Quickie Elections | Big Labor Bailout

Letter of Support for Employee Rights Act: WFI urges all Members of Congress who value workforce fairness to support this legislation. It places the authority where it belongs, with hardworking American employees. Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Employee Forced Choice Act, Employee Rights Act, Orrin Hatch, quickie election rule, Quickie Elections, S. 1507. H.R. 2810, Secret Ballot, Tim Scott, union elections

It is our hope and expectation that both houses of Congress will have the opportunity to vote on the CRA to demonstrate their support for or opposition to this misguided “quickie” election rule. Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Congress Tagged Ambush Elections, Congressional Review Act, Micro-units, NLRB, Obama, Quickie Elections, Senate Health Education labor and Pensions Committee, Senator Mike Enzi

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

In the court of public opinion, labor bosses have already lost, and in a few years, we might look back at NRLB rulings on matters such as “ambush” elections and Specialty Healthcare as the death rattle of Big Labor’s influence. And we’ll be proud for helping hasten that day. Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, EFCA, Feature, NLRB, Politics, Unions, WFI Letters, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act Tagged AFL-CIO, Ambush Elections, Americans, Big Labor, Boeing, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Congress, Craig Becker, Democrats, Dept. of Justice, EFCA, International Association of Machinists, Jobs, Labor Law, NLRB, Obama Administration, Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act, Quickie Elections, Supreme Court, Washington State, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act

The rogue board, comprised of pro-Big Labor activists continues trampling over long-standing workplace precedent and will make it significantly more difficult for small businesses to respond to organizing campaigns. Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Unions Tagged Ambush Elections, Chamber, NLRB, Obama, Quickie Elections, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

The Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) today released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives voting in favor of the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act Continue reading

Posted in NLRB, Politics, WFI Letters, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act Tagged Employee Rights, Employer Rights, Fred Wszolek, Micro-units, NLRB, Quickie Elections, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act

The Board’s job is to act as an “independent” federal agency that administers and enforces the National Labor Relations Act for both employers and employees”—not act in the special interests of union bosses. Continue reading

Posted in NLRB, Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act Tagged Craig Becker, Mark Pearce, NLRB, Obama, President Obama, Quickie Elections, SEIU, The Hill

The only reason the NLRB is going to such lengths to enact these regulations is that union bosses know the public is opposed to their job-killing proposals and they won’t get the results they want by going through Congress. Continue reading

Posted in Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Unions Tagged Ambush Elections, Mark Pearce, NLRB, Quickie Elections, Small business