] Program Start: OccupyWallStreet movement & unions’ role 1:40 – Trumka on #OWS: “We thought they’d try to marginalize us.” 2:15 – “I applaud them, we support them….A shining | Read More »

Union Bosses Unleash On Herman Cain For Targeting Unions’ Sacred Cows

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 20th at 11:30 PM  | 

You know, when two of the nation’s most powerful union bosses attack an idea on the same day, it says three things: First, it means that the union bosses are following the GOP candidates very closely; second, an idea that strikes their sacred cows makes them nervous; and, third, there’s probably something to the idea that is worth looking further into. Apparently, Herman Cain‘s plan | Read More »

AFL-CIO Backs #OccupyWallSt Protesters’ Fighting ‘Evictions’ from ‘Their Home’

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 14th at 12:45 AM  | 

Apparently, the squatters protesters holed up in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park are a slothful and dirty bunch. Or, to put it in more PC terms, as the owners of the park, Brookfield Partners, stated in a flyer: “The manner in which Zuccotti Park has been used for the past several weeks has created unsanitary conditions.” As a result, the park that has housed the Neo-Com | Read More »

The AFL-CIO’s Orwellian Boss To Occupy Wall St. Protesters: Daddy loves you, kids…

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 1st at 07:00 PM  | 

A: Today’s union bosses. Earlier this week, led by the 38,000 member TWU Local 100, several New York unions (including three large New York  SEIU locals and the United Federation of Teachers) pledged their support to the Occupy Wall Street protesters.  The union plan, so far, is to march on October 5th from Zuccotti Park (where 200-300 Wall Street protesters have been camping since September 17th) | Read More »

The AFL-CIO, Communism & Right-to-Work in Missouri

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

There was a time when Communism was anathema to the U.S. labor movement. However, that ship has long since sailed. In fact, the tide shifted significantly in 1995 when John Sweeney, Richard Trumka and Linda Chavez-Thompson ousted Lane Kirkland and took over the AFL-CIO. Following their ascension to the leadership of America’s only (until 2005) federation of unions, the AFL-CIO dropped its ban of Communist Party members | Read More »

One Year’s Worth Of Union Dues Could Support 265,447 U.S. Workers For A Year

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  April 19th at 02:00 PM  | 

Union bosses have been engaging in class warfare for so long now that it’s become standard for the media to echo the meme without challenge. An example of such mainstream Marxism is in today’s Bloomberg piece entitled ‘Runaway CEO Pay’ Could Support 102,000 U.S. Jobs, AFL-CIO Says. Bloomberg’s piece relies heavily on the AFL-CIO’s Executive Pay Watch, which was set up years ago to conduct a | Read More »

As Debt Commission Plan Fails, Unions Have a Solution: Spend MORE money!

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  December 3rd at 02:30 PM  | 

It’s official: Obama’s debt reduction commission has failed. Not surprisingly, former SEIU boss Andy Stern was among those who voted against the plan. The closely-followed US debt commission failed to pass its deficit reduction plan Friday, once more pushing back hard choices about America’s ballooning national debt. Only 11 of the group’s 18 members backed the plan, three short of the 14 required to send | Read More »