Latest News - June 2011

June 29, 2011
Pro-union rulings stir up debate
Source: Kansas City Star
By: DIANE STAFFORD

June 29, 2011
Obama declines to criticize NLRB for Boeing ruling but says companies should be free to relocate factories within the U.S.
Source: The Los Angeles Times
By: Jim Puzzanghera

June 29, 2011
A Union Plan for Financing Construction
Source: The New York Times
By: Steven Greenhouse

June 28, 2011
The NLRB's New Regulation of Social Media
Source: The National Law Journal
By: Michael Starr and Katherine Healy Marques

June 27, 2011
In the Teamsters, a Candidate Tries to Break the Mold
Source: The New York Times
By: Steven Greenhouse

June 24, 2011
Finally, Nurses Are Set to Vote on Unionizing
Source: The New York Times
By: James Warren

June 23, 2011
UAW is a tough sell at southern plants
Hyundai, VW crews happy to be working
Source: Detroit Free Press
By: Tim Higgins and Keith Naughton

June 21, 2011
Kline Condemns NLRB’s Proposal to Rush Union Elections
“Obama NLRB continues to push an activist agenda at the expense of our nation’s workforce.”
Source: Education & the Workforce Committee
By: Congressman John Kline

June 18, 2011
The Worst May Be Yet To Come From Obama's Regulatory Board
Source: TownHall.com
By: Fred Wszolek

June 18, 2011
A senator, not a union organizer
Source: OregonLive.com
By: The Oregonian Editorial Board

June 18, 2011
Losing Vote at a Target in New York, Union Vows to Try Again
Source: The New York Times
By: Steven Greenhouse

June 17, 2011
Providence union agrees to concession package
Source: The Boston Globe

June 17, 2011
Rep. Issa Threatens to Eliminate National Labor Relations Board Over Boeing Dispute
Source: ABC News

June 16, 2011
America's labour unions will play a tragic role in the 2012 presidential election
Source: The Telegraph
By: Tim Stanley

June 15, 2011
Wisconsin court upholds anti-union legislation
Source: Guardian.co.uk

June 15, 2011
Target union vote a test for industry
Source: Star Tribune
By: Jim Spencer

June 14, 2011
Wal-Mart Workers Try the Nonunion Route
Source: NY Times
By: Steven Greenhouse

June 13, 2011
Quickie Elections: Rigging the Rules to Favor Big Labor
Source: National Review Online
By: Peter Schaumber

June 13, 2011
Apple store employee seeks to plant union seed
Source: CNBC.com
By: Poornima Gupta

June 10, 2011
Top NLRB Lawyer to Testify (Reluctantly) at House Hearing on Boeing
Source: The Wall Street Journal
By: Melanie Trottman

June 9, 2011
SEIU to Represent Milwaukee Crossing Guards
Source: SEIU

June 9, 2011
16 state AGs, most Republicans, weigh in on NLRB’s action against Boeing SC plant
Source: The Washington Post
By: Associated Press

June 9, 2011
Strike could be near for Ralphs, Vons and Albertsons workers, union warns
Source: The Los Angeles Times
By: Sharon Bernstein and P.J. Huffstutter

June 9, 2011
Union votes to urge Hyatt boycott
Source: StarAdvertiser.com
By: Alan Yonan Jr.

June 3, 2011
NLRB again denies religious character of a Catholic university
Source: CatholicCulture.org

June 3, 2011
'Captive audience' bill dies in Senate after lawyers advise against it
Source: Republican American
By: MARK PAZNIOKAS CT MIRROR

June 2, 2011
Scott to Obama: Call off NLRB
Source: The Post and Courier
By: ROBERT BEHRE

June 1, 2011
Union Enthusiasm for Obama Re-Election Fades, AFL-CIO’s Chief Trumka Says
Source: Bloomberg
By: Holly Rosenkrantz and Stephanie Armour

June 1, 2011
Teamsters Overwhelmingly Approve First Student National Agreement
Source: PR Newswire
By: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters