SHOT: “Harkin To Introduce Bill To Help Middle Class Including One Provision From Failed EFCA Bill”: “Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, said Feb. 1 he plans to introduce in the coming … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged and Pensions Committee, Communications Workers of America, Congress, Education, EFCA, Employee Free Choice Act, Iowa, Ken Buck, Labor, Sen. Joe Manchin, Sen. Michael Bennet, Sen. Tom Harkin, Senate Health
By Fred Wszolek While President Obama is taking a break in Hawaii, the conversation in Washington, D.C. has not stopped regarding his National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Business is furious with a purported new rule ushered in just days before … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, EFCA, NLRB Tagged AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, EFCA, NLRB, President Barack Obama, Quickie Elections
In the court of public opinion, labor bosses have already lost, and in a few years, we might look back at NRLB rulings on matters such as “ambush” elections and Specialty Healthcare as the death rattle of Big Labor’s influence. And we’ll be proud for helping hasten that day. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, EFCA, Feature, NLRB, Politics, Unions, WFI Letters, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act Tagged AFL-CIO, Ambush Elections, Americans, Big Labor, Boeing, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Congress, Craig Becker, Democrats, Dept. of Justice, EFCA, International Association of Machinists, Jobs, Labor Law, NLRB, Obama Administration, Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, Quickie Elections, Supreme Court, Washington State, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act
I believe the publication of these documents further calls into question your objectivity in addressing and adjudicating matter dealing with labor management relations and union representation. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, EFCA, NLRB, Uncategorized, Unions Tagged Big Labor Bailout, EFCA, Senator Orrin Hatch
According to the White House, President Obama met today with union bosses from the AFL-CIO to “discuss issues important to working families, including how to continue growing our economy and putting Americans back to work.” Isn’t that ironic? Policies favored … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout Tagged AFL-CIO, EFCA, NLRB, NMB, Richard Trumka, Union Bosses
In an address this week to the National Council of La Raza, President Obama admitted what we at WFI have long suspected—he is not interested in compromise, only in finding regulatory ways to work around Congress and push the agenda … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, EFCA, NLRB Tagged DOL Gag Rule, EFCA, Micro-unions, NLRB, President Barack Obama, Quickie Elections
Fred Wszolek July 18, 2011 Townhall As the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) convenes a “public” hearing on it’s recently announced rule to shorten the election window in American workplaces from a median 38 days to as little as 10, … Continue reading
Posted in EFCA, National Mediation Board, NLRB Tagged Economy, EFCA, Jobs, NLRB, NMB, President Barack Obama, Sunshine Act
After crafting its proposed rule to radically change the timeframe to form a collective bargaining unit – “quickie elections” – the National Labor Relations Board decided against allowing more time for employees and employers to weigh in with comments about … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, EFCA, NLRB Tagged Big Labor, Boeing, Economy, EFCA, Jobs, Micro-unions, NLRB, President Barack Obama, Quickie Elections, Union Bosses