All Posts Tagged With: "Teamsters"
Unions and Abortion Protestors
The National Organization for Women (NOW) and labor unions have a long record of supporting each other in their respective public-policy wars, so one could reasonably expect the AFL-CIO to be on NOW’s side in Scheidler v. NOW, a long-running case that was finally decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in February. But NOW and [...]
1May2006 | Charles W. Baird | 0 comments | ContinuedWho Wins in Strikes?
There are at least five groups of people who are affected by labor union strikes—employers, their employees, union officials, and the customers and suppliers of the strike targets. Union officials would have us believe that striking workers are the biggest beneficiaries of such conflicts and that those benefits come at the expense of employers and [...]
1Aug1998 | Charles W. Baird | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Future of the Union Movement: Clues From the UPS Strike
The first Monday in September is Labor Day. However, the media, both print and broadcast, seem to think it is Union Day. This year, as the media’s Union Day approached, the two most-quoted and most-televised personalities were John Sweeney, president of the AFL-CIO, and Ron Carey, president of the Teamsters. They boasted of the victory [...]
1Dec1997 | Charles W. Baird | 1 comment | Continued-
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