It’s starting to sink in. A major supporter of the Employee Free Choice Act admitted Wednesday that serious bipartisan opposition to the bill has made its passage on Capitol Hill unlikely this year – and maybe the next. The Las Vegas Sun, which also reported on Nevada’s attempts to block EFCA, has the details here: “John Wilhelm, president of Unite Here, the international hotel and casino workers ... Read more »
It seems many Nevadans do not want to gamble with their privacy at the workplace under the Employee Free Choice Act. The Las Vegas Sun reported Tuesday that efforts are under way in the Silver State to amend its constitution to require the secret ballot for union elections – something that’s set aside under EFCA. The Sun shines a light on the subject here: “An initiative petition has been filed to... Read more »
President Obama is looking for a few good ideas. Specifically, he’s looking for suggestions about jobs during a forum on economic growth planned for next month. The Washington Post has the details here: “With the nation's unemployment rate at its highest level in 26 years, President Obama plans to bring together CEOs, small business owners and financial experts to sound out ideas for continuing to... Read more »
Worker intimidation is just one of many, many reasons why the Employee Free Choice Act should not become law. But, as Wall Street Journal editorial board member Matthew Kaminski recently reported, this practice is allegedly underway already as two unions duke it out in California. On one side is the Service Employees International Union, a big time EFCA booster whose president, Andy Stern, is a fr... Read more »
As we wrote yesterday, unions are pushing for laws similar to the Employee Free Choice Act in many states because their job-killing agenda is going nowhere on Capitol Hill. But in Missouri, supporters of the secret ballot are pushing back. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that a group trying to protect the privacy of workers in the Show-Me State survived a legal challenge to their eff... Read more »
Frustrated that Washington Democrats have not made good on their promise to pass the job killing, misnamed Employee Free Choice Act, union leadership is putting the pressure on states to carry their agenda. A recent report in the Wall Street Journal highlights how unions are taking a local approach in the same spirit of their national plans to undermine workers’ right to a secret ballot: “Both sid... Read more »
Like many business owners large and small, Michael Regan is worried about the future – especially if that future includes the Employee Free Choice Act. In a blog post for Logistics Management, Michael Regan, CEO of TranzAct Technologies Inc., noted that unemployment is at a record 10.2 percent nationally because “our political leadership has created uncertainty about the future” and, when faced wi... Read more »
As congressional Democrats trip over themselves to find new and innovative ways to entrench more power in Washington, Americans are reminded of those big government agenda items that are already proving hazardous to the economy. At the top of the list, the mere threat of the grossly misnamed Employee Free Choice Act is already stifling job creation even though Speaker Pelosi and her union allies h... Read more »
It’s a record, but definitely not one to be proud of. The Labor Department released the latest unemployment figures today, and they have crossed into double-digit territory for the first time since 1983. Now more than one out of every 10 workers is unemployed, as The Washington Post notes here: “More than one in 10 members of the American workforce were unable to get a job in October, the Labor De... Read more »
You can add South Carolina to the growing list of states that are acting against the Employee Free Choice Act. In an essay for The State, state Senate Majority Leader Harvey Peeler announced that he plans to introduce a bill that would protect a worker’s privacy at the ballot box in the Palmetto State: “In this increasingly tough financial climate, the last thing we need is for Congress to pass a ... Read more »
