Posted on May 14, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
The Wall Street Journal has an editorial profiling Craig Becker, President Obama’s appointment to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Becker is currently the associate general counsel for the SEIU. There’s little doubt where Becker’s views on union organizing lie. But for good measure, the Journal highlighted some of his previous writings to gauge his […]
Posted on May 13, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
Despite talks of potential compromises, labor’s support for EFCA has not waned. This is evident by their recent activity to pressure Senators facing re-election in 2010. In Arkansas, the AFL-CIO has openly discussed running a possible challenger to Senator Blanche Lincoln if she continues to disappoint them on labor issues, especially EFCA. According to Arkansas […]
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We’ve been covering the SEIU’s troubling role in lobbying Obama administration to withhold $6.8 billion in stimulus funding to California. As part of the state’s budget deal, Governor Schwarzenegger and the legislature agreed to cut pay for home health workers (who are SEIU members) by two dollars an hour, totaling $74 million. The SEIU, enraged […]
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You might have noticed in the past month that the Boston Globe ran into some financial difficulties, continuing the recent trend for newspaper nationally (see also: Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune). In order for the paper to avoid being shut down, it needed to cut $20 million. Where did managers look to cut costs? The […]
Posted on May 12, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
The Politico‘s Ben Smith points out that in Andy Stern’s interview with the Las Vegas Sun, the SEIU boss refers to EFCA as “card check” no less than three times. Ben Smith says that the EFCA opponents have “won the language wars” because the “other side gives up and starts using your language.” But with […]
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The Los Angeles Times ran a editorial criticizing the SEIU for overreaching by complaining to the Obama administration about the California’s planned wage cuts for home health workers. Specifically, the paper takes issue with the Obama administration deciding it should use leverage to pressure California lawmakers “on behalf of a well-connected group.” The editorial calls […]
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I came across an interesting law review article by Craig Becker, who is one of Pres. Obama’s picks for the National Labor Relations Board. In Democracy in the Workplace, Becker concludes “that that employers should be stripped of any legally cognizable interest in their employees’ election of representatives.” Along the way to reaching his unfounded […]
Posted on May 11, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
The Obama Administration revealed yesterday that it plans to cut funding for the Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Mangement Standards (OLMS). OLMS conducts oversight over union finances to detect and prevent embezzlement. The Department of Labor reported that investigations into union corruption between 2001 and 2008 yielded over 1,000 indictments, 929 convictions, and more than […]
