This op-ed column was originally published at DetroitNews.com Rick Berman, CUF Executive Director The United Auto Workers (UAW) has been negotiating new labor contracts with the Detroit Big Three since July. In that time, much has been made of what’s on the table: a $17 starting hourly wage for entry-level workers, $3,000 signing bonuses, and a […]
This op-ed column was originally published at ReviewJournal.com Rick Berman, CUF Executive Director At a pit stop in Iowa a couple weekends ago, Hillary Clinton spoke out on campaign finance reform, “We can’t let Republicans keep rigging our elections with secret, unaccountable, dark money.” The theme of so-called “dark money” influencing elections has been a major […]
The list of labor unions backing Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is getting hefty. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) pledged its allegiance in July. The National Education Association (NEA) followed suit in early October. Next up was the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which endorsed Clinton last week. Big Labor’s inseparable alliance with the Democratic […]
This op-ed column was originally published at DailyCaller.com Rick Berman, CUF Executive Director Last week’s Democratic presidential debate broadcast flooded the airwaves with more than just partisan finger-wagging: the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), one of America’s largest unions, spent $200,000 on two new anti-Walmart ad spots criticizing the company’s treatment of its workers. The […]
Last week on our Labor Pains blog, we touched on how internal union officer elections are a poor substitute for the real democratic reforms of the Employee Rights Act: Unions’ consistent disregard for the basic democratic protections guaranteed to union members by the Landrum-Griffin Act shows the need to expand employee rights. The Employee Rights Act (ERA) currently before […]