Marathon Pundit: Not for the little guy: Union fines Caterpillar workers

Big Labor is not for the "little guy." If it was, would it be fining workers?

From the Chicago Tribune:

Some two-dozen workers have filed charges against a machinist union in Joliet, alleging it unlawfully fined them for crossing the picket line during a strike last summer against Caterpillar Inc.

The charges filed this week with the National Labor Relations Board come roughly two months after the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 851 settled a case with two workers who were fined but technically had not been members of the union for about a decade.

The union did not return calls seeking comment.

In Illinois, workers can refrain from union membership, but they must pay a fee that covers bargaining costs. As part of the settlement, the union agreed to post notices informing workers of that right.