The Truth About Unions

Category - About Unions

The Truth About the SEIU

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...

Charts 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...

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