The Skinny on the Anti-Union Movement

American Rights at Work, a national workers’ rights organization, has a new website to counter anti-union groups’ stepped-up rhetoric of late. The site features information and news about the Center for Union Facts, National Right to Work, the Chamber of Commerce, for-profit union busters, and other anti-union organizations. There are helpful tidbits about the misinformation spread by these organizations, as well as their connections to prominent anti-union political figures and funders.
For all this good stuff and more, check out the site at http://AntiUnionNetwork.org.

Oh No They Didn’t!

In a move that produces an “are you kidding me?” type of response, Radio Shack has laid off 400 workers. By email. Not only does the action indicate a plain lack of decency and respect, but it may also offer a glimpse of the management “skills” that have resulted in poor business performance and the alleged need to layoff workers in the first place. For more of the story, check out this article.