Elizabeth Warren’s Weary Warriors: Union Bosses Fine Members For No Shows At Warren Events

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 12th at 03:30 PM  | 

It appears that one of the Democrats’ favorite ploys of paying union members to show up and rally for their candidates isn’t working for Massachusetts’ Elizabeth Warren. Instead of paying union members $50 dollars to stand in support of their candidate, as they did in 2008, union bosses are now threatening to fine union members if they fail to show up at Elizabeth Warren events. | Read More »

Ex-Union Member Fights $200,000 Union Fine For Working Non-Union

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  July 31st at 09:00 AM  | 

Unions have rules. Union members who break those rules can be placed on trial by their union and, if found guilty, can be expelled or suspended from the union. They can also be fined, as Nathaniel Musser has learned the expensive way. Musser, a former member of the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters, according to his lawyer, could not find work through his union. So, as union | Read More »

CWA Union Boss Says Tea Party Advocates “Slavery”

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  October 21st at 04:30 PM  | 

Just when you thought the left-wing race baiting over the last year couldn’t get any worse, the Communications Workers of America chief honcho Larry Cohen has sunk to new depths attacking those who do not agree with his socialist agenda. On Wednesday, the NAACP, in continuing its unfounded “racist” accusations of the Tea Party movement, had a conference call on which the CWA President participated. | Read More »