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SEIU
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Workforce Bulletin
Court Refuses to Dismiss Challenge to OSHA Practice Allowing Unions to Accompany OSHA Workplace Investigations
A United States District Court in Texas has refused to dismiss a law suit challenging OSHA’s practice of allowing union representatives and organizers to serve as “employee representatives” in inspections…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
New Political Landscape Calls for Substantial Budget Cuts, SEIU President Says
By Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen
Service Employees International Union, the nation’s second-largest labor union behind the National Education Association, will cut its budget by 30%, according to a December 14 internal union memo first reported…
Supplemental Conditions
Texas Jury Awards $5.3 Million to Company Defamed by Union: Could it work in Pennsylvania?
In early September a Texas jury awarded a janitorial $5.3 million against the local chapter of the SEIU. The janitorial firm claimed that the SEIU damaged its reputation and caused…
The Right Coast
The SEIU s Ballot Fraud – WSJ
How worried is Big Labor about declining membership? Worried enough that unions are trying to trick voters into supporting a ballot measure that claims to protect seniors from identity fraud.…
Labor & Employment Report
SEIU Expands Joint Employment Fight to the EEOC
By Fiona W. Ong
As I mentioned in a recent post, "SEIU Fights Its Own Unionization," the Service Employees International Union has been behind the push at the National Labor Relations Board to extend joint…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
SEIU Counters Own Employees’ Unionization Efforts
By Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen
In a real-life “what’s good for the goose isn’t good for the gander” story, the Service Employees International Union is countering a unionization effort involving some of its own employees.…
The Right Coast
The SEIU wants $15 per hour for everyone… except SEIU employees – Hot Air Hot Air
Ho hum. Another day, another story of union hypocrisy, this time focusing on our old friends at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), also known as one of the Democrats…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Labor Unions Use Technology to Grow and Maintain Membership
By Howard M. Bloom, Chad P. Richter, Philip B. Rosen
Labor unions today are “tech” savvy, using mobile app and other technology to grow and maintain their memberships. According to a report in the Bloomberg Bureau of National Affairs Daily…
Labor Law Prof Blog
SEIU-AFSCME Merger?
The New York Times is reporting on the increasingly cozy relationship between the Service Employees International Union and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Although there is nothing…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Has NLRB’s Reach Exceeded its Grasp in Trashing Restaurant’s Non-Board Lawsuit Settlement?
By Howard M. Bloom, Philip B. Rosen, Thomas V. Walsh
A settlement of two Fair Labor Standards Act claims (an individual lawsuit and a class action) by employees of a Bronx restaurant and the employer’s Racketeer Influenced and Corruption Organizations…