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 9:30 AM, May 15, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAYAfter the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) sparked national outrage by telling Boeing that it could not open a factory in a right-to-work state, there's little evidence that the board has been chastened. The latest news is that a recent decision to allow unions to hold "quickie" elections to organize workplaces has been struck down:
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said only two of the three members of the board required to constitute a quorum actually voted on the rule. He said representation elections will have to continue under previously established procedures unless the board votes with a proper quorum. The rule went into effect on April 30.
“According to Woody Allen, eighty percent of life is just showing up,” Boasberg wrote in an opinion issued today. “When it comes to satisfying a quorum requirement, though, showing up is even more important than that.”
The rule change, challenged in court by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, simplified and shortened balloting at a time when the unionized share of the workforce is falling, according to labor relations consultant Phillip Wilson. The compressed schedule could have cut the time permitted for voting in half to as few as 15 days, Wilson said.
Unions win 87 percent of elections held 15 days or less after a request, a rate that falls to 58 percent when the vote takes place after 36 to 40 days, according to a February report by Bloomberg Government.
The third member of the NLRB who didn't vote on the rule had previously voted against it and “effectively indicated his opposition," according to the judge's decision.
4:28 PM, May 9, 2012 • By STEPHEN F. HAYESAn interesting thing happened in the Wisconsin recall primary yesterday: Governor Scott Walker received more votes than Tom Barrett and Kathleen Falk combined, the two leading Democrats fighting to challeng him on June 5. Walker won the votes of 626,538 Wisconsinites, despite the fact that he had only token opposition. The two leading Democrats together had 619,049 votes.
Read more... 3:17 PM, Apr 5, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPERGovernor Bobby Jindal brings hope and change to the education system in Louisiana. The AP reports:
"The Louisiana House has given final passage to Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to make it tougher for teachers to reach the job protection known as tenure and to do away with the statewide pay scale for teachers.
Read more... Mar 26, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 27 • By MARK HEMINGWAY
Last week, the New York Times reported that “labor leaders say they will mount their biggest campaign effort, with far more union members than ever before—at least 400,000, they say—knocking on voters’ doors to counter the well-endowed ‘super-PACs’ backing Republicans.”
Read more... 4:19 PM, Feb 9, 2012 • By BEN SCHACHTERBy now the Chrysler Super Bowl advertisement has become well known. And not surprisingly it’s gotten political. “Powerful spot,” said David Axelrod. “Extremely well-done,” said Karl Rove, adding:
Read more... Glenn Kessler's nose is growing. 4:03 PM, Feb 8, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAYI've already written at length on the major media's "fact checkers" and, alas, it's a never ending game of whack-a-mole to point out the absurdity of the arguments employed by these self-appointed guardians of veracity.
Read more... 12:26 PM, Feb 6, 2012 • By MICHAEL WARRENHere's one of the commercials played during last night's Super Bowl, from the Center for Union Facts:
Read more... 4:17 PM, Jan 31, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAYA reporter for the Arizona Republic notes that the state's Republican legislature is set to outdo Wisconsin with their attempt to curb public employee unions. According to the report, the bill would:
Read more... The Employee Rights Act. Feb 6, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 20 • By FRED BARNES
For the first time in decades, union power is under serious threat. Indiana is on the verge of becoming the 23rd state to enact a right-to-work law, liberating workers from being forced to join a union. New Hampshire may also adopt some form of right-to-work. Murmurs about a national right-to-work law are growing. Public sector unions continue to face efforts to curb their power and trim their lavish contracts.
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