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
OBAMA “KEPT PROMISES” TO UNION BOSSES: “Obama Emphasizes Kept Promises Before Union Crowd” (Ali Weinberg, “Obama Emphasizes Kept Promises Before Union Crowd,” NBC News, 4/30/12) UNION BOSSES BANKROLL OBAMA CAMPAIGN: Labor Bosses Plan To Spend $400 Million Dollars For Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses Tagged AFL-CIO, Boeing, Bosses, Card Check, cronies, Democrats, favors, Micro-unions, NLRB, obama campaign, Obama labor board, Payback, presidential election, Right-to-Work, Secret Ballot, SEIU, South Carolina, Unions
Unfortunately Richard Trumka isn’t the only Big Labor boss with a salary that’s out of control. In fact, his very generous income of $293,750 in 2011 is about average. According to the Labor Department’s total compensation figures, many of the top labor leaders make even more than Trumka: Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, Department of Labor, Feature, Politics, Unions Tagged AFL-CIO, AFT, American Federation of Teachers, Hansen, Hoffa, Mary Kay Henry, National Education Association, NEA, SEIU, Teamsters, Trumka, UFCW, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Weingarten
The fact that a decision could not be crafted in a routine case that did not compel all five Board members to participate in it also suggests that the polarization so evident during the closing days of the first Obama Board has carried over into the this second Obama Board. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bosses, NLRB Tagged Block, Griffin, NLRB, Obama board, recess appointments, SEIU
Apparently, Local 509 thinks it’s above the law, encouraging its organizers to make the rounds to FHR employee homes at outrageous hours. And, FHR ended up threatening to call police before Local 509 cronies would leave the group residential homes. Union organizers are desperate to gather signatures at any cost, going so far as to mislead FHR employees about their intentions. Continue reading
Posted in Congress, KEEP Secure Act, Unions Tagged Fellowship Health Resources, FHR, H.R. 3991, KEEP Secure Act, Keeping Employees’ Emails and Phones Secure Act, Legal News Wire, Local 509, Mark Pearce, Massachusetts, SEIU, SEIU Local 509
MYTH: Senate Republicans Were Holding Back President Obama’s NLRB Nominees: “‘If Senate Republicans had their way, the NLRB would be unable to operate indefinitely,’ Mary Kay Henry, president of the 2.2 million member SEIU, said in an e-mailed statement. ‘In … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics Tagged Appointments, Big Labor, Block, Government, Griffin, NLRB, Obama, Politics, President, Pro-Union, Recess, Relations, Richard Griffin, SEIU, Sharon Block
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
With endless paybacks to union bosses and the bureaucratic support of Obama’s National Labor Relations Board, Department of Labor and other federal agencies, it’s no surprise Big Labor is stepping up its game for 2012. Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, NLRB, Unions Tagged Congress, NLRB, SEIU, Unions