Big Labor’s Multi-Billion-Dollar Power Grab
Union bosses are rallying behind Democrat Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico because he opposes Right to Work protections for employees.
SEIU, UFCW and other unions that spent hundreds of millions of dollars of forced union dues supporting ObamaCare have filed requests to be exempt and have been granted exemptions from onerous ObamaCare regulations. ObamaCare continues to create hypocrites out of Big Labor and the Obama Administration. Below is a partial list of waivers granted by the Obama Administrations (for the current list from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services click here):
| Applicant | Application Received | Number of Enrollees | Waiver Approved | |
| 10 | Service Employees Benefit Fund | 10/12/2010 | 1,297 | 10/29/2010 |
| 12 | UFCW Allied Trade Health & Welfare Trust | 10/5/2010 | 68 | 10/29/2010 |
| 14 | IBEW No.915 | 9/28/2010 | 930 | 10/28/2010 |
| 15 | Integra BMS for Culp, Inc. | 10/4/2010 | 34 | 10/28/2010 |
| 19 | Asbestos Workers Local 53 Welfare Fund | 9/29/2010 | 2 | 10/26/2010 |
| 33 | Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 123 Welfare Fund | 9/30/2010 | 534 | 10/26/2010 |
| 35 | UFCW Local 227 | 10/12/2010 | 1,125 | 10/26/2010 |
| 52 | UFCW Maximus Local 455 | 10/4/2010 | 59 | 10/18/2010 |
| 55 | Local 25 SEIU | 9/29/2010 | 31,000 | 10/14/2010 |
| 60 | UFCW Local 1262 | 9/20/2010 | 5,390 | 10/14/2010 |
| 78 | Local 802 Musicians Health Fund | 9/29/2010 | 1,801 | 10/1/2010 |
| 83 | Local 17 Hospitality Benefit Fund | 9/16/2010 | 881 | 9/30/2010 |
| 89 | I.U.P.A.T | 9/16/2010 | 875 | 9/27/2010 |
| 91 | Transport Workers | 9/20/2010 | 107 | 9/27/2010 |
| 92 | UFT Welfare Fund (NY Teachers Union) | 9/16/2010 | 351,000 | 9/27/2010 |
(H/T The Drudge Report)
Union bosses are rallying behind Democrat Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico because he opposes Right to Work protections for employees.
"Vullo makes it clear that using the threat of federal prosecution to force any employer to put employees’ Right to Work on the bargaining table violates the First Amendment.”
“Since Janus, the actively employed membership of the nation’s largest teacher union, the [NEA], has fallen substantially."