Union backing in Arkansas a touchy subject
Arkansas’ Senate seat is just one battle ground against moderate Democrats who have not lived up to Big Labor’s EFCA expectations. Lt. Gov. Bill Halter released a press statement detailing more than $500,000 in campaign contributions by labor groups to Blanche Lincoln. The same release calls Blanche’s accusations that Halter’s debt has been paid off to [more...]

Posted Mon, 15 Mar 2010 .

Prison Guards in Pennsylvania vote against unionizing
Pennsylvania is such a union stronghold, it naturally caught my eye when Chester County guards voted down the union by a wide margin. The “Chester County Corrections Officers Independent Union” would have been associated with the Teamsters Local 312, who was “ecstatic” and “anxious” at the prospect of the guards forming a union. From The [more...]

Posted Fri, 12 Mar 2010 .

Crime & Corruption

Union Leader Fraud
In 2005, criminal charges and fines against union officials hit five-year highs, proving that union bosses have earned their reputation for greed and corruption.
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Union Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation of Workers
Union officials have ordered or approved of violent, coercive and harassing conduct aimed at making an example of employees who don't toe the union line.
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Discrimination
In recent years, labor unions have faced more than 13,000 complaints of discrimination filed with the government's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
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Schemes involving bribery, extortion, deprivation of union rights by violence, and embezzlement used by early racketeers are still employed to abuse the power of unions.

— U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, 2004

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