Unions Have a Sexual Harassment Problem
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Harvey Weinstein’s closet isn’t the only one with skeletons in it. America’s labor movement, which has long touted is pro-worker bona fides has a troubling harassment history of its own. Female employees of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. Executive Vice President Scott Courtney, who had led the…
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Longtime Teamsters boss John Coli Sr. – a former key ally of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner now faces federal extortion charges. Leaders of Teamsters Local 726 has a 15-year, rent-to-own deal on an office building. But the Teamsters International in Washington D.C. dissolved Local 726 and its members became part…
Read More Grocery Store Hit with $500K in Safety Fines
By Management Labor Lawyer | | OSHA
The bulk of the citations against Trade Fair Supermarkets in Astoria and Jackson Heights sections of Queens, New York allege repeated violations for blocked exits, unguarded vertical ban saws used in preparing meats, and inadequate safety information and training for hazardous cleaning chemicals, including bleach and liquid detergent. The company was cited for many repeat…
Read More ICE Director: We Promise to Significantly Increase the Immigration Enforcement Pressure on All Employers
By Management Labor Lawyer | | Immigration
Thomas Homan, the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), echoed the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement focus on employers as a crucial part of curbing undocumented immigration to the United States. According to Homan, employers are at the core of the American immigration problem. “Unless you remove the magnets … they will keep coming…
Read More Union On Hook for Non-Member Worker’s Back Pay After Refusing to Represent Him
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB, Uncategorized
A discharged Cummins, Inc. plant worker who wasn’t a union member may be entitled to have the Machinists union pay his lost wages after the union refused to arbitrate his complaint contesting the firing. Machinists Talbot Lodge No. 61 represents all of the production and maintenance employees at a Tennessee Cummins plant, but a union…
Read More Congressional Dems’ Play on Words: Offer Unions a “Better Deal”
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Congressional Democrats recently unveiled their “better deal” economic plan seeking to enhance protections for unions and their members. The “better deal” is the Democrat talking points for the mid-term elections during the fall of 2018. “Should we get the majority, this will be at the top of our list in early January 2019” said Senator…
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