Posted on Aug 15, 2008 by J. Justin Wilson
Newspapers take conflicts of interest seriously. The American Society of Newspaper Editors’ Statement of Principles holds that: Journalists must avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety as well as any conflict of interest or the appearance of conflict. They should neither accept anything nor pursue any activity that might compromise or seem to compromise their […]
Posted on by J. Justin Wilson
It’s Friday, and as we look back over the last week, I figured now was a better time than ever to bring up the Labor Reform Act of 1978 (LRA). The LRA was the Employee Free Choice Act of its time—and with a more accurate name. It made sweeping changes to the National Labor Relations […]
Posted on by Oregonians for Employee Freedom
At a recent event where the Grim Reaper showed up to remind people that Jeff Merkley is killing democracy with his support of the Orwellian-named Employee Free Choice Act, a spectator at the event tried to reason with Mr. Merkley. The Employee Free Choice Act, or “card-check” legislation, is a bill that is being pushed […]
Posted on by J. Justin Wilson
Here’s a letter we had in today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required): The Democratic Party should heed Mr. McGovern’s advice and stand up for the very principle embodied in their name by renouncing their support of a law which would effectively eliminate secret ballots for union organizing. Labor unions say the bill is necessary to […]
Posted on by Tracie Gibler
Labor union bosses are grasping at straws trying to combat the rapid decline in union membership. One of those desperate attempts is making political contributions to politicians who vow to support the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act, which will strip workers of their right to a private ballot during workplace unionization votes. Presumptive Democratic presidential […]
Posted on Aug 14, 2008 by J. Justin Wilson
South Carolina labor boss Erin McKee has a patently false claim in Tuesday’s Post and Courier (Charleston, SC). She writes that under the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act: If a majority of employees have signed cards saying they want a union, it doesn’t end there. They would then be allowed to have a fair election […]
Posted on by J. Justin Wilson
If I was Democratic Congressional Candidate Jack Davis (NY-26), I’d be frustrated. He thought he was doing everything right to court labor unions for their endorsement. He’s been endorsed by them twice before, and he is even openly “anti-free-trade,” but that’s not enough anymore for labor unions. Davis doesn’t support the decepitvely-named Employee Free Choice […]
Posted on by J. Justin Wilson
Yesterday on FOX News, Sen. Dick Durbin suggested that the NLRB secret ballot election process goes on “literally for years” because there are “appeals.” In actually, the NLRB reports that the average time between submitting an election petition and holding an election is 39 days. And 94 percent of elections occur within 56 days of […]
