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  • September | 2012 | Big Labor Bailout

    Does the Office of Public Affairs at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) neutrally report on the workings of the Board? We would hope so, but that does not always appear to be the case. Continue reading

    Posted in FAA, NLRB, Politics Tagged 787 Dreamliner, Boeing, boeing complaint, candy crowley, CNN, nancy cleeland, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Senator Lindsey Graham, South Carolina, tom bettag

    The Federal government is bleeding red ink, borrowing more than 33 cents of every dollar it spends. But, the NLRB is spending money like its water. Continue reading

    Posted in NLRB Tagged Big Labor, Boeing, borrowing, budget deficit, budgetary considerations, Congress, debt, federal government, federal government borrowing, fiscal year, Labor, labor unions, Lafe Solomon, national debt, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, South Carolina, Union

    The Arizona District Court’s decision dismissing the National Labor Relations Board’s challenge to that state’s constitutional amendment guaranteeing the secret ballot in union elections is a welcome rebuke of the continued overreach by government bureaucrats. Continue reading

    Posted in NLRB Tagged Arizona, arizona district court, Big Labor, big labor bosses, Congress, Fred Wszolek, National Labor Relations Board, NLRB, Obama, Obama Administration, President Obama, Secret Ballot Protection Act, Union Bosses, union cronies, Unions, workforce fairness institute

    Samuel Gompers, the founder of the American labor movement, said that the worst unfair labor practice was an unprofitable employer. Too many in the American labor movement have lost sight of Gomper’s wisdom. Instead, they are simply driven by a desire for “more.” Continue reading

    Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Indiana, Right-to-Work, strikes, Union

    Bureaucrats Preserve Big Labor’s Ability To Intimidate Employers By Fred Wszolek After an impressive losing streak in the courts, the Obama National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) finally won one.  Just recently, the Sixth Circuit issued a decision that … Continue reading

    Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Card Check, Dana Corporation, United Automobile Workers

  • August | 2012 | Big Labor Bailout

    Big Labor feels its grasp on power brokers in the nation’s capital slipping. With dwindling labor participation and diminished influence among the American electorate, union bosses are making a push to secure more power before it is too late.
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    Posted in Uncategorized Tagged AFL-CIO, Big Labor, Craig Becker, National Mediation Board, NLRB, Second Bill of Rights, SEIU, Union Bosses, Workers Stand for America Rally

    The U.S. health care industry is an attractive target for organized labor because it is stocked with well-paying jobs that cannot be outsourced. After 1974, union activity in the industry increased markedly when Congress amended the law and included non-profit hospitals under the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act. Continue reading

    Posted in Big Labor Bosses, micro-unions, NLRB, Politics Tagged California Nurses Association, Carnegie Mellon University, Congress, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, Health care, Heritage Foundation, Micro-unions, MIT, National Labor Relations Act, NLRB, Red Cross, strike, Vanderbilt

    In a recent interview on Main Street Radio’s “Battle Line with Alan Nathan” Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson points out that the National Mediation Board (NMB), filled with Obama Administration Big Labor friends, has sought to violate the Federal Aviation Administration Modernization and … Continue reading

    Posted in FAA, National Mediation Board