Card check is looking dead at the ballot box because politicians know it makes for terrible politics. But President Obama’s administration is turning to clever, quiet regulatory efforts to push through Big Labor’s agenda — and the first item on the agenda is today’s hearing for the man who would impose card check by fiat.
What can you do? Call your Senator now (202-224-3121) to oppose Craig Becker for the National Labor Relations Board.
Why: Today’s hearing is for Craig Becker, a top SEIU and AFL-CIO lawyer who hates that employers can talk to their employees about little things … like union dues, unions punishing employees who don’t picket, things like that. BG blogger Rick Manning has noted previously:
Instead of being a fair arbiter, Becker has advocated for extensive restrictions on employer communications with employees preceding a union organizing vote. He has gone so far as to call for employers to be barred from attending NLRB hearings about elections, and not allowing employers to challenge results even when evidence of union misconduct is present. If confirmed it is likely that Craig Becker, not Hilda Solis, will have the lasting impact on labor relations whether Congress passes the Employee Free Choice Act or not.
And if that’s not enough motivation, know that ACORN founder Wade Rathke will be glad you didn’t take time to pick up the phone.
Read more from the Wall Street Journal for background.
I know this is inside baseball, but it’s incredibly important. If Tea Parties are to mean anything, if direct citizen engagement is to mean anything, the energy has to be directed toward the mundane machinations of bureaucrats.
Hey, remember Obama said he wanted to build a Citizen Army. He already has his ACORNs across the country and now the Unions. Next he'll want to take over whatever else he can get away with, for his National Socialist Party of NAZI Democratic party, All for the good of the Fatherland. This is Fascism and we are watching it unfold right in front of our eyes.
We have an UN-AMERICAN President in the Oval Office. Way to vote in a Traitor Democrats!!
I'm still confused as to how they can call it the employee free choice act when it is exactly the opposite of that. I suppose it's like the pres calling it a stimulus package when it does just the opposite. One thing most people really don't like is having someone mess with their lively hood, and that is exactly what unions do. Having worked behind the scenes of several unions, I know some of their practices. It makes me so disgusted that I am considering devoting the remainder of my life to bringing about the destruction of the unions. With very few exceptions, they are nothing more than blood suckers, stealing away the spoils of hard working Americans to line their own pockets with money and power.
Hit the sumbitches twice as hard!
Hum…I'm hearing people can't get through to voice their opinions. Not a surprise.
I know I'm getting in late on this one, but after reading all of the articles and comments about James' situation, one caught my eye. If "We the People" are the owners of everything government, then I guess we also own the phone system (equipment) and pay the monthly bills for the phone service (lines that provide the transmission, local and LD) . Is there any way to find out who is the provider of the phone service in D.C.? Wouldn't it be great if everyone called the phone company to register a repair ticket? (in D.C. as well as their local offices providers.) The phone company would be overwhelmed and would certainly have to do something about it, don't you think? Just a thought from a concerned citizen……..
That is the double speak Obama style.
They hug you all the while intending to stab you in the back.
Its very important for everyone – when we look at any of these initiatives from this administration and this congress to understand the impact to our lives.
I would be glad to engage in discussion with those with opposing viewpoints that do so in a somewhat civil, factual manner. Everyone can state their viewpoints, but I was raised to do it in a respectful, factual manner. (Worked for me in the business world for 40 years.) The trolls here are not going to change their minds, no matter how anyone responds, nor are they going to change ours. They just take up space on this great website. I'll let you guys engage them, I don't waste my time on the juveniles. Go for it!
Well, Maxine, you seem like a sweet person. It's a shame that you have had to become involved in all of this- but I'm proud that you have chosen to, even though your sensibilities protest against it. It's never pretty when you have to fight the mud-slingers, but we can't allow them to control the debate. Every lie told that might be believed by someone sitting on the fence must be answered. In doing so, we prove our point and propagate our message to an ever wider audience.
Personally, I find the trolls to be very useful. Aside from the fact that they are fun to insult, they are also frequently very helpful in illustrating a particular point. As my father told me, no one is worthless. You can always serve as a bad example. you just need the proper perspective to appreciate these trolls for what they are!
Maybe she shares one with Landreu.
Feinstein doesn't even have her answering machine on.
Thank you since the Canadian site is now gone too.
I've noticed a lot more trolls lately. I wish everyone would just ignore them, it would make it much easier to scroll through the comments that are intelligent and thought provoking. The trolls seem to be so hateful for those that have views that differ from theirs – who cares what they think with that attitude!
It seems to me that this could be handled at the State level in the event it gets sneaked through. Unions have virtually NO power in Right to Work States (something that they hate to admit). Affected States could always become Right To Work…problem solved.
You are quite correct, Maxine. The DC area code is, in fact, 202. Good catch! I can't imagine why you would get a thumb down for that, so I put it back. It must have been a prolib troll looking to trample our free speech rights.
"What can you do? Call your Senator now (202-224-3121) to oppose Craig Becker for the National Labor Relations Board."
I am curious now.
I can never get through to my CONgressman or Senator. After the Mary Landrieu/James O'Keefe kerfluffle in LA last week,I cannot help but wonder if ALL government office don't have a device on their phones, that make them ring "busy" all the time. Now wouldn't that be a nice twist, to an already sordid plot line?
Yes,we hit the phones early this morning to call from PST to reach offices at EST. Mark Mix was also on alerting his base. A TRUE STORY-
Back in 1978 I worked for GM Fisher Body Division. As a new hire you go through 90 days of probation before your automatically inducted into the union whether you like it or not. As a union worker, I couldn’t take the absolute waste of manpower the UAW insisted upon. One account(of many) I vividly remember. During my shift, a guy sat on crate chewing tobacco in like a spray booth (like a self serve car wash)for 8 hours. Never hit a lick the entire shift. I asked a coworker, “what is that guys job”? He replied, “oh, he sprays off the welder dies when they need cleaning”. I said, “well what if there aren’t any to clean off”? He said, “he can just sit there”. I thought, WOW no wonder a Chevy costs $10,000 (back then)! Now as we look back on unions and the demands they forced, the $ cookie jar is almost empty and the low-productive high wage, UAW worker is cause for reflection on the free markets to work long term. Andy Stern, Craig Becker and his type can go to India for members. Leave the USA since you hate it so much.