By WFI Staff Union bosses are salivating at the thought of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid running roughshod over Senate rules – and, ultimately, the Constitution. They’re pulling out all stops, putting the United States Senate in their target scope … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, Big Labor, Constitution, Harry Reid, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, nuclear option, recess appointments, Richard Trumka, Senate, senate majority leader, senate procedure, union bullies, union cronies
Hot over the unresolved and lingering so-called recess appointments made by President Obama to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) when the Senate was not in recess, Sen. Lamar Alexander Rep. Phil Roe – both from Tennessee – teamed up … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged Barack Obama, Big Labor, Constitution, constitutional violation, health education labor and pensions, HELP Committee, lamar alexander, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, obama white house, Phil Roe, President Obama, recess appointments, Senate
By WFI Staff With today’s developments, two federal appeals courts have found President Obama’s so-called recess appointments to be unconstitutional. In a blistering opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found that current NLRB nominees Richard Griffin and … Continue reading
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By WFI Staff While the U.S. House passed the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor Management Relations Act (H.R. 1120) questions loom on the bill’s fate as it makes its next stop in the U.S. Senate. Will the Senate pass it? … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged checks and balances, Congress, Constitution, Harry Reid, House, House Education and Workforce Committee, hr 1120, legislation, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, phil kerpen, President Obama, preventing greater uncertainty in labor management relations act, Senate, senate majority leader, townhall, townhall.com, us house, us senate
By WFI Staff Congress is gearing up for a showdown on the fate of the controversial National Labor Relations Board. The U.S. House is set to vote next week on H.R. 1120, the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act. After … Continue reading
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By Fred Wszolek Congressman George Miller, Ranking Member on the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee issued an inaccurate and incomplete press release earlier today. It said, in part: “While this battle [over the National Labor Relations Board’s authority to … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged Barack Obama, congressman george miller, congressman miller, Constitution, Craig Becker, dc circuit court, Fred Wszolek, House, House Education and Workforce Committee, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, President Obama, Richard Griffin, Senate, the framers
By WFI Staff Members of Congress are offering different pieces of legislation to prevent the National Labor Relations Board from continuing to defy a D.C. Circuit Court ruling that two of its three members, Sharon Block and Richard Griffin, were … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics Tagged Barack Obama, Big Labor, big labor bosses, checks and balances, Constitution, court of appeals, dc circuit court, Economy, invalid nlrb, lamar alexander, legislation, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, President Obama, Richard Griffin, Senate, Sharon Block, Unions, us constitution
The “recess” appointment issue concerning the National Labor Relations Board is coming to a head. Federal judges apparently aren’t as interested in hearing the NLRB appeal on “ambush” elections as they are in having the government agency answer why it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged bill mcmorris, Constitution, court of appeals, federal judges, jeanette geary, labor union report, National Labor Relations Board, national right to work, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, NLRB, nrtw, nurses union, President Obama, recess appointments, rhode island, us court of appeals, Washington Free Beacon, White House