EFCA has become a proxy war
The battle over EFCA has become less a battle about EFCA, and more a proxy battle in a larger conflict about political sway, public opinion, and economic ideology. In the Huffington Post on Friday, third-generation union organizer Mike Elk asked “If EFCA is DOA, Why is the Chamber Still Lobbying Against It?” He wrote: “For months now [more...]

Posted Mon, 08 Mar 2010 .

Do you know who’s not one of the CEOs Obama admires?
Roger Smith, the CEO of American Income Life Insurance Company, that’s who. Then again, insurance CEOs aren’t usually on anyone’s top-ten lists these days, that is, except for unions’. Every time the unions need a CEO to embarrass other CEOs, they trot out Roger Smith. Need someone to shill for the Employee Free Choice Act? There’s a CEO [more...]

Posted Mon, 08 Mar 2010 .

Media & Press

Union officials have abused the trust of their members. They've misspent member dues and harmed the very same people they promise to protect.

In 2005 alone, federal racketeering investigations resulted in 196 convictions against union officials and $187 million in fines. Union tactics -- including deception and intimidation during organizing campaigns, strikes that hurt members more than they help, spending mandatory union dues on radical political agendas, and the use of anti-democratic voting practices -- are long overdue for exposure.

The Center for Union Facts has gathered a wealth of information about the size, scope, political activities, and criminal activity of the labor movement in the United States of America. Welcome to UnionFacts.com.

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Press Releases

1/22	Statement From the Center for Union Facts on New BLS Report
8/12	New University Survey of Labor Economists Shows Overwhelming Opposition to EFCA, Binding Arbitration
5/20	Center for Union Facts Statement on Flawed Brofenbrenner Study

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After healthcare, cloture battle on EFCA

'Compromise' not enough

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Hold Schools Accountable

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