April 29, 2007 - 2:39 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
By Doug Bandow
Organized labor was perhaps the biggest winner of last November’s congressional election. The Democratic leadership has moved quickly to begin paying off its campaign debt.
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April 28, 2007 - 8:05 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
Dear Fellow American: No, you didn’t just wake up in the old Soviet Union, but…the House of Representatives did recently pass one of the most un-American pieces of legislation ever.
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April 8, 2007 - 5:11 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
One of the more egregiously misnamed bills in the history of Congress has got to be the “Employee Free Choice Act,” a measure which is neither pro-employee nor a free choice. What it really does is allow union bosses to force employers to recognize a union as the workforce’s bargaining agent without the hassle of a supervised, secret ballot election.
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April 7, 2007 - 11:13 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
BIG LABOR COULD BLOW UP DEM CONVENTION
“Teamsters union leader James Hoffa Jr. joined the debate over Denver’s selection as host for the Democratic National Convention by confronting Gov. Bill Ritter at a Washington dinner and promising the issue could ‘blow up’ next summer if Colorado doesn’t become more labor-friendly.
“‘We’re very upset about it,’ the International Brotherhood of Teamsters president said of the Democrats’ decision to stage their convention at the nonunion Pepsi Center. In an interview Monday, Hoffa also mentioned Ritter’s veto of a law that might have made it easier to organize unions in Colorado. ‘All of labor is upset,’ Hoffa said.”
- Denver Post, 4/3/07
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April 2, 2007 - 6:39 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
Ethics Investigation Sought into Rep. Andrews’ Tampering with Union Vote
Congressman conducts sham union “certification” proceedings for a top union donor and aids union officials in unfair labor practice against employees
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April 2, 2007 - 2:32 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 800, the “Employee Free Choice Act.” H.R. 800 would strip workers of the fundamental democratic right to a supervised private ballot election, interfere with the ability of workers and employers to bargain freely and come to agreement over working terms and conditions, and impose penalties for unfair labor practices only on employers — and not on union organizers — who intimidate workers. If H.R. 800 were presented to the President, he would veto the bill.
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