UAW

New Obama Car Czar is Militant Union Boss

Will Collins — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:24:48 -0400

Good news! The Obama Administration's Car Czar - tasked with reorganizing the auto industry with government tax dollars - is resigning. The bad news? His replacement, Ron Bloom, is a union label hatchet-man. The Washington Examiner digs up a choice quote on his managerial prowess:

Bloom's relevant experience appears to be negotiating for unions with troubled companies, and so it would be useful to know his approach. Thanks to an old Time magazine collection of quotes, here it is:

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NRTW President Mark Mix: "Freedom in the workplace always wins -- even in Michigan."

Nick Cote — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:02:42 -0400

Thursday's Detroit News extensively quotes National Right to Work president Mark Mix in an informative piece about why Michigan needs a Right to Work law.

Right to Work protections in 22 states ensure that no worker can be compelled, as a condition or employment, to join or pay dues to an unwanted union.

Washington Examiner: The Big Business of Big Labor

Nick Cote — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:30:53 -0400

In today's Washington Examiner, Timothy Carney has an excellent column about President Obama's plan to "save" Chrysler. As Carney shows, it's more accurate to call Obama's plan a bailout of Big Labor and political payback for the UAW union's exorbitant politicking on behalf of Obama and his party in the 2008 election:

The union’s $1.98 million to Democratic candidates last cycle (not counting the $4.87 million in independent expenditures to elect Obama president) is more than any PAC spent on Republicans. If you combine the political spending of the top three oil company PACs and the UAW’s PAC, Republicans and Democrats come out about even.

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Regular Working Mom Fights Off Abusive UAW Union Operatives

Will Collins — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:59:35 -0400

Using card check, UAW operatives muscled their way into a plant in Albion, Indiana. The courageous working mom featured below joined with her coworkers to exercise legal rights won by the National Right to Work Foundation to throw the union back out.

Check out the National Right to Work Committee's latest video on one working mom's encounter with professional UAW organizers:

Employees Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Reinstate RICO Case against UAW Union Organizing Scheme

Nick Cote — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:24:34 -0400

Employees Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Reinstate RICO Case against UAW Union Organizing Scheme

National Right to Work Foundation urges High Court to allow enforcement of longstanding labor bribery statutes against increasingly common union schemes

Washington, DC (April 21, 2009) – Today, National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court to uphold workers’ challenge to a secret quid pro quo agreement intended to install the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at Freightliner plants in North and South Carolina.

New Right to Work Video: Real Faces of Card Check Intimidation

Nick Cote — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:33:00 -0400

In this new special National Right to Work Committee video report, Dana Corporation employees in Albion, Indiana, share their stories of harassment and intimidation by UAW union operatives during a militant card check organizing drive. The workers discuss how union organizers specifically targeted and ramped up their coercive tactics against female employees.

As one worker explains in the video, “People in the UAW will call you their sister or their brother. I never treated any of my brothers and sisters that way.”

UAW union organizers were able to collect a majority of signatures after weeks of pressure on the employees. Thanks to a precedent won by attorneys with the National Right to Work Foundation, the employees eventually forced an election and defeated the UAW union hierarchy.

UAW Tries to Block Employee Election to Toss Out Union at JCIM Grand Rapids

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:01:05 -0500

UAW Bosses Exposed: Hard at Work, or Hardly Working?

Will Collins — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:13:32 -0500

A local Detroit news station followed two union bosses around for the better part of a year, recording their work-related activities. Some of the "benefits" of union representation include union bosses getting paid to drink on the job, collecting massive overtime checks when they're off work, and running personal errands on the rank-and-file workers' dime. Unfortunately, these perks are only available to union bosses, but we're sure workers are incredibly grateful for such top-notch "representation."

Union officials' bad habits are subsidized by employees' forced union dues, which fund their position within the union's bloated hierarchy. When union bosses claim overtime when they're really off work, their co-workers are also forced to pick up the slack.

Appellate Court Errs by Blocking an Examination into UAW Backroom Deal as a Form of Labor Bribery

Patrick Semmens — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:06:41 -0500

National Right to Work Foundation Vice President Stefan Gleason made the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld union lawyers' motion to dismiss of the case challenging a corrupt quid-pro-quo organizing agreement reached by Freightliner and UAW union officials in North and South Carolina:

Regrettably, the court severely misread and misinterpreted the statute. "Things of value" as defined under numerous federal statutes have long been held by courts to include intangible or non-monetary benefits.

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Workers at JCIM Grand Rapids Plant Seek Ejection of UAW Union

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:35:03 -0500

In Michigan, Foundation staff attorneys are providing legal aid to Johnson Controls (JCIM) Grand Rapids employees who want the UAW union hierarchy removed as the monopoly bargaining agent. Meanwhile UAW union organizers are attempting to force their way into JCIM’s Holland plant:

Grand Rapids, MI (December 23, 2008) – With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, a Johnson Controls (JCIM) employee at the Talon Court facility in Kentwood has filed a decertification petition seeking an election to oust the United Auto Workers (UAW) union as the JCIM workers’ monopoly bargaining agent.

The development is another blow to the UAW union hierarchy which has taken a major public relations hit in recent months because of its role in driving the Big Three automakers to the brink of bankruptcy.

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