July | 2011 | Big Labor Bailout

Former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman Peter Schaumber appeared on “The Kudlow Report” this week to discuss the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act with former SEIU President Andy Stern. Schaumber supports the bill, introduced recently by Rep. Tim … Continue reading

Posted in NLRB, Politics Tagged Boeing, NLRB, Peter Schaumber, President Barack Obama, South Carolina

As WFI members are well aware, the NLRB vs. Boeing debacle is entering its fourth month. President Obama’s labor board – flush with labor radicals like Craig Becker – has lashed out against the Boeing Company for its new plant … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, NLRB, Politics

Big Labor is looking for another bailout, their buddies in Congress are publicly trying to pin blame on one of the country’s largest employers, and they’re both using over 4,000 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) workers as pawns in their efforts. … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, FAA, NLRB

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

WFI issued a letter of support today to Rep. John Kline, Chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, in support of H.R. 2587, or the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act. The letter is as follows (to … Continue reading

Posted in NLRB, Politics

The stalemate over the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues today, with Chairman Rockefeller releasing a statement vowing to protect pork-barrel projects and demanding that union bosses receive their bailout from the National Mediation Board (NMB). The Workforce Fairness Institute issued … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, National Mediation Board Tagged FAA, FAA Reauthorization Reform Act of 2011, John Mica, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Senator Max Baucus

This article originally appeared on Townhall.com. For those who may have written off Big Labor’s agenda after they failed to push the Employee ‘Forced’ Choice Act (EFCA) through Congress last year, they may want to take a careful look at … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, NLRB, Politics

On Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily furloughed 4,000 employees because Senator Jay Rockefeller and Big Labor’s Congressional allies want to hand Big Labor another bailout. Fox News: Long-term funding authority for the FAA expired in 2007. Unable to agree … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, National Mediation Board Tagged FAA Reauthorization Reform Act of 2011, NMB, President Barack Obama, Senator Jay Rockefeller