I hold the belief that those who advocate on behalf of unions should run union shops. Ralph Nader, for instance, should encourage the workers at Public Citizen to organize. Office staff of trade unions should organize. Democratic Congressional staff should organize. Of course, not everyone agrees with me. Take Media Matters for instance.
Media Matters for America and the Service International Employees Union Local 500 are facing off in a labor dispute, the Washington Examiner reports.
The SEIU branch, which covers Maryland and Washington D.C., filed a representation petition last week with the National Labor Relations Board.
The petition shows that Media Matters, a progressive media watchdog, hired lawyers from the firm Perkins Coie to represent it, indicating that the group is providing some resistance to the unionization attempt.
Read more at http://freedomoutpost.com/2014/04/liberal-media-matters-resists-seius-attempts-unionize-staff/#OGmDE9bwQ78SYKeJ.99
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