I happened to hear about Union Facts, a new website, on a radio talk show the other day, and decided to check it out – glad I did. Looks like a valuable resource for union members who are tired of being strong-armed by their “undemocratic leaders.
 

 
The site is operated by the Center for Union Facts, a non-profit organization supported by foundations, businesses, union members, and the general public. They’re primarily about education, not necessarily politics.
And they’re not anti-union. They’re anti-union-officials’-abuse-of-power.
 
Union Facts features information about employee rights, union profiles, current issues and pending legislation. Included is a large data base of more than 130 National Unions, with facts about membership, dues, salaries of officials, lobbying and criminal 😯 charges & convictions.
Want to find out what your particular union is up to? Where are your dues going? How much union leaders are making? Who’s been charged with corruption, embezzlement, racketeering?
Union Facts has the answers.
 
There’s also a related blog: LaborPains.Org ~ “Because being in a union can be painful”.
Some great information for union workers who are fed up with misspent dues, and their leaders’ abuse of power. Arm yourself with the FACTS.

Sen. Orin Hatch(R-UT), introducing his proposed legislation, the Employee Rights Act, to Congress:
 
“…truthfully, I’m not interested in stopping unions from organizing or preventing collective bargaining. I simply want to protect the rights of individual workers and ensure that, if they do opt for union representation, that choice is freely made and fairly determined.
 
For too long, American workers have been treated by union leaders as little more than human ATMs. They claim to be progressives, supportive of equality and democracy and the working man. This bill is consistent with those principles, providing working men and women with a real and meaningful voice in decisions regarding unionization.”