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Republicans: Workers and Retirees Deserve Answers About White House Role in Pension Deal Making

| Posted in Press Releases

Following a hearing last week in the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on the bankruptcy of the Delphi Corporation, Reps. John Kline (R-MN), Tom Price (R-GA), Chris Lee (R-NY), and Michael Turner (R-OH) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner requesting information on the Administration’s involvement in the bankruptcy proceedings. To date, inquiries about what role the ... Read more »

Thompson Statement: Hearing on Improving Our Competitiveness: Common Core Education Standards

| Posted in Committee Statements

We’re here today to take a closer look at the Common Core State Standards Initiative and how coordinated efforts to strengthen academic standards can enhance American competitiveness. The Common Core Initiative is being developed through the joint leadership of the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers. The goal of the initiative is... Read more »

A Backdoor to Card Check

| Posted in Secret Ballot Watch

Union bosses and their allies in Washington have made it clear that they want to expand their powers to grow union membership – even if it means undermining a worker’s right to a secret ballot. It is not entirely clear how they plan to accomplish this misguided priority in the face of strong bipartisan opposition to the so-called Employee Free Choice Act on Capitol Hill. One particularly frighteni... Read more »

You Want Jobs? “Take ‘card check’ off the table”

| Posted in Secret Ballot Watch

With much fanfare, the Obama Administration held a “jobs summit” yesterday in an all but direct acknowledgement that their massive $787 billion so-called “stimulus” package had not produced the jobs they had promised. The White House invited a friendly audience to discuss how the government can help jumpstart the job market. Union leaders – regular visitors to the White House – were in attendance,... Read more »

Kline Statement on November Jobs Report

| Posted in Press Releases

The U.S. Department of Labor announced this morning that 11,000 jobs were lost in November, while the national unemployment rate ticked downward slightly to 10 percent. Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement: “Any reduction in unemployment is welcome news, but a 10 percent unemployment rate is certainly not cause f... Read more »

EFCA vs. Jobs

| Posted in Secret Ballot Watch

As President Obama huddles at a White House jobs summit “packed with business leaders and economists supportive of White House policies,” it might be instructive to consider the economic consequences of the so-called Employee Free Choice Act. After all, the legislation remains a top priority for union bosses – some of whom will be attending today’s White House gathering. Consider an op-ed penned f... Read more »

Kline Statement on White House Jobs Summit

| Posted in Press Releases

Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today harshly criticized the Obama Administration’s decision to host a jobs summit while continuing to embrace job-killing policies that prevent economic recovery. The national unemployment rate currently stands at 10.2 percent, yet Democrats have continued to advance an agenda that allows the economy to st... Read more »

Price: Administration Remains Short on Transparency

| Posted in Press Releases

Today, the House Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee held a hearing to investigate how and why certain salaried employees of the Delphi Corporation were denied their full pension benefits in the wake of the General Motors and Delphi bankruptcy. Serious questions remain unanswered about the role of the Department of Treasury and the White House’s Auto Task Force in the bankruptcy pr... Read more »

Union Organizer: “Card Check” = Strong Arm Tactic

| Posted in Secret Ballot Watch

It makes sense that businesses and a majority of the American people might not be in favor of changing union organizing rules to strip away a worker’s right to a secret ballot election. But what does it say about the Employee Free Choice Act when a former union organizer – someone whose job it was to grow union membership – thinks this policy is an affront to employees? “As a former union organize... Read more »

Previewing the White House Jobs Summit: Just More of the Same Failed Policies?

| Posted in Left Turns

As the White House readies for tomorrow’s so-called jobs summit, skepticism is growing among Americans who believe the stimulus plan enacted earlier this year has failed, and more of the same government spending will fail to stem the rising tide of unemployment. “Obamanomics — the White House’s jumble of industrial policy, massive deficit spending and tax hikes — isn’t working. “There are now 15.7... Read more »

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