Obama Does Care -- Another Union Bailout
Tucked into the ObamaCare bill was a provision to allow the federal government to pay nearly $2 billion to unions and state public employee systems to subsidize health coverage costs for early retirees.
Tucked into the ObamaCare bill was a provision to allow the federal government to pay nearly $2 billion to unions and state public employee systems to subsidize health coverage costs for early retirees.
Looks like the the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has been busy scoring bills again and this time it looked at an old Big Labor hog known as Davis-Bacon. According to the non-partisan CBO assessment, repealing Davis-Bacon would save taxpayers at…
Looks like the the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has been busy scoring bills again and this time it looked at an old Big Labor hog known as Davis-Bacon. According to the non-partisan CBO assessment, repealing Davis-Bacon would save taxpayers at…
(Source: March 2011 NRTWC Newsletter) Committee Calls on U.S. House Leaders to Block Union Power Grab On February 4, President Barack Obama's handpicked head of the Transportation Security Administration publicly announced he would help government union bosses grab monopoly-bargaining control over more than 40,000 airport screeners and other TSA employees. John Pistole, who was sworn in as TSA chief in July 2010, made the move shortly after Republican John Boehner (Ohio) replaced Big Labor Democrat Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) as speaker of the U.S. House. The changing of the guard at the House made it impossible, in all probability, for union lobbyists to ram through Congress legislation mandating union monopoly bargaining at the TSA. Therefore, in order for the Obama Administration to hand federal union officials what they wanted, Mr. Pistole had to act administratively. Agency Would Likely Become 'Less Efficient and Flexible' As a consequence of the Pistole edict, the honchos of one of two large government unions, either the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) or the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), could grab so-called "exclusive" representation power at the TSA within the next few weeks. If this happens, the already much-reviled federal agency will likely become even "less efficient and flexible," as National Review Associate Editor Robert Verbruggen pointed out in a February 11 commentary.
Union bosses in Wisconsin are threatening the economic livelihoods of small businesses that refuse to put a sign in their windows supporting government workers’ union. According to a letter mailed to business owners, if businesses fail to comply: “Failure…
The President has issued a veto threat on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization bill because of an effort to restore 75 years of labor law that was overturned by the National Mediation Board. The Board overturned precedent by issuing…
Rhode Island State Rep. Joe Trillo (R-Warwick) has introduced legislation to make Rhode Island a Right to Work state. It’s an uphill fight but Trillo has gotten the ball rolling.
The Daily Caller notes that Congress will be asked to protect workers from the National Mediation Board which decided that labor bosses now have the ability to forcibly unionize workers in the airlines and railroad industries: And with…
According to the March 29th Richard Rahn (Newsmax) article, Right to Work and Lower Taxes appear to deliver a one-two punch in states fights against unemployment and personal income decline. In fact, Right To Work states lead in economic prosperity and personal income growth. State Economic Climate Economic Performance Ranking 2010 Business Tax Climate Ranking 2011 Small Business Survival Ranking 2011 Population Growth 2000-2010 Right to Work Florida 5 5 6 17.6% Yes Virginia 8 12 14 13.0% Yes Tennessee 10 27 11 11.5% Yes Texas 19 13 3 20.6% Yes California 46 49 48 10.0% No New Jersey 48 48 50 4.5% No New York 50 50 49 2.1% No Sources: American Legislative Exchange Council, Tax Foundation, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, U.S. Census Bureau, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. From Rahn's article: “Fiscal crisis hits the states” has become this year’s most boring and repetitive headline. But what is largely overlooked is that some states are doing relatively well — such as my home state of Virginia — and are, in fact, balancing their budgets without draconian budget cuts or tax increases. Given the ongoing fight between public-employee unions and some state governors, it is interesting to observe that the “right to work” states (that is, those states where workers are not forced to join a union against their will in order to obtain a specific job) also had much better performances than in those states where workers are not protected from involuntary unionism.