New Union Finance Reporting Rules Impending

The Department of Labor likely will be issuing new financial reporting rules for unions and their affiliates (like worker centers).  Federal laws, such as the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act, require unions to file certain financial disclosure documents with the Department of Labor detailing how they are spending their members’ dues money (e.g., officer salaries,…
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Union Bosses Make Big Bucks (But Complaint When Corporate Leaders Do the Same)

It seems like every month a different labor union publishes the pay disparity between the average low-wage employee and CEOs of mega companies, i.e. the car washer vs. the owner of a car company, or the janitor vs. the top guy of a global real estate investment firm. The examples often cited by unions are…
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