National Labor Relations Board continues pro-union, anti-jobs agenda!

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By Administrator / Pantano for Congress    June 27, 2011
 

On the heels of its politically charged attempt to stop Boeing from locating a new factory in South Carolina, a right-to-work state, the National Labor Relations Board has continued it's pro-union, anti-job political power grab.  This time  the NLRB wants to change the rules for union elections to create "quickie" elections that will be much easier for labor unions to win (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304070104576399822234404508.html).

This is nothing more than a politically charged attempt to stop the spiraling decrease in union membership (down to 6.5% from a high o f35% in the 1950s according to the WSJ)  for the political benefit of President Obama and liberals in Congress at the expense of American jobs. Labor Unions were one of the biggest contributosrs to Obama's election campaign in 2008 and one of the biggest donors to his followers in Congress like Mike McIntyre (Big Labor has donated over $450,000 to McIntyre) and now Obama and friends are politicizing the NLRB because they need the big money from big labor for the 2012 election cylce.  As the Wall Street Journal  editors wrote in their editorial "The Union Quickie,"  is designed to be independent with the purpose of ensuring fair labor practices, but under Obama  the NLRB is now "hyperpolitized" and "an advocate for unions."   

Congressman Joe Kline, Chairman of the House's Education & Workforce Committee was absolutley right in his statement in reacton to the NLRB's proprosal:

“In a direct affront to the millions of Americans desperate for jobs and opportunities, the Obama NLRB continues to push an activist agenda at the expense of our nation’s workforce. Big Labor has found faithful friends on the Obama NLRB who are working hard to ‘fix’ a process that isn’t broken.  Not only will this misguided proposal to expedite union elections undermine an employer’s lawful right to communicate with his or her employees, it will cripple a worker’s ability to make an informed decision. Employers and employees have a right to speak their mind and vote their conscience; I will continue to oppose any effort to undermine these fundamental principles.”

“The board is rushing a flawed proposal through a flawed process that will result in limited public scrutiny and congressional input.  For the sake of the nation’s workers and job creators, I urge the board to scrap this reckless proposal and abandon its job-destroying agenda.

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Where have Obama's ill-advised jobs policies taken us? Here's the story -- by the numbers.

JUNE 13, 2011

FROM THE WEBSITE OF THE GOP MAJORITY IN CONGRESS

After more than two years of destructive jobs policies and the constant threat of higher taxes and record deficits, a simple look at our current unemployment data shows that the President’s policies are failing.

• 9.1%:  The unemployment rate for the month of May.

• 28: The number of consecutive months that unemployment has been at or above 8 percent—the level the President said unemployment would never reach if the stimulus passed.

• 19.1%: The rate of underemployment during mid-May according to Gallup’s monthly employment survey.  This accounts for the unemployed, those unable to find full-time work and those discouraged from looking for work.

• 13,914,000: The number of unemployed Americans looking for work in the month of May.

• 44,587,321: The number of Americans receiving food stamps, the highest number of participants in history.

• 39.7: The average number of weeks that job seekers have been unemployed.

• 8,548,000: The number of Americans who are working only part-time because they cannot find full time employment.

• 6,200,000: The number of Americans unemployed and searching for work for more than 27 weeks.

• 2,206,000: The number of unemployed Americans who want work, but who have stopped looking because of the state of the economy.

• 1,231,000: The number of job seekers that are new entrants to the workforce and have yet to find a job.

• 24.2%: The unemployment rate among job seekers between the ages of 16 and 19.

• 16.2%: The unemployment rate among African Americans.

• 11.9%: The unemployment rate among Hispanics and Latinos.

• 14.7%:  The unemployment rate among Americans without high school diplomas.

• 6.8%: The level at which the Obama administration claimed unemployment would be today if the “stimulus” was signed into law.

• 1,908,000: The number of net jobs the economy has shed since the Democrats’ “stimulus” was signed into law in February 2009.

• $1,161,000,000,000:  The total cost of the Democrats’ “stimulus.”  CBO estimates the cost of the bill will reach $814 billion and interest on the debt for the bill will be at least $347 billion. 

We Can Reverse Course, Create Jobs, and Grow the Economy Now

While the news is gloomy, there is still an opportunity for the nation to change directions.  Republicans in Congress are taking action to create a better environment for job growth immediately and ensure economic growth in the future.

Already the economy is making small gains since Republicans took control of the House.  The modest improvement can be attributed to two factors—the free-market economy is slowly moving toward a recovery from this deep recession, and with Republicans controlling one lever of the lawmaking powers, job creators know the upper limits of the Democrats’ legislative pain is behind them.

While the White House and Senate may refuse to enact our policies, House Republicans’ actions will increase confidence in the private sector by guaranteeing a check on the Democrats’ reckless spending and job-crushing regulations.

http://www.gop.gov/policy-news/