But for all his bluster, he can’t keep New Yorkers, for example, from noticing that while the number of Empire State pupils enrolled in K-12 public schools fell by more than 121,000 over the last 10 years, schools added 14,746 teachers and 8,655 non-teaching professionals to their payrolls, all of whom are required to pay union dues or fees to keep their jobs.
http://article.nationalreview.com/437053/a-nation-of-trentons/the-editors A Nation of Trentons Government employees’ unions already maintain a death grip on the finances of most state and local governments, and a remarkably bad piece of legislation — the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act…
Politico is asking “Did Democrats Exempt Unions from the DISCLOSE Act?” We’re asking “What do you think?” A Democratic amendment tucked into campaign finance legislation Wednesday night appears to exempt big labor unions from proposed disclosure requirements. The change, inserted…
We all know it is true that congress gives Big Labor legislative gifts and often at the expense of individual worker freedom; however, rarely do we see a congressional committee provide a modicum of insight. But, times may be changing based on this U.S. House Committee's press release: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 House Administration Releases Chart Explaining How the DISCLOSE Act Exempts Unions from Major Campaign Finance Restrictions
President Obama's overarching labor policy seems to be, "The more union monopoly bargaining, the better." Credit: L.A. Times (Source: June 2010 NRTWC Newsletter) Right to Work Fights For Independent Transportation Employees Over the past three-quarters of a century, federal labor policy has done enormous damage to employees and businesses by authorizing and promoting monopolistic unionism. Federally-imposed "exclusive" union bargaining undermines efficiency and productivity by forcing employers to reward equally their most productive and least productive employees. The damage is compounded when the employees already hurt by being forced to accept a union bargaining agent opposed to their interests are forced as well to pay dues or fees to the unwanted union. Fortunately, Right to Work laws in 22 states, where nearly 40% of the private-sector work force is employed, prohibit the collection of forced dues from the vast majority of employees. (Both the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Congress have recognized states' freedom to protect employees' Right to Work.) However, in 1951, when Congress first foisted forced union dues and fees on employees covered by the Railway Labor Act (RLA), Big Labor senators and representatives opted to deny states the option to protect employees' Right to Work. Ever since, Big Labor has had the government-granted power to get airline and railroad employees fired for refusal to bankroll a union in all 50 states, including Right to Work states.
The Democrat National Committee has surveyed its members to create a list of priority agenda items for the party and apparently someone forgot to get a sign off from the labor union bosses on the mailing. The Card…
Like the headline “Dog Bites Man,” the news is reporting that the AFL-CIO union boss Richard Trumka continues to support the Forced Unionism Card Check bill. You don’t say? The bill will eliminate workers ability to choose forcing millions of Americans into…
Like the headline “Dog Bites Man,” the news is reporting that the AFL-CIO union boss Richard Trumka continues to support the Forced Unionism Card Check bill. You don’t say? The bill will eliminate workers ability to choose forcing millions of Americans into…
Even Washington Post editors oppose forcing police officers and fire fighters into labor unions: Congress should let states handle their own labor relations ALL ACROSS America, state and local governments are struggling with recession-induced budget crises as revenue has…