June 13, 2011 NILRR News Clips
Unions kill jobs: Just ask the unemployed in South Carolina
Washington examiner Online, 6/12/2011
Now those jobs are in jeopardy. Fortunately, the National
Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has announced it will provide gratis
legal counsel to three South Carolina Boeing employees whose livelihoods are
threatened by the outrageous intervention of Obama’s NLRB.
One of those employees, Dennis Murray, explained: “The
current unemployment rate here is high and jobs are scarce. If I lose my job, my
family will be devastated. … Thanks to Boeing I am able to keep food on the
table and a roof over my head for all of my family.” Not for long, courtesy of
your federal government.
The hypocrisy of the administration is stunning. In his
first State of the Union address in January 2010, Obama promised his first order
of business would be jobs, jobs, jobs, solemnly intoning: “[J]obs must be our
number one focus in 2010, and that is why I am calling for a new jobs bill
tonight. … People are out of work. They are hurting. They need our help.”
Top NLRB Lawyer to Testify (Reluctantly) at House Hearing on Boeing
Wall Street Journal Online, 6/20/2011
In a letter to Mr. Issa dated today, Mr. Solomon agreed,
but not without citing some of his concerns about congressional interference.
“I am not aware of any other time in history of the Office
of the General Counsel that a General Counsel has been compelled to testify at a
Congressional hearing about the merits of a pending case,†he wrote. “I continue
to have serious concerns about a personal appearance at this hearing and the
potential impact that certain areas of inquiry may have on the due process
rights of litigants and on the interest of protecting the legal integrity of the
decision making process.â€
UAW Shifts Stance on Pay Increases
Wall Street Journal Online, 6/10/2011
The United Auto Workers union is open to discussing wider
use of profit-sharing plans instead of fixed pay increases for its members, a
key shift as the union nears contract talks with Detroit auto makers.
Labor dispute threatens to upstage Tony Awards
Wall Street Journal Online, 6/09/2011
Hundreds of members of the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees plan to gather with a giant inflatable rat near the
Beacon Theatre on Broadway where the award show will be held Sunday evening.
The stagehands have traditionally set up the red carpet and
tent outside the annual event, but this year the awards show has been moved to a
new theater and the red carpet has been moved a block south — outside the
perimeter where the union is assured jobs.
New Hampshire Lawmakers Repeal Public Employee Card Check Law
Daily Labor Report Online, 6/10/2011
BOSTON–A bill (H.B. 589) repealing a 2007 statute allowing
certification of public employee unions through written majority authorization
became law in New Hampshire June 9 without the signature of Gov. John Lynch (D).
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