Harkin is Making Progress
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) says they are “making progress” in their negotiations over the Card Check Forced Unionism bill. We suspect workers who don’t want to be forced into a union are not at the bargaining table.
Harkin's Threat
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is threatening to move the Card Check Forced Unionism bill to the Senate floor as introduced unless a some other forced unionism scheme is worked out. Frankly, an up-or-down vote on the Harkin bill would be…
Keep the Secret Ballot and Fighting back Against Forced Unionism
The Augusta Chronicle joins the growing opposition to the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill, S.560, pointing out that Georgia House of Representatives member John Barrow is refusing to protect workers rights.
Card Check Compromise "Fool's Errand" But we have been "fooled" before!
Sen. Ben Nelson seems to get the Card Check quandary: You might think that statement would come from a Republican, but it’s actually from a Democrat. Reports that there might be a deal near on the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or…
Giving Chrysler to UAW is Theft
David Keene looks at the effort by the Obama Administration to hand control of the Chrysler car company to the UAW and concludes its nothing more than theft and graft.
Big Labor is Big Business
The insightful Tim Carney of the Washington Examiner looks at the business side of big labor in his recent column. It’s clear that in many cases big labor is becoming synonymous with big business: Imagine if President George W. Bush used strong-arm tactics to…
No Constitutional Right to Government Resources
Thanks to the efforts of the National Right to Work Foundation, Utah teacher unions no longer have the right to use government resources to collect money for partisan political activities. From the Deseret News: The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on…
A Tangled Webb
Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) – a cosponsor of the Card Check Forced Unionism bill in 2008 (S. 560 in this congress) – is now indicating that he may withhold support for the bill. His spokesperson Jessica Smith said, “He doesn’t believe…
Sen. Warner Feeling the Heat
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) has been informing constituents that he intends to vote to move the Card Check Forced Unionism bill, S. 560, to the Senate floor — a vote in favor of the measure. But now he too appears to be…