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Newspaper Roundup for Mar. 18, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines —
... Washington Post: Union Engages in Labor Dispute With Its Own Employees SEIU accused of laying off workers without proper notice Fox News: ...
Union Fighting Union Over Unfair Labor Practices
Rhymes With Right —
Why can't the Service Employees International Union live by the same rules that it wants imposed upon other employers ? As it helps push for legislation that would make it easier for workers to organize, the country's fastest-growing union is engaged in its own labor dispute with employees it is seeking to lay off. The Service Employees International Union, considered the most influential union in the nation, has notified the union that represents about 220 of its national field staff and organizers that 75 of them are being laid off. In return, the workers' union, which goes ...
SEIU organizers file complaint against SEIU for unfair labor practices
The Next Right —
I love this. According to the WaPo, SEIU is getting rid of union organizers, who are filing a complaint with the NLRB over the issue:
The Service Employees International Union, considered the most influential union in the nation, has notified the union that represents about 220 of its national field staff and organizers that 75 of them are being laid off. In return, the workers' union, which goes by the somewhat postmodern name of the Union of Union Representatives, has filed unfair labor practices charges against SEIU with the National Labor Relations ...
SEIU organizers file complaint against SEIU for unfair labor practices
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
I love this. According to the WaPo, SEIU is getting rid of union organizers, who are filing a complaint with the NLRB over the issue:
The Service Employees International Union, considered the most influential union in the nation, has notified the union that represents about 220 of its national field staff and organizers that 75 of them are being laid off. In return, the workers’ union, which goes by the somewhat postmodern name of the Union of Union Representatives, has filed unfair labor practices charges against SEIU with the National Labor ...
Obama Policies Destroying Union Jobs?
The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] Here's a display of hypocrisy you don't see everyday : The Service Employees International Union, considered the most influential union in the nation, has notified the union that represents about 220 of its national field staff and organizers that 75 of them are being laid off. In return, the workers' union, which goes by the somewhat postmodern name of the Union of Union Representatives, has filed unfair labor practices charges against SEIU with the National Labor Relations Board. The staff union's leaders say that SEIU is engaging in the same kind of practices that some ...
Union Files Grievance Against Union Over Layoffs
Say Anything —
Irony:
The Service Employees International Union, considered the most influential union in the nation, has notified the union that represents about 220 of its national field staff and organizers that 75 of them are being laid off. In return, the workers’ union, which goes by the somewhat postmodern name of the Union of Union Representatives, has filed unfair labor practices charges against SEIU with the National Labor Relations Board. The staff union’s leaders say that SEIU is engaging in the same kind of practices that some ...
Remainders: AIG
Ben Smith's Blog —
ESPN has a lot more on the brackets.
AIG drives yet another day.
Connie Mack demands Geithner resign.
Palin's coming to Upstate New York.
The Kenyan Government will oversee the ancestral Obama homestead.
Obama will send Scott Gration, a close aide, to Sudan.
Google gets big in D.C.
The RNC's new spokesman is a bit unknown.
Jimmy Carter meets Jones.
SEIU battles its own union.
Spitzer took a shot at Cuomo too.
The ...
Union employees go on strike … against the union
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... In the Someone Left The Irony On Department, the SEIU has a new problem besides Democratic defectors on Card Check. A planned layoff has a union local filing a complaint with the NRLB over unfair labor practices and accuses the employer of bypassing union requirements by relying on temp and contract workers. Normally, the SEIU lives for these kinds of battles … but not when they’re ...
Delicious Irony: Obama's favorite union engaged in labor dispute with its own employees
Doug Ross @ Journal —
Even before Barack Obama was elected President, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) was one of the most powerful unions in the land. Its two million members were levied taxes in the form of dues, most of which were then funneled into Obama's campaign coffers. Nearly half of its members are government employees. [image] Some reports indicate that the ...
March 23 roundup
Overlawyered —
... Even they can’t manage to comply? Politically active union SEIU faces unfair labor practice charges from its own employees [WaPo] ...
Hemingway: Unions of the Snakes
Articles on National Review Online —
... right now. Meanwhile, the president has made it clear that while he is especially committed to health-care reform, the disastrous economic situation is making expensive reforms less and less feasible. If a major union push were responsible for helping pass health-care reform, not only would it be a win for the unions, but the president might feel deeply indebted. Even indebted enough to support passage of the politically radioactive card-check legislation. Indeed, late last week the ...
