Forced Unionism Bill by April
According to AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka, we should expect passage of the Card Check Forced Unionism bill by April. All hands on deck.
NRTW President on Glenn Beck Show re: Airline Safety
The National Right to Work President Mark Mix was a guest on The Glenn Beck Show Friday, January 8, 2010. The segment with Mr. Mix discussed Big Labor’s influence on the Obama Administration’s transportation security policies. Mix said that air…
ALERT! Union Bosses Exploiting Terrorism To Unionize Airline Security
The union bosses are – yet again – exploiting a recent foiled terrorist attack and playing politics with our national security. As President Obama has made clear, the nomination of Erroll Southers to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is…
$100 Million Handout
According to the Detroit News, the Department of Labor announced $100 million worth of taxpayer-funded grants have been handed out and Big Labor unions are now flush with cash. In Missouri, the United Auto Workers received a $3.2 million grant,…
Secretary Solis and Other Top-Level Obama Appointees Gave Themselves Waivers from Obama’s Executive Order on Ethics
The National Right to Work Committee (NRTWC) released its first Obama Personnel Alert of 2010 exposing the ongoing failure of President Obama’s ethics pledge and executive order as it relates to ethics and transparency in his administration. According to…
Senate Sends ACORN’s Rathke Endorsed NLRB Nominee Back to Obama
Rather than carryover National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) nominee and current AFL-CIO and Service Employees International Union lawyer Craig Becker until next year like most of president Obama’s nominees, the U.S. Senate sent a message back to the President about his nominations. While not a severed horse head in his bed … it is like the canary in the coal-mine. Right after the Becker nomination, The National Right to Work Committee posted this President Obama Personnel Alert video regarding Becker (link here) along with the Committee’s Becker Alert report (link here). The report highlights the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) Founder Wade Rathke’s ringing endorsement of Obama’s Becker nomination. Rathke wrote, “Here’s a big win no matter how you shake and bake it: Craig Becker being nominated for a seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)!”
Oregon Gag Rule Challenged
An Oregon law that gags business owners from discussing the costs and effects of unionization is being challenged in court. SB 519, which takes effect in January, was pushed by the Oregon AFL-CIO violates the employer’s right to communicate with…
Card Check Forced Unionism -- West Virginia Style
Katie Packer takes a glimpse into the future should the Card Check Forced Unionism bill becomes law by looking at the tactics big labor has employed in West Virginia to force workers into a union. Packer writes: One needs to…
Obama’s Labor Department Gives Big Labor and Its Front Groups Another Gift
With less than a month left in 2009, President Obama gave Big Labor Bosses, ACORN, American Rights At Work, and other Big Labor-front groups another gift. This time Labor Secretary Solis’ Department will not require Big Labor to complete labor…