Posted on Jun 15, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
The Wall Street Journal‘s Kimberley Strassel highlights yet another example of unions exerting disproportionate amount of influence on the policymaking process. In this case, it’s healthcare. Unions have already targeted Senator Ron Wyden with negative ads for his proposal to remove the tax subsidy for employer provided health benefits. So what does Senator Max Baucus […]
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Roll Call reported ($) that Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, the chief sponsor of EFCA, announced that he will be ready to bring EFCA to the Senate floor in a month. Harkin said he will not take any action until Al Franken is sworn in as Minnesota’s senator. Franken would be the 60th Democrat in […]
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Saul Anuzis has an op-ed today in the Detroit Free Press decrying labor’s negative effects on the auto industry and the American economy as a whole. Anuzis places the bulk of the blame on the “irrational and irresponsible demands made by UAW chief Ron Gettelfinger, former UAW chief Frank Garrison, and the union leaders that […]
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The Denver Post reports on how Colorado Senator Michael Bennet is still “neutral” on EFCA: Bennet is one of six Democratic senators who have not announced how they will vote on EFCA, which would allow employees to effectively dispense with a secret ballot in union elections and require binding arbitration if business owners and their […]
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Here’s further proof that public sector unions don’t care who foots the bill as long as they survive. The SEIU announced that they will spend $1 million to promote new taxes in California: The state’s biggest labor union is launching a $1-million TV advertising campaign promoting new taxes on the oil, tobacco and liquor industries […]
Posted on Jun 10, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
In light of the Obama administration’s decision to appease labor unions by skipping the U.S Conference of Mayors, the Providence Journal had an article examining how unions are hobbling the Ocean State’s economy. The article notes how unions raise the cost of doing business, and how that is a deterrent for businesses to move or […]
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The Examiner reports on a new Hudson Institute study that found that while rank-and-file union member pensions continue to deteriorate, pension plans for labor bosses continue to be healthy and well-funded. The study, authored by labor economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth, examined the pension plans from 21 of the largest union and staff pension plans like the […]
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The Wall Street Journal featured an editorial summarizing the perilous state of union finances and why union bosses are so eager to pass EFCA to replenish and expand their coffers. These aren’t exactly new revelations, but the Journal does a nice job tying in how unions want to reduce transparency as a result of their […]
