Legislation introduced last week could shift costs of union pension plans to taxpayers in an attempt to stave off organized labor’s pension funding crisis. Senator Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Democrat, introduced the so-called Create Jobs & Save Benefits Act of 2010 to address the funding problems faced by union-administered multi-employer pension plans by shifting the burden to the taxpayers. Casey said his bill would cost the taxpayers $8 to $10 billion.
Bailouts are a bipartisan affair. Senator Casey’s bill is similar to the bill, H.R. 3936, in the U.S. House sponsored by Earl Pomeroy (D-ND) and Patrick Tiberi (R-Ohio).
New co-sponsor added to the growing list of members supporting the National Right To Work Act: Representative Lloyd Smucker (PA 11). Now there are 91 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives and 23 co-sponsors in the U.S. Senate! Are your Members Of Congress on this list?
The National Right To Work Committee and its members have been heavily involved in passing a West Virginia Right To Work…
Sixty-six Politicians From Right to Work States Join War on 14(b) Early this year, 224 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including 66 from Right to Work states, voted for legislation that would cut the heart out of every state Right to Work statute and constitutional provision that is currently on the books.