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In this issue:
Union Bailout Update Bill Would Permit Merit Pay in Union Shops Machinists Striking Once a Member Always a Member Labor Relations Insight, Sticky Fingers and more…
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Labor Relations Insight by Phillip Wilson
What have we learned in the first week of the “ambush election” rules?
There are two questions I’ve been asked a lot over the last couple of months, and especially in the last week:
Will petitions increase after the new “ambush election” rules go into effect? How far will election times decrease under the new “ambush election” rules?
Here’s what we’ve seen
Continue reading INK May 10, 2012
 A recently released Harris Poll indicates most Americans believe labor unions are too involved in politics (72%) and more concerned with fighting changes than trying to bring about change (71%).
From Harris’ web site:
Key findings from the survey include:
Almost two-thirds (65%) of adults agree that unions improve wages and working conditions of workers. A higher 72% of people who live in union households agree with this. Over seven in ten believe that unions are too involved in politics (72%), are more concerned with fighting change than with trying to bring about change (71%) and stifle individual initiative (63%), People in union households are somewhat less critical though majorities of union households still feel unions are too involved in politics (60%) and are more concerned about
Continue reading New Poll: Americans Critical of Unions
 Talk about swimming upstream – Iron Workers General President pledged to “double our market share and double our union within the next 10 years.”
The comments were delivered at the 42nd Iron Workers Convention in Chicago, held Aug. 15-19. Wise also lauded such job-crippling measures as the Davis-Bacon Act, and advocated expansion of Project Labor Agreements.
  
 The union representing the pilots of US Airways, including former America West pilots, has instructed its pilots to create illegal work slowdowns designed to cause delays and cancellations in an effort to secure a contract for the pilots. Since 2005, when US Airways merged with America West Holdings Corp., the pilots have been working without a contract. Negotiations have not been able to reach an agreement on how former America West pilots would be merged into the US Airways seniority list.
In March 2009, United Airlines won an appeals court ruling barring pilots from a work slowdown that led to 329 canceled flights over two months, and when American Airlines pilots called in sick over 11 days in 1999, the 6,600 cancelled flights cost the company over
Continue reading US Airways Forced to Sue Pilots Union
 Ugly details about the Chavez family and the labor icon himself are radiating out of a public feud between Cesar’s sons Anthony and Paul Chavez. Anthony has filed a wrongful termination suit against his brother and has accusing Paul of withholding thousands in pension benefits from him. Paul runs the National Farm Workers Service Center on the Chavez family compound, just steps from Anthony’s home and his own.
According to the New York Times, the Chavez legacy has drifted from helping farm workers into a string of purposeless organizations which do little beyond employ family members and cash in on Cesar’s cult hero status. “Paul cares more about building his assets than helping people,” said Liz Villarino, one of Cesar’s daughters who worked until recently as the Service
Continue reading The Ugly Chavez Legacy
 Labor Relations INK
In this issue:
Union Bailout Update AFL-CIO Buyer’s Remorse? How Many Jobs Could Dues Create? Escaping the Union Pension Plan Scoreboard, SEIU Watch, Sticky Fingers and more…
Insight by Phil Wilson: Boeing Shrugged
Who is John Galt?
 I was very tempted to leave it at that for this month’s insight article. But for those readers who aren’t Atlas Shrugged fans (the first feature film of a trilogy was released last week and you should read the book if you haven’t – it is a slog but well worth it) I thought I would elaborate a bit.
This week the NLRB issued a complaint against the Boeing
Continue reading INK: April 22, 2011
Labor Relations INK
In this issue:
Union Bailout Update Wisconsin Fallout Us vs. Them: Why Unions Make Workers Unhappy The Battle Over PLAs Heats Up Scoreboard, SEIU Watch, Sticky Fingers and more…
Union Bailout Update
 It’s been a busy week in Washington for both sides of the fight over workers’ and employers’ rights in remaining union free. In our March 11 issue of INK we mentioned Senator Jim DeMint had introduced a national Right-To-Work bill certain to fail in the Senate. On March 14, Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) reintroduced the Secret Ballot Protection Act (H.R.972) in the House of Representatives, legislation that would amend the NLRA to guarantee
Continue reading INK: March 24, 2011
 A recent Gallup study shows lower overall job satisfaction for unionized workers due primarily to the sense of division and hierarchy in the workplace. The study was based on 149,514 interviews of union and non-union workers in the public and private sectors. The Gallup Healthways Work Environment Index questions were designed to test for certain factors shown to relate directly to various desirable business outcomes, including customer engagement, turnover, absenteeism, and productivity. The study thus suggests unionized workers’ may be far less engaged with their jobs than non-unionized workers.
“The research shows that union workers are more likely than nonunion workers to consider their supervisor a “boss” rather than a “partner,” and less likely to believe their supervisor creates a trusting and open environment.
Continue reading Us vs. Them: Why Unions Make Workers Unhappy
 Market Watch lists the top and bottom ten states for union strength based on membership, density, coverage and employment. Below is the list – check out the article for details:
The 10 states with the strongest unions:
10. Oregon 9. Rhode Island 8. Michigan 7. Connecticut 6. New Jersey 5. California 4. Washington 3. Hawaii 2. Alaska 1. New York
It’s been a busy week in Washington for both sides of the fight over workers’ and employers’ rights in remaining union free. In our March 11 issue of INK we mentioned Senator Jim DeMint had introduced a national Right-To-Work bill certain to fail in the Senate. On March 14, Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) reintroduced the Secret Ballot Protection Act (H.R.972) in the House of Representatives, legislation that would amend the NLRA to guarantee the right to secret ballot union representation elections. On March 21 that bill was referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
H.R. 1047 was also sent to the Labor subcommittee after being introduced on March 11 by freshman Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC). H.R. 1047 would amend the NLRA to protect state requirements for
Continue reading Union Bailout Update
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