Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Of Card Check and Purity
A quick interesting note that offers a good reminder of just how important it is to fight and kill the intentionally misnamed Employee Free Choice Act is that some top leaders of the Republican Party are considering something of a “purity test” for potential candidates — and a position against card check would be part of that decision.
That’s more evidence that opposition to EFCA is a political winner, as is news that a candidate under fire is pointing to her opposition to card check. Makes one wonder why any politicians would want to keep this on the table as they head into an election year.
Wasn’t Card Check About The Workers?
Wrong! It’s about many things … control, buckets of money union bosses expect to haul in, and — you guessed it — the political power that money can buy. The folks from Netroots Nation 09 were apparently kind enough to post video of the importance union density plays to electing Democrats:
A more cynical blog would conclude that legislators who support EFCA are doing so for a political advantage. We, however, will simply conclude that some legislators have been genuinely misled about the bill’s attack on workplace democracy and the resulting loss of jobs.
But were EFCA to pass, ignorance would be no excuse for legislators having voted for it or any form of EFCA-lite. Just one more thing for the political calculus.
The Political Reason For Card Check
Modernizing the nation
Dollars Everywhere, But Not One To Spare
Union officials have thrown money around like it’s going out of style — and indeed it may be, as three stories circulating the news point out:
- The Wall Street Journal notes that the AFL-CIO and the Service Employees International Union are both facing much bigger liabilities than in recent years, thanks to their lavish political spending
- A critical new examination finds almost half of the nation’s largest unions have pensions funds that are at “endangered” funding levels, according to a report from the Washington Examiner (which, of course, includes a quote from ABC’s in-house expert, Brett McMahon)
- Newt Gingrich’s article “Once, we would have called it a scandal” … well, frankly, it has so much info that we aren’t going to do it an injustice by recapping — just click thee there immediately.
Gorski Questions AFL-CIO Strategy on EFCA
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) 2009 National Chairman Jerry Gorski, president of Gorski Engineering, Collegeville, Pa., today issued the following statement in reaction to news that the AFL-CIO will support Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter
