Category: USW

Sticky Fingers

Posted by Phillip Wilson | May 28, 2020 | Corruption, IBT, Unions, USW

Sticky Fingers Current charges or sentences of embezzling union officials: Tammy McBride – Roofers: $13,868 Unnamed Secretary – TWU: $350,000 Melvin Fisburn – IBEW: $82,213 Harold Schaitberger & Thomas Miller – IAFF:...

UAW Hires First Ethics Officer; USW Secretary Pleads Guilty

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Apr 23, 2020 | Corruption, Courts, Legal, UAW, Unions, USW

After years of corruption coming to light at the United Auto Workers (UAW), the union has made a move to save face by hiring Wilma Liebman to serve as the organization’s first-ever external Ethics Officer. Liebman served on the...

Duquesne University Decision Not To Bargain Upheld In Court

Posted by Phillip Wilson | Feb 27, 2020 | Courts, Education, Industry, Legal, NLRB, Unions, USW

Back in 2012, adjunct professors at Duquesne University (a Catholic institution) voted to join the Steelworkers Union. Since then, the university has refused to bargain based on its status as a religious institution, which...