Tag: U.S. Department of Labor
Labor Day: Workers Celebrate Freedom from Labor Unions
On this Labor Day 2024, take a moment to read about another case from the National Right to Work Foundation, which provides free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses. The...
CA’s Dependable Highway Express Employees Force Teamsters Out
In February, the Globe reported that John Cwiek, an employee of Dependable Highway Express, a Los Angeles-based transportation company, had recently filed federal charges against the Teamsters Local 63 union. Cwiek maintained that Teamsters union officials retaliated against him for...
The New Fed Contractor Rule is Great! …But Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Says the LA Times
Sometimes alternate realities are fun. A good movie, an engrossing sci-fi book, thinking ever so briefly what you will do with all that money when the lottery ticket you just bought wins. Harmless escapism and, to be blunt, something...
Opposition to Su Federal Freelance Rule Grows: Kiley, Cassidy Introduce Bill to Stop
In January, the Department of Labor, headed by Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su of California pandemic fraud/AB 5 infamy, proposed a federal rule that would gut freelance and gig workers right to remain freelancers and gig workers. The rule,...
Ontario Trucking Employee Who Revealed Union Boss Salaries Files Federal Charges Against Teamsters for Retaliatory Actions
John Cwiek, an employee of Dependable Highway Express, a Los Angeles-based transportation company, recently filed federal charges against the Teamsters Local 63 union. Cwiek maintains that Teamsters union officials retaliated against him for revealing truthful but unfavorable information about the...
Julie Su Sued Over Freelancer Rule
The new federal rule Julie Su’s Department of Labor issued last week regarding freelance workers now has its first direct legal challenge, with the Pacific Legal Foundation yesterday filing a suit calling the new rule arbitrary, capricious, and, in fact,...