President Barack Obama | Big Labor Bailout

By Fred Wszolek While President Obama is taking a break in Hawaii, the conversation in Washington, D.C. has not stopped regarding his National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  Business is furious with a purported new rule ushered in just days before … Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, EFCA, NLRB Tagged AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, EFCA, NLRB, President Barack Obama, Quickie Elections

Last Congress, when nominees to executive branch positions stalled in the Senate, President Obama used the power of recess appointments to install individuals like labor radical Craig Becker into a position at the National Labor Relations Board. For someone like … Continue reading

Posted in NLRB Tagged Craig Becker, Lafe Solomon, NLRB, President Barack Obama

A group of law professors sent House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa a letter requesting he cease from carrying out his constitutional duty to provide oversight on the executive branch of government, including his request for documentation involving the National Labor … Continue reading

Posted in NLRB Tagged Boeing, NLRB, President Barack Obama

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

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

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

Fred Wszolek July 18, 2011 Townhall As the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) convenes a “public” hearing on it’s recently announced rule to shorten the election window in American workplaces from a median 38 days to as little as 10, … Continue reading

Posted in EFCA, National Mediation Board, NLRB Tagged Economy, EFCA, Jobs, NLRB, NMB, President Barack Obama, Sunshine Act

In an interview with a local news station in Seattle, Washington, President Obama said he couldn’t weigh in on the pending complaint filed by his National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Boeing for locating a manufacturing facility in the right-to-work … Continue reading

Posted in NLRB Tagged Boeing, Chairman Wilma Liebman, Craig Becker, Jobs, Lafe Solomon, NLRB, President Barack Obama, Right-to-Work, South Carolina