Union Blackballs Member Who Complained of Injustice

Unions are always quick to cast stones against companies and allege that employers retaliate against workers who stand up for their rights. Yet some unions don’t realize they live in a glass house. The Operating Engineers union recently retaliated against a female member by removing her name from a work-eligible list at its hiring hall…
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A Lesson for Health Care Employers About HIPAA Violations and Union Organizing

I see this scenario too often. Unfortunately, employers do not fully know the do’s and don’ts during union organizing drives and resort to self-help action to punish union organizers. And employers always lose. Here, a pro-union employee was going to be given a warning for failing to check a patient’s vital signs prior to the patient’s…
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