Posted on Jan 19, 2011 by Center for Union Facts
Where will the National Labor Relations Board extend its tendrils next? Here’s your answer: The National Labor Relations Board has threatened to sue the states of Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah over recently passed state constitutional amendments that require secret-ballot elections before a company can be unionized. The board says the states can’t […]
Posted on Aug 03, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
That’s not a typo. Not only did she call it the “Employer Freed Choice Act,” which is embarrassing enough, but she told the Communications Workers of America that EFCA ought soon be the “law of the land.” They applauded. From the CWA: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe9Qd5J3EN4&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Posted on Apr 29, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Brad Peck from ChamberPost reports that the AFL-CIO is finally tearing down their “Faces of EFCA” campaign. I wonder if this is in response to a union grievance citing the AFL-CIO’s employees right to offices with windows. I wouldn’t put it past them. At the same, only a few minutes ago the AFL-CIO’s Trumka told […]
Posted on Apr 09, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
You put your support for card check in, you pull your support of card check out, you put your support for card check in and you get the union endorsement. From the AP: Cal Cunningham said in an interview with The Associated Press that he supports elections as the sole way for there to be […]
Posted on by J. Justin Wilson
Just when I thought “card check” was a dead letter, I’m reminded that states across the country have passed card check mandates for public sector workers. Now it appears that the Illinois Teachers union has taken it a step further, forcing card check on Chicago charter schools. I wonder how that works with respect to […]
Posted on Apr 02, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
1. It’s Arlen Specter, so I am not surprised, but it is interesting to note that on the heals of receiving a major labor endorsement from the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, he announced a 5 points “Worker’s Bill of Rights”. Is it some sort of bizarre consolation prize for EFCA? In the process, he manages to rile […]
Posted on Mar 29, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
I hope you are not surprised. While you were sleeping (or relaxing) over the weekend, President Obama made 15 recess appointments, adding Craig Becker and Mark Pearce, to the National Labor Relations Board. Thanks to CSPAN’s archive, I am going to let McCain et al. have their say. Watch the video here. Now I will […]
Posted on Feb 26, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
This morning, i.e. the day that institutions bury news, the White House released the “Annual Report of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class“, which had some nice things to say about EFCA. Among the pro-labor policies touted in the report on the “Middle Class,” starting on page 23 is a page plus […]
