Union Bosses

State Employee Commission Rubber Stamps Union Boss Retaliation Against Employee Who Won Case against Union

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 10 May 2011 13:00:51 -0400

State Employee Commission Rubber Stamps Union Boss Retaliation Against Employee Who Won Case against Union

Case highlights need to roll back union boss powers in the Garden State

Trenton, NJ (May 10, 2011) – Despite his previous legal successes, a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) employee is learning firsthand how difficult it is to obtain justice in the face of union retaliation.

Right to Work on Fox Business: Why Rank-and-File Union Members Don't Vote the Way Union Bosses Tell Them To

Will Collins — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:18:17 -0500

In the wake of the Massachusetts Senate election, National Right to Work President Mark Mix explained why rank-and-file union voters aren't willing to go along with union bosses' hand-picked candidates:

New Right to Work Video: The Obama White House - Where Everybody Knows the Union Bosses' Names

Will Collins — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:07:28 -0500

Although surprisingly NOT registered as a lobbyist, SEIU Top Boss Andy Stern is The White House's most frequent visitor. Union bosses get top billing at high-profile administration events. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis's last job was at Big Labor-front group American Rights at Work. To commemorate the union bosses' newfound friendliness with top White House politicos, we decided to put together a short video on the Obama Administration relationship with Big Labor:

New Press Release: Employee Lawsuit Pushes Teacher Union Bosses to Refund Dues, Allow Educators to Resign

Will Collins — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:36:15 -0500

Employee Lawsuit Pushes Teacher Union Bosses to Refund Dues, Allow Educators to Resign

Despite a partial victory, Right to Work Foundation presses forward with
lawsuit to ensure all public educators’ rights are protected

Louisville, KY (November 18, 2009) – Facing an embarrassing legal setback from rank-and-file teachers, Jefferson County Teacher Association (JCTA union officials announced their intention to refund several educators’ forced dues and allow public school employees to resign from union membership during a new window period and terminate certain forced dues payments.

Arizona Workers: Know Your Rights!

Will Collins — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:43:59 -0500

Yesterday, The National Right to Work Foundation announced an offer of free legal aid to workers forced to go on strike by UFCW union bosses in Arizona. Now it seems that employee discontent has forced the union hierarchy to back-off its strike threats and bargain with Safeway and Fry's.

However, reports are that union officials has still not agreed to a new contract, so workers dissatisfied with union representation can:

Obama Administration Backs Down (For Now) Rather than Defend Discriminatory Project Labor Agreements

Will Collins — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:19:13 -0500

After only a few months in office, the Obama Administration issued a controversial executive order that encourages federal agencies to use discriminatory Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) when allocating lucrative government contracts. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, PLAs give unionized companies preferential access to government work, which allows federal agencies to pressure unwilling employers to turn their workers over to union bosses. Fortunately, the first federal PLA issued under this executive order has just been defeated in New Hampshire:

Right to Work on Fox Business: Philadelphia Union Bosses Instigate Transit Strike

Will Collins — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:21:54 -0500

National Right to Work President Mark Mix recently appeared on Fox Business to discuss the ongoing Philadelphia transit strike:

Union Boss Takeover of American Government Continues: AFL-CIO Official Named Head of NY Federal Reserve

Will Collins — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:07:18 -0400

Fresh on the heels of rumors that former union hatchet man Ron Bloom may become "czar" of US manufacturing policy, the AFL-CIO is crowing about the appointment of one of their own to run the most powerful regional Federal Reserve bank. Former electricians union boss Denis Hughes, top dog in a state where a forced unionism stranglehold has crushed the economy and employee freedom, has just been named chairman of New York's powerful financial oversight board:

Denis Hughes, president of the New York State AFL-CIO, was named chairman of the powerful Federal Reserve Bank of New York today.

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Bickering Union Bosses Quit Feuding to Ramp Up Coercive Organizing

Will Collins — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:10:38 -0400

After a long and vicious feud, it seems CNA and SEIU bosses have finally buried the hatchet... in the backs of independent nurses:

Two of the nation’s fastest-growing labor unions — the Service Employees International Union and the California Nurses Association — ended a bitter yearlong dispute on Wednesday by agreeing to work together to unionize hospital workers and push for universal health coverage.

For the last year, the two unions have viciously denounced each other, with the service employees accusing the nurses of sabotaging efforts to organize 8,300 hospital workers in Ohio, and the nurses’ union accusing S.E.I.U. officials of stalking and harassing its leaders.

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Union Bosses

State Employee Commission Rubber Stamps Union Boss Retaliation Against Employee Who Won Case against Union

State Employee Commission Rubber Stamps Union Boss Retaliation Against Employee Who Won Case against Union

Case highlights need to roll back union boss powers in the Garden State

Right to Work on Fox Business: Why Rank-and-File Union Members Don't Vote the Way Union Bosses Tell Them To

New Right to Work Video: The Obama White House - Where Everybody Knows the Union Bosses' Names

New Press Release: Employee Lawsuit Pushes Teacher Union Bosses to Refund Dues, Allow Educators to Resign

Employee Lawsuit Pushes Teacher Union Bosses to Refund Dues, Allow Educators to Resign

Despite a partial victory, Right to Work Foundation presses forward with lawsuit to ensure all public educators’ rights are protected

Arizona Workers: Know Your Rights!

Obama Administration Backs Down (For Now) Rather than Defend Discriminatory Project Labor Agreements

Right to Work on Fox Business: Philadelphia Union Bosses Instigate Transit Strike

Union Boss Takeover of American Government Continues: AFL-CIO Official Named Head of NY Federal Reserve

Bickering Union Bosses Quit Feuding to Ramp Up Coercive Organizing

Despite a partial victory, Right to Work Foundation presses forward with
lawsuit to ensure all public educators’ rights are protected