Author: Phillip Wilson

New Unity Partnership

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 24, 2004 | Uncategorized

Leo Casey over at Labor Blog has an interesting post on the New Unity Partnership (NUP) being promoted by Andy Stern at the SEIU. He questions, rightly, whether the NUP is the answer to labor’s dwindling power and...

Chicago, Chicago – it’s my kind of town

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 24, 2004 | Corruption, News

It’s good to run a Teamsters local in Chicago. Some of the highest paid union officials in the country run Teamsters locals in Chicago. These guys are paid more than Hoffa (reportedly).

My sentiments exactly

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 22, 2004 | News

I like this take (up to a point) on the US Airways bankruptcy. The colossal mismanagement of the airline industry, including the ridiculous labor agreements they have entered over the years – due primarily to their...

What happened to the biggest paycut in history?

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Sep 16, 2004 | Uncategorized

I know it’s early, but the SHRM website reports: “In fact, no example of significant loss of overtime eligibility at any company has surfaced to date, say proponents of the new rules, including, of course, officials...