Biden Payback to Big Labor Bosses Underway
Last year, Joe Biden declared he wants to “change the federal law [so] there is no Right to Work allowed anywhere in the country.”
Last year, Joe Biden declared he wants to “change the federal law [so] there is no Right to Work allowed anywhere in the country.”
The news hit union-label Govs. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.), Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.), and Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.) like a cold slap in the face.
And Mr. Boyd has no doubt about where the “center of gravity” in the U.S. today is when it comes to “advanced manufacturing jobs.”
Union-label politicians repealed Virginia’s ban on government-sector monopoly bargaining, allowing union bosses to seize additional power and reign supreme over government workers.
Even as Ms. Pringle and other powerful teacher union bosses insist that their members be fast-tracked for COVID-19 vaccinations, they also insist that their members should not be expected to return to the classroom after they have been vaccinated.
U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider and UAW/AFL-CIO President Rory Gamble announced a deal to end a years-long federal investigation of the 400,000-member union Mr. Gamble heads.
The bosses of the AFL-CIO union conglomerate and other union bigwigs have thousands of federal, state and local politicians across the country at their beck and call.
West Virginia AFL-CIO President Josh Sword: “At the end of Election Day there are going to be more [Big] Labor-endorsed candidates elected to our state Senate . . . .”
Consequently, despite the evident risks, Ms. Pelosi simply won’t be able to say “no” to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and his cohorts if they push for another PRO Act House roll-call vote in 2021 or 2022.
A National Institute for Labor Relations Research analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (BOC) data shows that the mean cost of living-adjusted, after-tax household income in Right to Work states in 2019 was $64,572, roughly $4,300 higher than the forced-dues state average.
Were it not for the Big Labor political machine, which is estimated to pump more than two billion dollars into electioneering and lobbying in every campaign cycle, Joe Biden would not be heading into the White House now, say Mr. Trumka and company.
The Committee’s Survey 2020 program helped bring about a significant increase in U.S. House support for federal forced-dues repeal legislation in November.
Go here to get a summary and read a pdf version of the January 2021 National Right to Work Newsletter.
Even though many people are actually against Big Labor, Right to Work policies could be at risk, especially in Georgia with Jon Ossoff trying to take power.
“According to a recent report, 2020-2021 enrollment in Los Angeles’ unionized public schools declined by about 11,000 students, compared to the last academic year.”
“The evidence that prices are generally lower and living standards are higher in Right to Work states than in forced-unionism states is indeed compelling,”
Union-label Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), is expected to become majority leader next year if Big Labor Democrats take over the chamber this fall.
“Even more than their embrace of shady union bosses’ support, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ unabashed advocacy for this destructive power grab is a sure sign that helping Big Labor, not American working men and women, is what they are all about.”