Overview As one of the nation’s largest fast growing unions during the 1990s and early 2000s, the Service Employees International Union (or SEIU) has come under fire over the last several years. As a result of a leadership transition in 2010...
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EditorCharts On The Decline Of Union Membership
Below are a couple of charts to provide a visual example of just how far union membership has declined in the United States. Union membership in the United states has been declining for decades. After reaching a peak of 35.5 percent of the American...
How Much Do Union Bosses Make?
Unions are a business. In almost every union throughout the United States, union bosses and their staffs–who are paid through the union dues paid by members–make more (in some cases, significantly more) than the actual union members they...
The Truth About The Machinists’ Union
Visit IAM Facts on Facebook. Like other industrial unions, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers is an old union that has had its problems growing with the 21st Century. Despite its one-time status as a major industrial...
The Truth About The UFCW
Facts and data about the United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) union Background: The United Food & Commercial Workers was formed in 1979, as a result of a merger of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America and...
The Truth About The Teamsters
Here are some basic facts about one of the nation’s most notorious unions, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Founded in 1903 Of the eight (8) presidents the Teamsters have had since 1903, six (6) have either been indicted, gone to...
SOME FACTS ABOUT UNION CORRUPTION
Union corruption is alive and well in the U.S. Unions like to keep their dirty laundry hidden from the public eye. Some people think that union corruption is a thing of the past. The fact is, however, in addition to other types of criminal...
Here’s Why Average Wages Fall In Newly-Unionized Companies
In a shocking study, contrary to popular myth, it was found that average wages actually fall in companies after unionization. Union organizers, as well as union advocates, like to try to convince workers that, merely by unionizing, they will see...
U.S. Employment Data Proves Union Job Security Is A Myth
Unions claiming that unions provide job security are not telling the truth, as employment data* in the U.S. proves. Manufacturing Jobs… Vehicle Manufacturing Jobs… Trucking Jobs… Retail Grocery Jobs… * Data compiled from...
How Do Union Members End Up With Bad Contracts?
If union members have the right to vote on contracts, how do they end up with bad contracts? That is a question that is often asked by people contemplating whether or not to bring a union into their workplace. Or, related to this is the other...