I get a lot of updates from the National Right to Work Committee, which fights big labor unions, and I support their work. Therefore, I am posting this latest message I got from them concerning your friend and mine, Harry Reid.
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September Newsletter: Beware Harry Reid's "November Surprise"
Congress is back in session after its August recess, and the forced unionism proponents at the helm are desperate to ram through Big Labor power grabs like the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill (S. 3194).
In fact, this dangerous legislation could come up for a vote at any moment.
Big Labor's allies in Congress know their jobs are in jeopardy, and they're willing to use any means necessary to implement this forced unionism scheme before or even after the election in a "November Surprise."
Under union-label Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's plan, the "lame duck" chamber could remain in session until well into December, with only a brief Thanksgiving recess.
Up to now, the Right to Work Committee and its members have led a successful campaign to block the union brass from ramming Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining legislation through Congress.
But because Harry Reid could try to push the bill through the Senate at any time, Right to Work members and supporters nationwide must be prepared to keep turning up the heat on their senators and congressmen, from today through Election Day and even beyond.
For more on Big Labor's desperation -- including the threat of a lame-duck session -- check out the latest issue of the National Right to Work Committee's monthly newsletter. Also in this month's issue:
Forced Union Dues-Funded Incumbent Protection — Will Big Labor Machine Rescue Unpopular Union-Label Politicians?
Pro-Union Monopoly Republican Loses in Kansas — Public-Safety Union Power Grab at Issue in Senate Primary
Big Apple Carpenters Union Local Stays Crooked — Federally-Authorized Compulsory Dues Undermine Clean-Up Efforts
Auto Union-Boss Bailout Not Improving With Age — White House Again Exhorts Taxpayers to Feel Good About Boondoggle
Idahoans Commemorate Right to Work Anniversary — Gem State Politicians Eager to Be Associated With Successful Law
Read the full issue by clicking here.
The Committee relies on the voluntary support of individual Americans who believe in our cause and wish to advance our programs.
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The National Right to Work Committee is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, single-purpose citizens' organization dedicated to combating compulsory unionism through an aggressive program designed to mobilize public opposition to compulsory unionism and, at the same time, enlist public support for Right to Work legislation. The Committee's mailing address is 8001 Braddock Road, Springfield, Virginia 22160. The Committee can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-325-7892. Its web address is http://nrtwc.org/
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The National Right to Work Committee are the direct heirs of Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens.
ReplyDeleteAnything Reid can do to strengthen unions vis-a-vis the obscene power in the hands of large scale employers is fine with me.
...for the union makes us strong!
LOL
ReplyDeleteJefferson Davis??? Wasn't he the president of the confederacy?
Alexander Stevens?? Who is he?
"...for the union makes us strong!"
ReplyDeleteHow's the Kool Aid?
Maybe in Wisconsin, but the govt employee unions have destroyed California. We are bankrupt thanks to the relationship between Sacramento and the unions.
The vice president of the confederacy.
ReplyDeleteGreat trivia question.
ReplyDeleteGary, you are starting to get a bit more specific. I will grant you that public employee unions can put important considerations out of balance, and that California has some cases in point. The worst is the prison guards union, which has made building prisons a cause, rather than something to be done as necessary.
ReplyDeleteThe parameters to public employment should be
(a) voters, taxpayers, politicians, have no business expecting public employees to work cheap or free to help us cut corners, especially since public employees are our neighbors, and are themselves voters and taxpayers,
(b) public employees are not entitled to extra goodies just because their terms of employment are determined by recipients of campaign donations and endorsements by public employee unions.
None of this adds up to reasons to support the National Right to Work for Less Committee.
Siarlys,
ReplyDeleteDo you believe that workers should be forced to belong to a union and contribute to a union that gives financial support to causes and parties the worker doesn't support?
No, and we don't have such a legal requirement in the United States. If a majority of workers endorse forming a bargaining unit, the minority of workers should be bound by the contract which results, in terms of wages, hours, etc., and in the event of a strike, should be ineligible for union benefits if they cross the picket line or otherwise aid the employer.
ReplyDeleteAs to political donations, the recent Supreme Court decision about corporate speech MAY have unleashed the unions to spend dues money on political contributions, but prior to that, and as far as I know even since, unions are prohibited from doing that. They solicit members for voluntary donations to the Committee on Political Education, which is the source of campaign donations to candidate or causes.