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Somewhere lurking in the hot, putrid halls of Congress this summer is a union bailout bill of epic proportions and long-term ramifications.

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Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) offered a resolution on the floor of the House calling on Congress not to hold a lame duck session after Election Day for the purpose of passing the kickback to Big Labor known as “Card Check.”

Posted in EFCA, Politics

Pelosi Panders: House Speaker supporting job-killing EFCA legislation.

Posted in EFCA, Feature, Politics

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Wednesday that Republican candidates would move America backwards if they won control of Congress in the 2010 midterm elections.

Posted in Campaigns & Elections, Politics, Unions

A new report says labor is at the “tipping point” of losing women and young workers unless unions make changes to become more inclusive and responsive to their needs.

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The head of House Democrats’ campaign committee tried Tuesday to tamp down speculation that the party would try to push through major legislation during a lame-duck session of Congress this fall.

Posted in Campaigns & Elections, Politics

If you listen to Republicans, the lame-duck session of Congress will be filled with scary Democratic attempts to pass controversial climate-change legislation, tax hikes and union sops before the party loses some or all of its majority.

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Union officials are disappointed, but city officials are breathing a sigh of relief now that the U.S. Senate has rejected a bill that would have required state and local government agencies to bargain with first responder unions.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                 CONTACT: Ashley Pratte May 6, 2015                                                                 202-677-7060

Washington, D.C. (May 6, 2015) – The Workforce Fairness Institute today issued the following statement in response to the failure of the U.S. Senate to override President Obama’s veto of legislation undoing the “ambush” election rule put in place by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):

“Workers and business owners appreciate the hard work and effort on the part of elected officials to stop new the ‘ambush’ election rule enacted by President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board. This new policy is a giveaway to Obama’s political patrons, and allows union bosses to hold organizing elections in as few as 11 days while gaining access to workers’ private contact information,” said Heather Greenaway, spokesperson for the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI). “It is now abundantly clear that Congress must use its power of the purse and not allow such a disastrous rule to be funded with taxpayer dollars. It is time to send a message to the government bureaucrats doing Big Labor’s bidding: the American people will not allow tax dollars to be used to threaten their livelihoods and pay off special interests.”

BACKGROUND:

U.S. Senate Fails To Undo Obama Veto On “Ambush” Elections. “The Senate on Tuesday sustained President Barack Obama’s veto of a bill that would have scrapped a new government rule on union elections. It marked the second time that Congress has failed to override an Obama veto since Republicans took control of the House and Senate in January … Critics say the new rules give unions a chance to ambush employers with demands for votes on representation. Opponents say it could shorten the typical time between a union’s petition for recognition from more than a month to less than two weeks.” (Andrew Taylor, “Senate Sustains Obama Veto Of Bill Gutting Union Rules,” The Associated Press, 5/5/15)

The Workforce Fairness Institute is an organization committed to educating voters, employers, employees and citizens about issues affecting the workplace. To learn more, please visit: http://www.workforcefairness.com.

To schedule an interview with a Workforce Fairness Institute representative, please contact Ashley Pratte at (202) 677-7060.

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