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By WFI Staff It’s becoming an all too familiar script: desperate to fatten their member rolls while in urgent search of dues to fatten their pockets, union bosses are resorting to all sorts of creative enrollment methods.  The latest involves … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Politics, Unions Tagged automaker, Big Labor, big labor bosses, Card Check, cars, chattanooga, germany, secret ballots, tennessee, times free press, UAW, Union Bosses, United Auto Workers, volkswagen

By WFI Staff Not even a month on the job and freshly minted U.S. Labor Secretary Thomas Perez is already taking the federal agency in a controversial direction. We knew Perez had a checkered past, from questionable legal maneuvers while … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Department of Labor, Politics, Unions Tagged Department of Labor, health care reform, labor department, medicaid, nurses, nursing assistants, obamacare, seniors, service employees international union, thomas perez, Union Bosses, Unions

By WFI Staff On the fifth Anniversary of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers and the day marked as the beginning of the massive financial meltdown we all know as the Great Recession, you’ll hear quite a bit from union bosses about the “one percent.”  It’s … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, afl-cio convention, AFSCME, Big Labor, dennis van roekel, Detroit, g. william hunter, labor bosses, labor movement, lee saunders, media trackers, Micro-unions, nba, nba players association, randi weingarten, Richard Trumka, union boss, union boss salaries, Union Bosses, Washington Free Beacon

By WFI Staff It was supposed to be the start of something fresh and new for Big Labor. But, no one could have scripted a worse week. On Monday, union chiefs were converging on the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles, … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, afl-cio convention, Big Labor, big labor bosses, obama white house, obamacare, President Obama, Richard Trumka, Union Bosses, union chiefs

by WFI Staff When you hear the term “labor peace,” you might think of some wonderful or harmonious state of existence in which Big Labor bosses and the employers they target can get along. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. Labor … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Politics, Unions Tagged Big Labor, Employee Rights, federal labor laws, labor movement, labor peace, state laws, Union Bosses, Unions

As members of the venerable AFL-CIO converge on Los Angeles for their annual Big Labor pow wow, union bosses will attempt to fire up their beleaguered supporters with a long list of grievances against everyone from politicians in Washington to … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, afl-cio convention, Barack Obama, Big Labor, Department of Labor, labor movement, los angeles, President Obama, Richard Trumka, secretary treasurer, Union Bosses, Unions, wages, White House

by WFI Staff It’s tough to imagine a Labor Day that doesn’t work out so well for Big Labor.  After all, this is the time of year that not only ushers in the official end of summer vacation, but also … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations, Big Labor, international longshor, international longshore and warehouse union, labor day, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, President Obama, Richard Trumka, robert mcellrath, Union Bosses

Eight candidates. Endless counts of embezzlement, fraud, theft and obstruction of justice. We introduced you to some of the most unbelievable examples of Big Labor fat cats violating the trust of their hard-working, dues-paying members. When the voting was done, … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Unions Tagged big labor bosses, big labor fat cats, embezzlement, fraud, obstruction of justice, SEIU, service employees international union, tyrone ricky freeman, union boss, union boss of the year, Union Bosses, Union Dues

by WFI Staff Western Pennsylvania union boss Charles Rocha loved hockey.  He lived for the clash of hockey sticks, went crazy for the fights on the ice and fed off the excitement of arena crowds during the playoffs.  In fact, … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Unions Tagged Big Labor, big labor boss, big labor bosses, charles rocha, Detroit, hockey, pennsylvania, stanley cup, Union, union boss, union boss of the year, Union Bosses, united steelworkers of america

by Fred Wszolek (originally appeared in BuzzFeed) With Labor Day upon us, it’s time to honor those Big Labor fat cats keeping alive the tradition of pension-driven decadence. From swindling members to desk-dozing, this group represents the pinnacle of inadequacy. … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Unions Tagged Big Labor, embezzlement, fraud, Fred Wszolek, jail, theft, union boss of the year, Union Bosses, Union Dues, Unions

by WFI Staff Gambling addiction is a serious problem in the United States: some estimates calculate nearly eight million Americans are struggling with it on a daily basis, from slot machines in Atlantic City to craps tables in Las Vegas.  Just ask … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Unions Tagged atlantic city, embezzlement, gambling, Joseph Grygorceiwicz, Las Vegas, slots, u.s. district court, union boss, union boss of the year, Union Bosses, united transportation union

By WFI Staff In California, Illinois, Nevada and Pennsylvania there are laws on the books making stalking by union bosses, harassing private citizens, legal. It’s a disconcerting example of union boss corruption and special interest influence run amuck. Big Labor … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, bullying, California, crimes code, frank snyder, harassment, harrisburg, illinois, Katie packer gage, morning call, National Labor Relations Board, nevada, NLRB, orange county register, paul carpenter, pennsylvania, pittsburgh tribune, stalking, state legislators

By Fred Wszolek In the National Labor Relations Board’s decision in D.R. Horton, which is currently pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the employer is challenging the NLRB’s finding that it is a violation of … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged Big Labor, class action, condition of employment, court of appeals for the fifth circuit, d.r. horton, federal arbitration act, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, President Obama, richards v. ernst and young, Supreme Court, Union Bosses

by WFI Staff When labor boss Robert Carr decided he wanted an extra taste from his union dues loot box, he found that he needed an accomplice to get the job done.  And there was no better partner-in-crime than with Theresa A. … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Unions Tagged Big Labor, bonnie and clyde, corruption, embezzlement, plumbers local 228, robert carr, theresa carr, union boss of the year, Union Bosses, union corruption

By Fred Wszolek (originally appeared in Real Clear Policy) With Detroit’s bankruptcy, many are wondering how one of America’s great cities could have fallen so far, so fast. The Motor City was once our nation’s fourth-largest municipality, and it once … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Politics, Unions Tagged big labor bosses, Chicago, chicago public schools, Detroit, detroit bankruptcy, motor city, motown, Pension Funds, rahm emanuel, Union Bosses, Unions