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.
After spending $10 million going after pro-big labor (but not pro-Big Labor enough) Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AK), the union bosses from the SEIU have concocted another bright idea — spend union dues money to draft an “independent” candidates against Rep. …
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…
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…
Brian Wilson at Fox News asks an intriguing question: Have laws favoring Big Labor union hindered the clean up of the oil in the Gulf? Evidence seems to suggest the answer is yes: Foreign companies possessing some of the world’s most advanced oil skimming ships say they are being kept out of efforts to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf because of a 1920’s law known as the Jones Act -- a protectionist law that requires vessels working in US waters be built in the US and be crewed by US workers. Joseph Carafano of the Heritage Foundation has been studying the matter and wonders, “Are we accepting all the international assistance in the maritime domain that we can, and is the Jones Act an impediment to that?” The Coast Guard and the Administration are quick to point out that some foreign technology is being used in the current cleanup effort. Including: