Category Archives: Politics

AFSCME Just Couldn’t Wait Until 2012

AFSCME’s fast and loose endorsement of the President long before the elections take place should worry all of us who want a fair workplace. Continue reading

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WFI Calls Out George Miller As A Hypocrite

Dave Berry, the NLRB’s inspector general, told The Hill his office is aware of the allegations that the labor board’s lone Republican member, Brian Hayes, might have been offered something of value to leave his position. Hayes made a resignation threat in October to Mark Pearce, the board’s Democratic chairman, but has since decided against leaving the board. His resignation would have reduced the NLRB to two members, leaving it without a quorum and unable to render rulings or regulations, including a contentious rule that would speed up union elections that Hayes and many Republicans are opposed to … Continue reading

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With House Passage, Time For Senate To Act On Labor Legislation

It is virtually impossible to argue with any intellectual honesty that either “quickie” elections or “micro-units” would create a single job. Instead, they would place additional burdens on businesses resulting in lost jobs and closures. Continue reading

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WFI Responds To House Passage Of Workforce Democracy & Fairness Act

The Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) today released the following statement in response to the U.S. House of Representatives voting in favor of the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act Continue reading

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North Carolina Tells DNC: “Respect North Carolina’s Right-To-Work Status!”

“The North Carolina House of Representatives urges the Democratic Party to rely on North Carolina companies and workers for its contracts leading up to and during the 2012 Democratic National Convention,” the resolution stated. Many fully qualified North Carolina businesses are being denied contracts simply because they are not union shops. Continue reading

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Members Of Congress Speak Up For American Workers

This legislation could be the energy needed to prevent an economic catastrophe caused by the NLRB and their fat cat union bosses friends. Rogue regulations imposed by Big Labor will be overturned, protecting the free speech rights of workers and small businesses. Continue reading

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WFI Statement On Obama Labor Board & Ambush Elections

With just weeks before the term of labor radical Craig Becker finally concluding, President Obama’s National Labor Relations Board appears committed to jamming down the throats of employees and employers rules, which would institute ‘quickie’ or ‘ambush’ elections as a final giveaway to labor bosses expected to bankroll next year’s campaign,” said Fred Wszolek, spokesperson for the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI). “In its feverish pursuit of a job-killing policy, the so-called ‘independent’ agency has been accused of withholding information from Congress and even violating laws governing staff conduct. Continue reading

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Congress Should Pass Common Sense Labor Legislation That Fosters Job Creation

By passing the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, Congress will not only rectify the job killing partisan actions of the NLRB, it will show this unelected board that there are limits on their undemocratic efforts to legislate by regulation. Continue reading

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