Mobilization Frustrates Forced-Dues Scheme
As soon as Democrat politicians seized full control over Richmond last November, Big Labor bosses began demanding that forced union dues be brought to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
In what can only be described as a parting payoff for the Arizona union bosses, Gov. Janet Napolitano — who is leaving the state to fill a position in the Obama Administration — is prepared to sign an executive order giving state employee unions monopoly bargaining power for more taxpayer monies.
State Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, blasted the order as “midnight-oil rulemaking” and “a good example of a hit-and-run.”
“Now, (Napolitano’s) going to create labor policy that we’ll have to deal with long after she’s gone,” Kavanagh said. “If she thought it was needed, she should have done it six years ago, not as she’s jogging out the door.”
As soon as Democrat politicians seized full control over Richmond last November, Big Labor bosses began demanding that forced union dues be brought to the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Student Enrollment in Union Stronghold States Has Fallen By Over 1.1 Million Since 2013
As commendable as President Trump’s efforts to curtail federal union monopoly bargaining are, the “permanent liberation” of federal newsworkers from Big Labor collectivism will almost surely require “congressional action.”