Bringing European Unionism to America
The AFL-CIO is touting the fact that Big Labor unions in 45 countries are pushing the US Congress to pass the Card Check Scam Bill. Is this something they really want to brag about?…
The AFL-CIO is touting the fact that Big Labor unions in 45 countries are pushing the US Congress to pass the Card Check Scam Bill. Is this something they really want to brag about?…
Rep. Hilda Solis‘ nomination hearing to become the next Secretary of Labor took an interesting twist when Solis refused to state a position on the Card Check Bill. Shockingly, she also refused to state whether President-elect Obama would support…
As if the Card Check Scam Bill wasn’t bad enough, the bill also includes an unprecedented power grab by the federal government to dictate labor agreements, a news report highlights: A provision in the controversial Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)…
The New York Times is a company that is hurting financially. Revenue is down. In economic parlance — they are “downsizing” to meet fiscal obligations. There are thoughts that the paper will need to declare bankruptcy to stave off…
Kimberly Strassel at the Wall Street Journal believes your activism is playing a role in raising the stakes in the battle over the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill. This is a call to double the pressure on Senators to…
Once again, Doug Bandow of The American Spectator in his article “Christmas Card Check” hits the nail on the head: So far Barack Obama has surprised supporters and opponents alike by choosing centrists for his economic and foreign policy teams. The leading exception is Labor Secretary-designate Rep. Hilda Solis, a long-time supporter of coercive unionism. The principal congressional battle is likely to be over so-called card check, which would allow Big Labor to intimidate its way to increased power. People obviously should be free to join unions. But the vast majority of Americans choose not to do so, which is why organized labor represents only 7.5 percent of private sector workers. Of course, Big Labor blames everyone else for its troubles. Evil employers. Economic woes. Unfair laws. So union officials want to fix the game. Labor relations should be left up to companies and workers, with the government simply enforcing agreements and prohibiting violence. However, unions routinely attempt to win through politics what they cannot win through economics. Current law requires that unions win a representation election to force recognition. Collecting cards signed by 30 percent of employees triggers a vote. However, unions lose 40 percent of the time, so labor activists complain that America is, well, a bit like Nazi Germany. The AFL-CIO says that "workers still lack the freedom to form unions" and companies are blocking "workers’ freedom to form unions and bargain for a better life" and "putting corporate power ahead of the freedom to form unions."
On Fox News, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (a big recipient of Big Labor political money) said: “I don’t know about the first month, but we’re going to pass it early.”…
Mark Carter, a labor lawyer, has done his homework. In a powerful editorial in the West Virginia State Journal, Carter writes: If you support a secret ballot election when voting in the congressional elections, you need not allow Congress to…
With the media turning its focus on the Card Check Scam, voices from across the country are speaking out to oppose the unprecedented power grab by union bosses. In the Houston Chronicle, Ronald Trowbridge writes about his experience being…