The Daily Caller reports that the Department of Labor has unveiled a “strategic plan” for the next five years that says “many of the Department’s outcome goals are furthered by high rates of union membership.” By hook or by crook,…
The Daily Caller reports that the Department of Labor has unveiled a “strategic plan” for the next five years that says “many of the Department’s outcome goals are furthered by high rates of union membership.” By hook or by crook,…
KTTS reports that Missouri is moving forward in the effort to protect workers and create jobs by enacting a Right to Work law. Mayer says that unemployment is lower in the 22 Right to Work states than it is in…
National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix on Forbes’ Mallory Factor discussing the rift between private sector and public sector union members. The two covered numerous topics including NRTW actions in Congress and in the states. …
National Right to Work Committee President Mark Mix on Forbes’ Mallory Factor discussing the rift between private sector and public sector union members. The two covered numerous topics including NRTW actions in Congress and in the states. …
National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Press Release: Home-Care Providers Take Case Challenging State Unionization Scheme to Federal Appeals Court Right to Work Foundation assists home-based personal care providers pushed into union ranks against their will Chicago, IL (December 13, 2010) – A group of home-based personal care providers have filed a federal appeal against Governor Pat Quinn and union officials for their agreement to force Illinois’s home-based personal care providers under unwanted union boss control. With free legal aid from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, the personal care providers filed their appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit after a district court judge ruled against them. The appeal stems from a class-action lawsuit filed by the providers after Quinn signed an executive order designating 4,500 home-based personal care providers who care for individuals with disabilities as “public employees” and susceptible to unwanted union boss political “representation.” Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union bosses have been competing to force their monopoly control over the workers, even having out-of-state union organizers making “home visits” attempting to organize the providers through coercive “card check” unionization tactics. Not coincidentally, Quinn received the SEIU union bosses’ political endorsement and support during his closely-contested primary campaign earlier this year. Quinn’s executive order mirrored one issued by disgraced former-Governor Rod Blagojevich, later codified, in which over 20,000 personal care providers were designated as state workers for the purpose of granting union bosses monopoly “representation” and forced dues privileges over them. Quinn’s executive order expanded Blagojevich’s to cover the additional 4,500 providers who were not included in the first executive order.
****UPDATE 12/6/2010**** This evening, Senator Reid moved to proceed to the following bills and filed cloture on the motions: - Calendar #662, S.3991, the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 (commonly known as Police -Fire Fighters Forced Monopoly Bargaining Bill); By unanimous consent, the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to Calendar #662, S.3991 (the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009) will occur upon conclusion of the impeachment proceedings. We expect to complete the impeachment proceedings Wednesday morning. ******** Sen. Harry Reid is trying to repay his political debts and is attempting for move legislation that would give union bosses monopoly bargaining power over taxpayer money for police and fireman. The Detroit News adds their thoughts on the deal: Having survived a near-death experience on Election Day thanks largely to massive donations from labor unions, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is paying back his benefactors. The Democrat from Nevada says that during Congress' lame duck session he will try to once again force through a measure giving police and fire unions the upper hand in dealing with local communities. Reid will seek a cloture vote on the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, which despite its name has little to do with cooperation. Rather, the bill would be a federal clone of Michigan's disastrous Public Act 312, which is blamed with ruining the finances of scores of communities, including Detroit, and pushing many to the brink of bankruptcy — that's you, Hamtramck. The bill would make it easier for police and firefighters to organize labor unions and force all officers to join, even in right-to-work states. That's a brazen usurpation of state authority, and very likely unconstitutional.
Most public and private sector union members believe that union officials “look out mostly for themselves.” 79% either believed that union bosses were looking out for themselves or were too uncomfortable to say how they felt. Only 21%…
According to the Detroit Free Press, Harry Reid intends to reward Big Labor for pulling out all the stops during his reelection by forcing union dues on first responders across the country among other actions. See the excerpt below and…