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 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…
Read More “A LOT OF GOOD REASONS TO JOIN THE TEAMSTERS” – MORE PROPAGANDA THAN PROOF
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB, Uncategorized
The Teamsters gathered in Detroit, Michigan to discuss how to educate workers about the value of their union membership. Detroit is home of the United Autoworkers union. Michigan is a Right to Work state. This was not a joint meeting or phony public relations stunt, either, which made choosing Detroit even more odd. No other…
Read More Over 100 Union Pension Funds Set to Fail
By Management Labor Lawyer | | NLRB
Some 114 multiemployer pension funds are on track to fail within the next 20 years. These funds, covering 1.3 million workers, are currently $36.4 billion underfunded. The funds have total assets of $43.5 billion and liabilities of $79.9 billion. Most of that shortfall is attributed to the Central States Teamsters plan ($17.2 billion), the Bakery…
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