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 Meanwhile, in another terminal, the same two unions objecting in tandem to the Delta elections are locked in a blood match over the flight attendants of newly merged United Continental. The Machinists union (IAM) represented 8,000 Continental attendants while 13,000 United attendants were represented by the AFA-CWA. The new airline is still operating as two separate carriers awaiting go-ahead from the FAA but the NMB election to determine flight attendant representation is already underway (voting ends June 29) and bringing out the worst in both unions, not to mention enough hypocritical hot air to make even Andy Stern blush.
In one of the latest dust-ups, the IAM objected to the AFA instructing its supporters to notify the union after they voted, presumably so the AFA could tout how well
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 First the latest moves from the pro-union contingent of the nation’s lawmakers. New York handed union organizers in their state a new billy club with a new “Wage Theft Prevention Act,” which imposes stringent notice requirements and enhances penalties for violations of the wage-hour laws.
At the federal level, the NLRB just got extremely creative by deciding that an employer violated Section 8(a)(1) of the Act for terminating an employee before she engaged in protected “concerted activity.” The usual NLRB dissenter, Brian Hayes, said of the Paraxel Industries, LLC, 356 NLRB No. 82 decision,
“I note that finding a Sec. 8(a)(1) motivational discharge violation in the absence of any actual concerted activity is unprecedented, and, at the very least, in tension with Meyers Industries, supra. I have serious reservations about
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 Labor Relations INK
In this issue:
Union Bailout Update All Mobbed Up Indoctrinating The Young Scoreboard, Social Media Spotlight, Sticky Fingers and more…
Union Bailout Update Wow – it seems that as soon as the EFCA was put to rest, every government friend of Big Labor, from the halls of Congress to the backrooms of bureaucratic agencies, has opened their toolbox to find every possible way to continue to work on behalf of their benefactors. Fortunately, friends of American Enterprise seem to have stepped up their engagement in the tug-of-war.
Our story below (Public Union Debacle…explains the effort of
Continue reading INK: January 20, 2011
Wow – it seems that as soon as the EFCA was put to rest, every government friend of Big Labor, from the halls of Congress to the backrooms of bureaucratic agencies, has opened their toolbox to find every possible way to continue to work on behalf of their benefactors. Fortunately, friends of American Enterprise seem to have stepped up their engagement in the tug-of-war.
Our story below (Public Union Debacle…explains the effort of many state and municipal leaders to reign in costs by reforming public pensions (many of them union) and nullifying collective bargaining agreements. At the federal level, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) introduced a House Resolution aimed at preventing the federal government from bailing out failed public employee pension funds.
Many states are ratcheting up the assault on both
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Labor Relations INK
In this issue:
Union Bailout Update Storm Center Over Wisconsin Unions, Crime, and the Mob Labor Relations Insight, Social Media Spotlight, Sticky Fingers and more…
Labor Relations Insight by Phillip Wilson
EFCA, we hardly knew ye.
 With this issue of INK we finally officially lay the Employee Free Choice Act to rest. While the writing’s been on the wall for a while unions continued to threaten action on the bill during the lame-duck session of the 111th Congress. With the swearing in of the 112th Congress this week, I think even the strongest EFCA supporters must now admit it is officially dead.
If
Continue reading INK: January 07, 2011
Since it is acknowledged that any prospect of the Employee Free Choice Act becoming “law” has died with last year’s mid-term elections, we have discontinued the use of the term “EFCA Update” for our newsletter. However, as the NLRB continues to prove by both current actions and revelations of future objectives that it is “pro-union” all the way, it remains prudent to track governmental action that continues to tilt the playing field in favor of Big Labor. You’ll now find that content under the new title “Union Bailout Update.”
The intent of Big Labor to get their money’s worth from the administration they “bought and paid for” in 2008 is still in full bloom, despite the recent election setback. In case you need a reminder, this recent article recaps some of the NLRB
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Labor Relations INK
In this issue:
EFCA Update LRI’s Labor Predictions for 2011 CNA-NNU Marching Stron Only In A Union, Scoreboard, Sticky Fingers and more…
EFCA Update The aggressive NLRB continues to forcefully tilt the field in favor of its Big Labor patrons. On Dec. 6th, the board reconsidered the Dana Corp. decision, dismissing a complaint that an employer and the UAW had violated the Act by respectively rendering and accepting unlawful support. Dissenting Board Member Hayes noted that the holding threatens “the establishment of collective-bargaining relationships based on self-interested union-employer agreements that preempt employee choice and input as to their representation and desired terms
Continue reading INK: December 16, 2010
The aggressive NLRB continues to forcefully tilt the field in favor of its Big Labor patrons. On Dec. 6th, the board reconsidered the Dana Corp. decision, dismissing a complaint that an employer and the UAW had violated the Act by respectively rendering and accepting unlawful support. Dissenting Board Member Hayes noted that the holding threatens “the establishment of collective-bargaining relationships based on self-interested union-employer agreements that preempt employee choice and input as to their representation and desired terms and conditions of employment.”
The board continues to ratchet up the penalties for violations of the Act, which was one of the tenets of the proposed Employee Free Choice Act. In November, an employer in Deja Vu Mechanicals, 356 NLRB No. 37 (Nov. 24, 2010) settled ULP charges which included paying a particular employee several “make-whole” payments. However,
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Labor Relations INK
In this issue:
EFCA Update Unite Here Holds Atlantic City Hostage Jobs Unions Have Chased Out Of U.S. Labor Relations Insight, Only In A Union, Sticky Fingers and more…
Labor Relations Insight by Phillip Wilson
Bankrolling Corporate Campaigns
 Unions often launch corporate campaigns against companies as a loss leader. The way the process works is they pick a target company or industry and then start looking for potential areas to attack. For example, unions often file nuisance lawsuits or shareholder actions in the hope of eventually organizing new dues-paying members. But they know that their odds of success in these “outside-in” campaigns
Continue reading INK: December 03, 2010
Big Labor can still count the current administration in Washington their friend. Harry Reid’s first move to pay back the unions for their efforts to save his Nevada Senate seat is a promised cloture vote on the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, a bill which basically nationalizes the country’s police, fire and other first responder personnel. The law would replace with federal rules all state laws on collective bargaining between state and local governments and their first responder unions and would greatly empower unions to dictate pay scales and benefits on a national level.
Working in tandem with this move, the Federal Labor Relations Authority ruled that TSA agents would be allowed to select representation by a union, although they would be currently restricted from allowing the union to engage in collective bargaining on their behalf.
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Meanwhile, in another terminal, the same two unions objecting in tandem to the Delta elections are locked in a blood match over the flight attendants of newly merged United Continental. The Machinists union (IAM) represented 8,000 Continental attendants while 13,000 United attendants were represented by the AFA-CWA. The new airline is still operating as two separate carriers awaiting go-ahead from the FAA but the NMB election to determine flight attendant representation is already underway (voting ends June 29) and bringing out the worst in both unions, not to mention enough hypocritical hot air to make even Andy Stern blush.
