January | 2012 | Big Labor Bailout

At every step of the way, this president has ceded to big labor’s demands and sacrificed the interests of employees and employers as he travels the country extoling the importance of job creation and economic growth. Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Feature, NLRB Tagged Coalition for a Democratic Workplace and National Federation of Independent Businesses, Congress, Congressional Review Act, Education, Employee Rights Act, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, NLRB, Obama, recess appointments, Representation Fairness Restoration Act, Richard Griffin, Senate Health, Sharon Block, The Hill, White House, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act

The Department has not established the statutory basis for its role in enforcing our local, state and national labor laws and it has not shown reasoned basis for the certification requirement. The rule is bad public policy and should be abandoned. Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Department of Labor, Politics, Unions, WFI Letters Tagged bidding, Business, contractors, Department of Agriculture, DoA, False Claim Act, IRS, Labor Law Violations, Letters, Procurement and Property Management, Procurement Policy Division, revenue code, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wilusz

Yesterday, we wrote: The National Relations Board (NLRB), now completely filled with five appointees, is wasting no time rolling out its Big Labor-friendly agenda.  Board Chair Mark Pearce is moving forward with a series of regulations that will make it … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Big Labor, Block, Chairman Schaumber, Fox News, Griffin, Mark Pearce, Neil Cavuto, NLRB, Peter Schaumber, recess appointments

Committee Chair Rep. John Kline (R-MN) seeks to gather more information on how the Obama Administration determined the recent appointments were legitimate, especially since they were made when the U.S. Senate was convening in pro-forma sessions. Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Block, Griffin, House Education & Workforce Committee, House Education and Workforce Chairman, Implications for America’s Workers and Employers, John Kline, NLRB, NLRB appointments, Obama Administration, pro forma, Rayburn HOB, recess appointments, U.S. Senate

When asked about President Obama’s unprecedented appointment of NLRB nominees while the Senate was out of recess, Pearce was glib. “We presume the constitutionality of the president’s appointments and we go forward based on that understanding.” Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB Tagged Big Labor, Mark Pearce, NLRB, petition, recess appointments, White House

Let’s see if we can get Obama to address the recess appointments and spread the word about our petition. If you haven’t already, sign our petition to rescind the recess appointments TODAY! Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged Big Labor, Facebook, Google+, NLRB, Obama, recess appointments, SOTU, State of the Union, White House, YouTube

“President Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Griffin to the National Labor Relations Board was clearly a giveaway to Big Labor and outside the authority provided in the Constitution. In addition, the recess appointment was made just days after the nomination was announced highlighting the extreme nature of the payback,” said Fred Wszolek, spokesperson for the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI). Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Unions Tagged Big Labor, Fred Wszolek, labor pension plans, labor union, NLRB, Obama Administration, payments, pensions, President Obama, recess appointments, Richard Griffin, the Constitution

While we continue to believe the National Mediation Board (NMB) ruling upending nearly a century of precedent was an extraordinary form of payback to Big Labor bosses, the legislative branch has met its constitutional obligation to serve as a check on the executive,” said Fred Wszolek, spokesperson for the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI). Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged airline workers, Boehner, FAA, federal aviation administration, Fred Wszolek, Naitional mediation board, NMB, Obama regulations, railroad workers, Reid, Senate, WFI