Latest News - May 2011

May 31, 2011
Jesse Jackson joins strikers on Phila. picket line
Source: Philly.com

May 31, 2011
Inflatable Rats Meant to Intimidate
Source: The Intelligencer, The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register

May 26, 2011
Unions Use U.S. Labor Board to Bully Employers, Lawyers Say
Source: Bloomberg
By: Stephanie Armour

May 26, 2011
Rat Balloons Used in Union Protests Allowed by Labor Board
Source: Bloomberg
By: Holly Rosenkrantz

May 26, 2011
SEIU tactics called ruthless before Hill panel
Source: The Washington Times
By: Claire Courchane

May 24, 2011
Boeing's CEO on Machinists: ‘We're trying to hit the restart button'
Source: Herald Net
By: Michelle Dunlop

May 21, 2011
Frustrated with Democrats, some large unions cut back on donations
Source: The Washington Post
By: T.W. Farnam

May 20, 2011
New SEIU strategy targets Republicans
Source: Capital Weekly
By: John Howard

May 19, 2011
Ex-union secretary pleads guilty in embezzlement
Source: Lansing State Journal

May 17, 2011
Butte woman pleads guilty to embezzling from union
Source: The Montana Standard

May 16, 2011
New workers at Columbus' Omnova plant request to decertify union
Source: The Dispatch: Columbus, Starkville & The Golden Triangle
By: Garthia Elena Burnett

May 15, 2011
Union whistleblowers: We were beaten and harassed after they accused bosses of looting
Source: New York Daily News
By: Brian Kates

May 14, 2011
Autoworkers’ union takes aim at “transplant” carmakers
Source: Post and Courier
By: GEORGE SPAULDING

May 13, 2011
Health care union to hike health plan costs
Source: Crain’s New York business.com
By: Barbara Benson

May 12, 2011
Arlington car-seat maker Lear sending more work to Mexico
Source: Star-Telegram
By: Bob Cox

May 12, 2011
Rifts Emerge Among San Jose's Unions
Source: Wall Street Journal
By: Bobby White

May 12, 2011
Union members charged with embezzlement
Source: Eagle-Tribune
By: J.J. Huggins

May 11, 2011
Union pledge cards targeted
Source: Nashua Telegraph
By: KEVIN LANDRIGAN

May 11, 2011
Obama's 'union busters'
Source: Post and Courier

May 11, 2011
Only AFL-CIO Rains on Comcast's Parade
Source: AdWeek
By: Katie Feola

May 5, 2011
Five-day nurse strike begins at Children's Hospital Oakland
Source: Contra Costa Times
By: Sandy Kleffman

May 5, 2011
Kan. gov. not upset by impasse on unions bill
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
By: JOHN HANNA

May 5, 2011
Republicans Rally Behind Boeing Over Labor Board Complaint
Source: Bloomberg
By: Stephanie Armour and Susanna Ray

May 3, 2011
Nurses' strikes costly for hospitals
Source: ly-hospitals Source:
By: Stephanie Bouchard

May 3, 2011
California Senate OKs contracts for 6 state unions
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
By: ADAM WEINTRAUB

May 2, 2011
NLRB suit threatens economy
Source: TheSunNews.com
By: Chip Limehouse