Led by Rep. Tom Price (R-GA), Republicans on the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions are calling for the head of the White House Auto Task Force to testify at a hearing this week on the bankruptcy of automotive parts manufacturer Delphi and its implications for workers and retirees. Republicans are using the single witness slot they have been allocated on the hearing... Read more »
Republicans on the House Education and Labor Committee are calling for an immediate hearing to examine the nation’s high unemployment rate, the continued revelations of faulty reporting related to the Democrats’ $787 billion ‘stimulus’ package, and how the Administration plans to address these concerns. In a letter sent today to the panel’s Chairman, Rep. George Miller (D-CA), Education and Labor ... Read more »
Our topic today is a timely one, with employers, workers, and their families facing the uncertainty of a widespread influenza outbreak with wide ranging effects. Unfortunately, the uncertainty I mentioned is pervasive. Even the scope of the outbreak is unknown. The Washington Post reported on Friday that “total H1N1 cases in the United States range from 14 million to 34 million, and total deaths r... 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 »
Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, pointed to the latest employment report as further evidence that Democrat-controlled Washington is failing to focus on economic recovery even as families and small businesses continue to struggle. The figures, released this morning by the U.S. Department of Labor, showed a loss of 190,000 jobs in October, w... Read more »
Small businesses are learning each day that Speaker Pelosi’s proposed government takeover of health care plan will be a bitter pill to swallow. Buried amid more than 2,000 pages of bureaucratic red tape are proposals that spell disaster for small businesses – the employers who create the majority of jobs in America. Play-or-Pay Scheme – Speaker Pelosi and Congressional Democrats have adopted an “o... Read more »
Late last week, the Obama Administration revealed troves of data about its nearly trillion dollar government spending spree, which it continues to describe as an economic stimulus package. Unfortunately for struggling American families and small businesses, the massive spending program simply hasn’t lived up to its “economic stimulus” moniker – leaving the American people to ask: “Where are the Jo... Read more »
Reps. John Kline (R-MN) and John Mica (R-FL) today strongly criticized a proposal by the National Mediation Board to alter workplace organizing elections in the aviation and railway industries, questioning the limited review process for developing the new policy and an apparent attempt to limit public opposition. The Board’s split decision was announced via a proposal in the Federal Register yeste... Read more »
