Posts Tagged ‘Employee Free Choice Act’

Bret Jacobson

Big Government, Big Unions

by Bret Jacobson

This week brought inauspicious news: more union members work for the government than work in the private sector, “despite there being 5 times more wage and salary workers in the private sector.”***

Because of globalization, safer workplaces, Social Security, the ability to save for one’s own retirement through 401k plans, and a better-educated, more mobile workforce, only 7.2 percent of workers in the private workforce have chosen to join a union.

Compare that to the world of government employment, where there is no employer to tell people why a union might not be best for them (we’re the employer, but we’re a little busy with our day jobs) and you get 37.4 percent of government workers paying dues. All told, that’s 7.9 million that we pay and 7.4 million paid by people who actually create wealth.

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Posted Jan 24th 2010 at 8:48 am in Big Labor | 94 Comments

Transforming the U.S. Department of Labor to the Department of Organized Labor

by Rick Manning

In their first year in office, the Obama Administration has re-made the U.S. Department of Labor into the Department of Organized Labor, working hard to make certain that those who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to put them in office get a return on their investment.  While many dismiss the importance of the Department of Labor, virtually every person in America is directly touched by the rules and regulations that this federal bureaucracy creates and enforces, so changes at the top have real consequences for every working American.

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As we evaluate the impact of the past year on the nation’s workforce, it is worthwhile to remember the accomplishments of President Bush’s Secretary of Labor, Elaine L. Chao.

When Secretary Chao left office, workers were safer in their workplaces than at any time in history, the Labor Department was focused upon encouraging private sector job creation, and created an enforcement environment that successfully protected workers from employers who egregiously violated the law while providing the necessary education to limit inadvertent violations.

Secretary Chao put an emphasis on clarifying workplace regulations to make it easier for employers to know the rules of the game.  Her efforts led to overtime requirements being more clear-cut for employers while explicitly guaranteeing overtime protections for blue collar workers, police and fire fighters, EMTs, construction workers and others.

The Labor Department under Secretary Chao brought transparency to the spending of Big Labor through regulations which for the first time shined a light upon labor union expenditures.  These reports revealed the massive labor expenditures supporting ACORN’s efforts,and were used by LA Times reporter Paul Pringle in his Polk Award winning series that brought down the SEIU powerbrokers in the California SEIU.

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Posted Jan 20th 2010 at 12:17 pm in Big Labor, Economics | 68 Comments

Washington News Observer

SEIU President Andy Stern Discusses Health Care, Obama, ACORN

by Washington News Observer

SEIU President Andy Stern, took a couple of minutes to discuss with us recent developments in the Health Care debate, his support for a public option in the bill and the mistakes committed by ACORN.

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Posted Nov 15th 2009 at 12:01 pm in ACORN, Big Labor, Congress, Healthcare | 41 Comments

Bret Jacobson

SEIU: Evidence Against Card Check

by Bret Jacobson

According to the Wall Street Journal, a rival union to the Service Employees International Union is alleging the purple juggernaut “with changing ballots and threatening to report a worker to immigration officials,” which “experts say the feud is a costly and embarrassing distraction for unions as they lobby Congress to pass” legislation known as card check, which would allow for intimidation of workers.

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BigGovernment.com has more on SEIU here and TheTruthAboutEFCA.com adds:

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Posted Nov 12th 2009 at 8:31 am in Big Labor | 46 Comments

Bret Jacobson

Understanding Card Check, Via Rap

by Bret Jacobson

Courtesy of TheTruthAboutEFCA.com


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Posted Oct 28th 2009 at 8:24 am in Big Labor | 10 Comments

Bret Jacobson

SEIU’s Texas Roadshow: Will They ‘Kill’ Your Company?

by Bret Jacobson

Yesterday, Rep. Mark Kirk offered a great illustration of the relationship between ACORN and SEIU. A part of that chart is worthy of a further look: The relatively unknown story of how SEIU and ACORN took their act from Illinois Southward to mess with Texas and allegedly threatened to kill one man’s business because he wouldn’t toe the union line.

Most people know that unions haven’t done as well in the South as in industrialized (and economically troubled) Northern states such as Illinois and Michigan. So, in 2006 SEIU decided it would bring its brand of “justice for janitors” to Houston to set up a new foothold in the South.

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Posted Sep 30th 2009 at 11:50 am in ACORN, Big Labor | 54 Comments