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The Raiding Party: SEIU attacks another union for deal with city of LA
As cities across California and moreover, the entire state face financial obligations they can’t meet, the city of LA was on the cusp of reducing costs when the SEIU stepped in to bully another union. Heaven forbid that the city of LA should be able to reign in employment costs and that another union be [more...]

Posted Wed, 28 Jul 2010 .

It’s settled: SEIU and UNITE-HERE comes to terms with reality, each other
The SEIU and UNITE-HERE have settled up. Made peace. Cut ties. According to the press release from the SEIU: “The Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Workers United and UNITE HERE today announced a settlement agreement on behalf of the unions’ members and elected leadership that will bring to a close the protracted dispute between the [more...]

Posted Wed, 28 Jul 2010 .

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Unfair Labor Practices


A History Of Violations
Virtually every U.S. labor union faces allegations of violating labor law. Consider the number of charges filed against these unions between 1998 and 2004:

United Food and Commercial Workers  2,161
Teamsters  6,909
Service Employees International Union  3,910
Steelworkers  1,912

Source: data supplied by the Bureau of National Affairs
"When most people think of violations of labor law, they think first of “Big Business.” But employees, employers, and labor organizations file thousands of charges each year – called Unfair Labor Practices – alleging violations of labor law by union officials.

The National Labor Relations Board's annual report for fiscal year 2005 included the number of Unfair Labor Practices alleged against employers and unions. Once again, union officials faced a disproportionately high number of allegations of wrongdoing, when compared to employers. The worst part: The vast majority of allegations said that members were the ones hurt by the union officials that are supposed to protect them.

    The NLRB reported in 2005 that:
  • Unions faced a total of 6,381 allegations
  • 82% of charges against unions alleged illegal restraint and coercion of employees (by comparison, the leading allegation against employers — at 53% — was for refusal to bargain)
  • 594 charges were for illegal union discrimination against employees

    The NLRB reported in 2004 that:
  • Unions faced a total of 6,917 allegations of wrongdoing
  • 80% of those charges were filed by individuals
  • Unions filed more than 100 charges against other unions
  • 81% of charges alleged illegal restraint and coercion of employees

More than 600 charges alleged illegal discrimination against employees, an increase of about 6 percent from 2003.