Posted on Apr 09, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
For two nights in a row, MSNBC’s Blue-Collar Comedy Hour host Ed Shultz has used his show to shill for the now-doomed Employee Free Choice Act. During last night’s segment with American Rights at Work head Mary Beth Maxwell, Schultz suggested that labor “call in the markers” to get EFCA passed. Here’s the transcript: How […]
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The Supreme Court upheld a ruling by a lower court that UNITE HERE violated the privacy of thousands of Cintas employees by illegally obtaining license plate numbers. Why was UNITE HERE getting this information? To try “to force Cintas to give up its employees’ rights to a secret ballot election procedure for deciding on union […]
Posted on Apr 08, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
There’s a good layout at Campaign Diaries that shows where different Senators stand on EFCA: • 46 supporters • 40 co-sponsors • 4 non co-sponsors who have indicated their support for the bill: Dorgan, Franken, Hagan, McCaskill (see here for more detail) • 2 non co-sponsors who have indicated their support for cloture: Mark Udall, […]
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MSNBC’s newest blowhard Ed Schultz started his second show ever with an “OpED” segment on the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Here’s what Schultz had to say: Now, one of the claims that’s being made out there by the antis (that’s us) of […]
Posted on Apr 07, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
The new magic word for “card check” is “consensus,” according to Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO). “We’re going to have to see whether or not there’s a consensus that can be reached that makes it something that can be passed because right now there isn’t something that can be passed,” he said. While not rejecting EFCA […]
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Workplace freedom got another boost today as Sen. Blanche Lincoln announced her opposition to EFCA and (I believe) cloture. “I cannot support that bill. Cannot support that bill in its current form. Cannot support and will not support moving it forward in its current form.” It’s an important victory, but there are still many traps […]
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Kevin Mooney over at the Washington Examiner is doing an interesting series of articles looking at 17 Congressmen who received campaign contributions from unions with a significant history of corruption and embezzlement of member’s dues. Mooney writes: Among the five unions, there were a total of 71 convictions in federal courts since 2001 of felonies […]
Posted on Apr 06, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
A disturbing quote from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review this weekend: CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON? Speaking of Specter, a source with the National Right to Work Committee said the senator was “quite pleased with himself” over the effusive reaction he got from those opposed to the card-check legislation. The source fears the possibility that Specter could become […]
