NJ’s Christie Vetoes Discriminatory Union PLA Bill

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  April 15th at 10:45 PM  | 

The long wait to find out whether New Jersey’s governor Chris Christie would veto a union-backed bill that would to discriminate against union-free construction workers is over.

On Monday, Christie vetoed legislation that was sponsored by State Senate President Stephen Sweeney, a union organizer, that would have provided for an expansion of so-called union project labor agreements to include Hurricane Sandy cleanup and reconstruction.

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Valentine’s Day Massacre? NJ Dems Take Aim At Gun Owners & Non-Union Construction Workers

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  February 12th at 07:30 AM  | 

This week, Wednesday and Thursday appear to shaping up to be an all-out assault on freedom in the State of New Jersey.

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Profiting on Disaster: NJ Senate Votes To Exclude Non-Union Construction Workers For Hurricane Sandy Work

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  January 14th at 11:00 PM  | 

A bill that was authored by an Ironworkers’ union organizer to expand union-only Project Labor Agreements–to include Hurricane Sandy cleanup and reconstruction–passed the New Jersey Senate on Monday along party lines 23-13.

The Ironworkers’ union organizer who drafted the pro-union bill, Steven Sweeney, also happens to be the president of the New Jersey Senate and recently accused New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of “praying” for Hurricane Sandy to hit New Jersey.

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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 »

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 »

Phase Two: Reclaiming America Precinct by Precinct

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  November 8th at 06:00 AM  | 

You may remember about a year ago, when a Boy Scout’s volunteerism caused the SEIU to threaten to file a grievance against the city of Allentown, Pennsylvania. It created quite a stir and eventually the SEIU backed down. Nearly a year later, however, the Allentown City Council is back in the news—this time taking up the matter of possibly passing a so-called Project Labor Agreement (or PLA, | Read More »