Archive for May, 2010
Another Union Payback: Obama Agency Makes it Easier to Unionize Airline and Railroad employees
RedState Reports: In a major victory for organized labor, unions will have an easier time signing up airline and railroad workers after the Obama administration Monday changed a 76-year-old rule on union elections. The change is the most significant so far in a string of White House moves designed to boost unions, which are struggling [...]
Full StoryThe Metcalfe proposal: The time has come
Editorial – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Friday, May 7, 2010 Pennsylvania shares the problems that the federal government’s failure to enforce immigration laws creates for states that border Mexico. Thus, it’s fitting that Pennsylvania share Arizona’s solution for those problems. State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Cranberry, deserves praise for introducing a reasonable, practical bill — modeled on Arizona’s [...]
Full StoryThere He Goes…Again!
By Susan Staub, President Pennsylvanians for Right to Work, Inc. At least we can say Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell is consistent. For the eighth straight year, he is threatening state employee lay-offs if more “revenue” doesn’t come in. Does he really think the taxpayers fell off the turnip truck and will buy this worn out [...]
Full StoryAttorney General Tom Corbett “Undecided” on Right to Work
PA Right to Work President Susan Staub had this to say ” Our Right to Work members are surprised that Attorney General Corbett is undecided on such a fundamental issue of Liberty, particularly in view of the fact that he has served in state government for several decades” PA Independent has the full story here: [...]
Full StoryMore Proof Big Labor’s Unionizations Costs Jobs
More Proof Big Labor’s Unionizations Costs Jobs by Katie Packer, Executive Director Workforce Fairness Institute Though it may be no surprise to some, union bosses continue to press their agenda for the forced unionization of workers and small businesses across the country. Just the other day, Richard Trumka, president of the American Federation of Labor [...]
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