January 2011 Archive

Union officials sentenced on corruption charges
THREE UNION TIMEKEEPERS SENTENCED FOR WIRE FRAUD IN SCHEME TO DEFRAUD PORTS AMERICA BALTIMORE Claimed Regular and Overtime Hours When They Were Actually on Vacation or At Home Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. ...
Clinton’s 21st Century Statecraft a Success! AFL-CIO Applauds New Egyptian Unions
Yesterday's post on the American Left's role in leading regime change in the Middle East began as some research into the union role in toppling the government of Tunisia and ...
HEADLINES FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2011
The following is the latest news and views on unions from around the country: Metropolitan Corporate Counsel: The NLRB is On ...
Democrat Congressman: Dems Shouldn’t Eat Dems in 2012
House Dem: Liberal groups need to back off for party to win in 2012 Sean J. Miller | The Hill Jan. 30, 2011 Liberal groups need to stay out of Democratic primaries if ...
NFL Players’ Union Launches Anti-Lockout Ad
NFL Players Association Creates New Ad Campaign To Spread Awareness of Potential Lockout Washington, DC, January 28, 2011 Players: “Let Us Play” Fans: “Let Them Play” Here we are, The Super Bowl, the biggest ...
Workers of the World Unite: The American Left’s Role in Leading Mid-East Regime Change
"Twitter, Facebook, and various instant messaging platforms (SMS, Skype, Google Chat, etc.) act as force-multipliers for revolutionary movements..." — Jeffrey Carr ________________ As the world watches Egypt crumble into chaos, with over ...
Thousands of Canadian Steelworkers Protest U.S. Steel Lockout
Thousands rally to support Hamilton steelworkers ctvtoronto.ca Jan. 29 2011 Canadian labour leaders and organizers of a large rally to support locked-out steelworkers in Hamilton, Ont., are pushing to make income security a ...
In Advance of NFL Lockout, Players’ Union Recommends Making List of “Everyone Who Owes You Money.”
Union recommends execution of “financial emergency plans” Mike Florio | NBC Sports January 28, 2011 With a lockout a virtual certainty come March 4 (absent a new labor deal), the union has sounded ...
Forty Percent of ObamaCare Exemptions Are Unions
Unions make up 40 percent of employees exempted from Obamacare David Freddoso | The Examiner Jan 27 2011 Yesterday, the Deparment of Health and Human Services announced it had granted more than 500 ...
Bay Area Union Boss Losing Grip On Members As Boycott, Illegal Use of Funds Takes Toll
The San Francisco Sentinel is carrying a story about the turmoil within San Francisco's hotel union UNITE-HERE. This is year is off to a rocky start for Local 2 Unite Here ...

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