What Big Labor Says
The Nation, a far-left publication that has endorsed the Card Check Scam Bill, takes a look at what union bosses and activists have to say about their defeat in the U.S. Senate. It’s worth noting: The Teamsters applauded the…
Big Labor Giveaway Blocked
On Tuesday, June 26, 2007, the U. S. Senate voted on a measure that would have removed even the minimal protection afforded workers by secret ballot elections during union organizing drives. The vote on H.R. 800, the “Employee Free Choice Act of 2007” (more aptly called the “Card Check Scam Bill”) was 51 YEAs, 48 NAYs, 1 Not Voting. The motion needed 60 YEA votes for passage. While, technically, Tuesday’s vote was on a motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consider H.R. 800, if the motion had received the 60 Senate votes necessary to move the bill forward, it would have virtually guaranteed the bill’s passage. Check out how your Senator voted.
Secret Ballots for Everyone – Except Americans
While Big Labor hypocrisy, as it relates to forced unionism, is nothing to get really excited about anymore, when the highest levels of the Democrat party expose their double dealings on behalf of Big Labor and forced unionism, that should…
Time to Fight
With Sen. Harry Reid prepared to bring the Card Check Scam Bill to the Senate floor, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has denounced the bill in uncertain terms: Liberals in Congress have introduced the “Employee Free Choice Act of…
Glimpse to the Future?
Want to see what the future will look like should Big Labors’ forced-unionism supporters win the presidency and both houses of Congress? Look no further than the left-wing website TomPaine.com. Dmitri Iglitzin, a labor law attorney in Seattle with the…
Did he Just Say That?
Begging for AFL-CIO support for his floundering presidential campaign, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) said at a recent event in Florida: “If the most cherished right a country can give a citizen is the ability to vote . . . all…
Hoffa: Why I Need the Card Check Scam
Teamsters Boss Jimmy Hoffa has made it clear why he desperately wants Congress to pass the Card Check Scam into law: If EFCA [the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, H.R. 800/S.1041] were signed into law, Hoffa believes, Teamsters could double…
Sen. Shelby: Free Choice is a Secret Ballot
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has a guest column in the Madison Record where he makes a strong case against the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill (H.R. 800/S.1041), pending in Congress right now. The highlights: The proposed legislation would allow union…
Key Evidence Against Card Check Scam
Big Labor wants to eliminate workplace elections, and the decision by card dealers in New Jersey to reject unionization is a prime example why. After using political muscle, including having Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) conduct a card check campaign on…