A prodigal returns

UNITE HERE is bringing its 265,000 members back to the AFL-CIO. UNITE left the organization in 2005 when several labor organizations founded Change to Win. Earlier this year UNITE lost about 150,000 members to the SEIU, one of its "partners" in Change to Win.

Union accuses another union of card signing corruption

While pretending EFCA is a vehicle to guarantee employees right to select a collective bargaining representative, labor glosses over the abuses inherent in using authorization cards. Historically unions have used all types of sales pitches raging from simple deception, to bait-and-switch, to coercion and threats. This process does not provide employee free choice, it invites abuse. This is why the NLRB and Courts have favored secret ballot elections for decades. You cannot miss the irony in a recent press release from the Service Employees United Healthcare Workers West (SEIU-UHW) dispute with the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) NUHW is attempting to decertify SEIU-UHW, a process which requires the signing of cards. SEIU-UHW claims "improper tactics were used to coerce [over 1000] workers, their family members, and the people they care for to sign cards." Press release can be found here. Looks like a second guess take down has occurred, link no longer works.