The Real Union Facts Update

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has released information relating to its FOIA suit for emails and documents relating to the Department of Labor's (DOL) connections to Richard Berman, executive director of the anti-union Center for Union Facts. CREW decided to request the information after a Washington Post column by Al Kamen reported that an aide in DOL's public liaison office sent an email to DOL employees identifying the Center for Union Facts' website as "dedicated to providing information on labor unions and their expenditures."

The documents show that there was a very friendly relationship between Berman and DOL. According to the executive director of CREW, “[t]hese documents make it clear that under the leadership of Secretary Chao, the Department of Labor has become anti-labor." For the whole story, check out CREW's website.