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INK November 3, 2011
In this issue: Union Bailout Update Disability Fund “Rail Roaded” Pelosi Admits Anti-Boeing Bias SEIU Decert At California Hospital Teamsters Watch, Only In A Union, Sticky Fingers and more… NOTICE:...
View ArticleBreaking: Boeing and IAM Have Deal
Reuters is reporting that Boeing has reached an early deal with the Machinist’s union which, if ratified, would end the NLRB suit against Boeing and ensure production of the new 737 would stay in...
View ArticleWisconsin Labor War Moves to Private Sector
Manitowoc Crane, a crane and lift manufacturer in Manitowoc, WI has announced it will be hiring replacement workers for 200 striking members of the Machinists union, prompting many of the striking...
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Workers Vote to End Manitowoc Strike
By a vote of 112-59 striking Machinists union members agreed to go back to work on January 18, ending a two-month strike against Manitowoc Crane. Members accepted a four-year contract that does away...
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Strange Hospital Bedfellows
The Machinists union (IAM) and the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) made a surprise announcement last week that the two unions were looking into affiliation. And while the marriage might...
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INK May 10, 2012
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… NOTICE: You can...
View ArticleNLRB Breaks Ethics Rules
The House Oversight and Government Reform committee has released a scathing report about recent activities of the National Labor Relations Board, charging that “NLRB leadership broke internal rules,...
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IAM Levies Over $1 Million In Fines
Some may remember the Caterpillar strike in May of last year when International Association of Machinists (IAM) union bosses ordered 800 workers at the Joliet plant to go on strike. After 100 of those...
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INK July 2013
In this issue: Foreign Threat Adds to Volkswagen Organizing Effort Defections, Mergers, and Global Expansion (oh my!) IAM Levies Over $1 Million in Fines Union Strategy: Harness the Young &...
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Merger Mania
As the UAW struggles to find new life in the U.S., its Canadian sister has hit on a stop-gap solution: merge. The Canadian Auto Workers union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of...
View ArticleSame Song, Different Verse
The Teamsters For a Democratic Union have probably been the most high-profile insider union reformers in recent years, but now a similar group is attempting to gain traction in the International...
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Give ‘Em The Boot!
Two more companies are proving that life does not get better when you go union. Employees at Angeles Composite Technologies Inc. in Port Angeles, Wa. voted to decertify the International Association of...
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Whistlin’ Dixie (Organizing in the South)
Chattanooga Mayor Andy Berke The big story in the south is dying down as the UAW announced Monday morning it was withdrawing its objection to the recent election results at the Chattanooga VW plant....
View ArticleLabor Relations Ink – April 2014
In this issue: Top Heavy Alt-Labor What Unions Fear Most Whistlin’ Dixie (Organizing in the South) Only In A Union, Sticky Fingers, Scoreboard, Insight and more… The bottom of each story contains a...
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Whistlin’ Dixie
It’s been a difficult and largely unsuccessful task organizing automakers in the South, but the Auto Workers are persevering with the help of groups like IndustriALL Global Union and the Mississippi...
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Labor Relations INK October 2014
In this issue: Getting Creative SEIU Hires…Contractors? “Never Let A Good Crisis Go To Waste” More Lessons From Market Basket Whistlin’ Dixie, Sticky Fingers, Scoreboard, Insight and more… The bottom...
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Dire Straits
Source: http://www.pbgc.gov/ Teamsters Central States Pension Fund has been in trouble for a long time and it doesn’t look like they’ll be getting out of it anytime soon. Currently serving roughly...
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Whistlin’ Dixie
After losing the election to organize Volkswagen employees at its Chattanooga, Tennessee plant last year, the UAW set up an office just down the road to begin its efforts anew. Their hope has been that...
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Labor Relations Ink May 2015
In this issue: Labor Leaders Cash In on Workers’ Dues The Good Life… Grasping At Straws? Is Militancy In Health Care Good For You? SEIU Watch, Sticky Fingers, Scoreboard, Insight and more… The bottom...
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Union “Representation”
John Lehman and Ryan Hastings, employees at Spirit Aerosystems’ Wichita manufacturing plant, were well-known critics of their two IAM Local representatives – often finding themselves in the crosshairs...
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