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Houston Janitorial Service Wins $7.8 Million from Union ...

Houston Janitorial Service Wins $7.8 Million from Union Over Disparagement

September 6, 2016

HOUSTON - A Harris County jury has delivered a $5.3 million verdict against the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) for wrongly disparaging Professional Janitorial Service of Houston when the company refused to recognize...

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Texas SEIU files for bankruptcy in wake of lawsuit ...

"The SEIU won't escape its fate after attacking my company," he said in a written statement. "We will keep this process going for as long as the SEIU wants, first by making them reveal their secrets and then by making the union's Washington, D.C. office pay for its sins."

The Texas branch of the nation's second-largest labor union filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on Saturday in federal...

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Blog: SEIU branch in Texas declares bankruptcy

After losing a lawsuit and facing a $7.8-million judgment, Service Employees International Union Texas, alias SEIU District Five, has declared bankruptcy in order to escape the judgment. The plaintiff is going after the national union, as it should, so stand by for lots more court appeals, So far, the SEIU is losing at every step.

Bill McMorris has an excellent account of the case and its...

Date: 2016-12-08 11:06:25
Website: http://www.americanthinker.com

Professional Janitorial Service « Lawrence Person's ...

Here's a rare thing: A union actually being held accountable for breaking the law :

A Harris County jury on Tuesday awarded a Houston commercial cleaning firm $5.3 million in damages, finding that a labor union's aggressive organizing campaign went too far when it maligned the reputation of the company. It opens the door for more employers to sue unions over hardball tactics often used in...

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Texas Union Files for Bankruptcy After Losing $7.8M Lawsuit

The Texas arm of a national union that represents janitors and other service employees has gone bankrupt after a judge ordered it to pay nearly $8 million in a lawsuit.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, Service Employees International Union Texas (SEIU District Five) lost a lawsuit filed by a Houston company that offers janitorial services. That company claimed the SEIU chapter conducted a smear campaign against it in the mid-2000s.

After years of wrangling in court, the union has filed for bankruptcy because of the court order to pay $7.8 million in damages. In a statement, the union tried to put a positive spin on the...

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Texas SEIU Files For Bankruptcy - Matt Vespa - townhall.com

The Service Employees International Union's Texas chapter has filed for bankruptcy. Professional Janitorial Service of Houston had slapped the SEIU chapter with a multi-million dollar lawsuit for making false remarks about the company. The lawsuit cost SEIU Texas almost $8 million in punitive damages. The lawsuit was originally filed in 2007. Bill McMorris of The Washington Free Beacon had more...

Date: 2017-01-14 10:44:01
Website: http://townhall.com

SEIU Tactics on Full Display - Empower Texans

Professional Janitorial Service's trial against the SEIU provides the opportunity to see union tactics, how they're deployed, and the damage they can do to a business that doesn't give in to their demands on full display.

Ridiculously, the SEIU claims to represent the interests of hardworking, low-income, workers while simultaneously attempting to "kill" businesses that put up resistance towards...

Website: https://empowertexans.com

SEIU Local Socked With Big Verdict for ?Disparagement ...

Professional Janitorial Service of Houston Inc. alleged that SEIU Local 5 made false and disparaging claims and statements about the company. In the Sept. 6 verdict the jury found 10-2 the union local was responsible for the company's lost profits. SEIU's international union was not named as a defendant in the case.

Local 5 failed to convince a Texas appeals court to terminate the case...

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Texas Jury Issues $5.3 Million Judgment Against SEIU for ...

A press release on behalf of Professional Janitorial Services fairly summarizes the jury's findings:

o False Claims: SEIU filed 19 unfair labor practice (ULP) complaints against PJS with the National Labor Relations Board and cited the complaints as "evidence" of the company's mistreatment of employees, despite the fact that every complaint was dismissed by the federal agency or withdrawn by the...

Website: http://www.weeklystandard.com

Houston Jury Rules Against SEIU Tactics - Empower Texans

Marking the end of a 10-year legal battle, a Houston jury today ruled in favor of Professional Janitorial Services and against the SEIU, ordering the union to pay $5.3 million in damages for the union's campaign to drive away the company's business.

The "Kill PJS" campaign was a three-year effort by the SEIU to do exactly what the name suggests. Throughout that time, the union implemented a three pronged strategy of media collaboration, baseless lawsuits, and union-planted employees in an effort to drive customers away from the janitorial company.

"The jury found what PJS and its employees have known for more than a decade, which is that...