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By WFI Staff With the Senate vote to confirm five members to the National Labor Relations Board, four of which are new, Big Labor is likely anticipating more giveaways from the federal agency, which now has the AFL-CIO’s former counsel … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged 2012, 2014, Barack Obama, Big Labor, Economy, Harry Reid, Jobs, kent hirozawa, mark gaston pearce, mitch mcconnell, nancy schiffer, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Obama labor board, politico, recess appointments, Senate, unemployment, Union Bosses, us senate

By WFI Staff In the national conversation about Detroit it seems like Big Labor’s role may be getting lost in the shuffle.  We hear quite a bit about how bankruptcy, unemployment and a vanishing population has thrown the Motor City … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Politics, Unions Tagged bailout, bankruptcy, Big Labor, Big Labor Bailout, chris hansen, dateline, Detroit, detroit lions, detroit tigers, labor movement, Michigan, motor city, Union Bosses, union cronies, WFI

By WFI Staff Recently, much has been made about the fact that the “nuclear option” was averted.  To achieve that end, Republicans conceded to votes on a number of executive nominees,  but required the National Labor Relations Board nominees – … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged AFLCIO, american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations, Barack Obama, Big Labor, Boeing, huffington post, International Union of Operating Engineers, IUOE, kent hirozawa, Lafe Solomon, mob, nancy schiffer, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Obama Administration, President Obama, recess appointments, Richard Griffin, Richard Trumka, Right-to-Work, Senate, Sharon Block, South Carolina, Union Bosses, union cronies, WFI, workforce fairness institute

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is continuing to issue decisions reversing carefully thought out decisions of administrative law judges even after a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that it is without lawful authority to issue … Continue reading

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The Detroit Free-Press is reporting the City of Detroit could file for federal bankruptcy as soon as tomorrow.  This would mark the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. So, what happened to Detroit – once a great American city and … Continue reading

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Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit signed on to the decisions issued by U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as well as the Third Circuit and found that President Obama’s recess appointments of Sharon … Continue reading

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By Peter Schaumber (originally appeared in CQ Roll Call) If the National Labor Relations Board has its way, U.S. manufacturers may have their highly integrated workforces carved up into a multiplicity of collective bargaining units at the behest of unions … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged Big Labor, charleston, court of appeals, Harry Reid, lindsey graham, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Peter Schaumber, Senate, South Carolina, Specialty Healthcare, Union Bosses, Unions, us circuit court of appeal, us manufacturing, us senate

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

By WFI Staff In case you missed this latest clip in yesterday’s POLITICO influence: BOCCHINI TO LABOR DEPARTMENT: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Deputy Political Director Michael Bocchini is leaving his post for the U.S. Department of Labor.  He’ll be chief of staff to … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Department of Labor, micro-unions, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged Big Labor, collective bargaining agreements, keith kelly, michael bocchini, Micro-unions, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Obama Administration, politico, President Obama, thomas perez, united food and commercial workers

This was just too good a case for the highest court in the land to pass up. But it’s also the kind of case that the U.S. Supreme Court cannot afford to ignore, either.  This may very well become one … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Congress, constitutional, district of columbia court of appeals, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, noel canning, obama white house, President Obama, recess appointments, robert barnes, scotus, Supreme Court, us court of appeals, us senate, washington post

The Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court deciding to review the NLRB v. Noel Canning decision: “We welcome the announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court will review the U.S Court … Continue reading

Posted in Politics, Unions Tagged high court, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Obama Administration, President Obama, reces appointments, scotus, Supreme Court

By Fred Wszolek (originally appeared in The Charleston Post and Courier) In all his wisdom, President Barack Obama recently saw fit to re-nominate Lafe Solomon, the current and acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to a … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged Big Labor, Boeing, charleston, iamaw, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union, Lafe Solomon, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, palmetto state, sc, senate committee, senate committee on health education labor and pensions, South Carolina

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 Fred Wszolek (originally appeared in Townhall.com) The National Employee Freedom Week (NEFW), which the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) strongly supports, is a nationwide campaign aimed at educating employees about their statutory and constitutional right to not be a union … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged Communications Workers of America, CWA, dc circuit, fred wsz, Mark Pearce, national employee freedom week, National Labor Relations Board, nefw, NLRB, Obama labor board, Richard Griffin, Sharon Block, townhall, us court of appeals

By WFI Staff It’s being praised as one of the most consequential federal court rulings in recent labor law: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), et al. v. Chamber of Commerce, et al.  And it’s also, perhaps, one of the most damaging judicial … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions Tagged administrative procedures act, Big Labor, Bloomberg, chamber of commerce, circuit court of appeals, Congress, employment notices, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, poster ruling, richmond, tom schoenberg, Union Bosses, Virginia

The Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) today issued the following statement in response to members of the U.S. Senate and House introducing legislation which will defend the hard-earned rights of American employees and employers that are under attack by union bosses: … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Congress, NLRB, Politics, Unions, WFI Statement Tagged Big Labor, health employment labor and pensions committee, House, Johnny Isakson, legislation, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Obama labor board, Phil Roe, representation fiarne, Secret Ballot Protection Act, Senate, Specialty Healthcare, tom price, Union Bosses, Unions, WFI