State of the Unions
Doug Stafford, Vice President of the National Right to Work Committee, was interviewed by the Pittsburgh Tribune and gave an articulate update on the state of affairs of big labor’s political power plays. It’s worth a read.
Doug Stafford, Vice President of the National Right to Work Committee, was interviewed by the Pittsburgh Tribune and gave an articulate update on the state of affairs of big labor’s political power plays. It’s worth a read.
Pro-forced unionism Labor Secretary Hilda Solis defends Obama’s Solicitor of Labor nominee M. Patricia Smith from Sen. Mike Enzi (WY-R) who declared that she was unfit to lead the Labor Department’s legal team. Enzi and his staff review of Smith’s statements verses the New York record revealed a several cozy relationships with Big Labor that encroached on the freedoms of workers. Sen. Enzi’s labor committee Deputy Communications Director Michael Mahaffey outlined Smith’s inconsistencies: “First, Ms. Smith stated that the Wage and Hour Watch program was developed internally and only then did the New York Department of Labor approach outside groups. However, two of the pilot groups, the Retail Warehouse and Department Store Union (RWDSU) along with Make the Road New York, a public interest entity financed in part by unions, were heavily involved in developing all aspects of the program. They, along with another public interest group, participated in: a) deciding participant eligibility, b) drafting program documents, c) creating training materials and conducting training, d) developing press strategies, etc. The approximately 3000 pages of documents provided by New York in fact show little internal government development of the program. “Second, Ms. Smith characterized Wage and Hour Watch as an educational program. It does not appear, however, that Ms. Smith's subordinates, including the Wage and Hour Administrator nominee, Ms. Lorelie Boylan, or the union organizers and public interest groups who helped design the program concurred. For example, documents describe the program as an “enforcers” program, and email as well as a training document describe participants as community enforcers. There appears no question that those who created the program considered it enforcement.
The health care bill contains a hidden provision that pads the coffers of the United Autoworkers Worker’s retiree health-care plan.
Right to Work laws mean freedom and jobs, so it is no surprise that the Bowling Greene Daily News laments for Kentucky workers because of its legislature failure to end forced unionism and do the right thing for Kentucky workers: …
This is an important story in these times of Big Labor’s takeover of the Federal government. This documented true story that contains Card Check abuse, SEIU physical violence against workers, SEIU abuse of the NLRB system, orchestrated false allegations, and a corrupt Clinton appointee; and you can see and hear about what happens when Big Labor Bosses control a president’s administration like they do today. Mr. Randy Schaber’s story begins with the discovery of an ongoing SEIU Card Check Forced Unionism scheme that included harassing employees at their homes. Mr. Schaber offered to hold an NLRB sanctioned secret ballot election. The SEIU organizers replied, “We will never let your employees have a secret ballot election.” Then, Mr. Schaber began to feel the pain that SEIU’s corporate campaign is designed to inflict. Randy’s employees were physically assaulted during this SEIU organizing campaign. To hear Mr. Schaber tell the story in his own words, we recommend that you listen and watch his full interview (click links to video clip 1, video clip 2, and video clip 3); for a brief description view his shortened interview. You will be amazed at the abuse of federal power coordinated by SEIU in the 1990’s when they had less control of the White House than they do today. For more information, you can download the edited version of the U.S. House of Representatives Report and the U.S. Department of Labor Inspector General’s Report that discuss SEIU’s corporate campaign and the U.S. Department of Labor’s abuses that Mr. Schaber suffered, and it eventually resulted in the dismissal of a Clinton appointee. The following are quotes from that U.S. House of Representatives report: Abuse of power at the Department of Labor CONCLUSION Based on the Office of the Inspector General’s investigation and the testimony of other witnesses at the hearing, it is obvious that Mr. Richard F. Sawyer abused his position as the Secretary’s Representative by intervening on behalf of the SEIU in its campaign to organize the janitorial workers of Somers. This information establishes several irrefutable facts:
Writing for the Pittsburgh Tribune, Jake Haulk and Matthew Brouillette, look at how big labor, despite representing less than two out of ten workers in the state, has a stranglehold on the state’s economy: Their strength is the product of decades…
The influence of big labor on the legislature in Washington state is threatening jobs as companies like Boeing consider leaving to Right to Work states. It’s not hard to see why. Big union threats and intimidation are politics as…
Boeing has been a huge Washington State employer for decades but the union bosses and their friends in the legislature have the company looking elsewhere. Apparently Boeing is considering moving parts of its production to South Carolina or Texas —…
President Obama has been making the rounds pushing for a government health care system by giving speeches and conducting town hall style meetings. But these meetings are more choreographed than most realize. Michele Malkin points out that: Obama’s town…