SEIU in Oregon: For the love of the…?
Gov. Ted Kulongoski of Oregon has nominated Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler to the position of State Treasurer, following the death of Ben Westlund on Sunday. Want to know why Wheeler, and not another state representative Greg Macpherson, got the nod? According to The Oregonian: “Kulongoski acknowledged that “part of it” was the opposition that Macpherson would [more...]

Posted Thu, 11 Mar 2010 .

Transparent Hypocrisy at the DOL
This morning the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) emailed me asking for comments and ideas “to help increase transparency, collaboration, and participation within DOL as part of the White House Open Government Initiative.” The OLMS is the same agency that just rescinded a regulation requiring transparency in union slush funds (using the “T-1″ form). In fact, [more...]

Posted Thu, 11 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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