New Jobs Site Questioned

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

A new jobs board website is not only ripping off UnionJobs.com but is posting advertisements for building and construction trades training that lead to non-union operations. The new site -- UnionJobBoard.com -- apparently grabbed the majority of its initial job announcements directly from longtime union jobs site UnionJobs.com. UnionJobBoard has also apparently taken job announcements directly from some union websites, diverting resumes that would have been submitted directly to the originating union. And an advertisement for "Become an Electrician" turned out to link to a non-union, commercial training operation. The mysterious site -- it's impossible to tell who's actually responsible for it -- is trying to attract business with free postings for the first 60 days, but many of the job postings and events are months old. Legal cease and desist orders are now being issued to UnionJobBoard. Meanwhile, UnionJobs.com has been posting job announcements -- updated daily and submitted directly from each union -- for unions and socially allied organizations since 1997, and is a longtime partner with Union City's popular Hiring Hall edition. - image courtesy istockphoto