[BLF]

A long time lurker and a first time poster, I noticed this article in a newsletter. Working in manufacturing, I was interested about when the various labor changes would come around for votes. These are the tip of the coming iceberg.

It was good to see Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn state: "it's little more than an earmark for the trial bar". It was disapointing that Anh Cao [R]-Louisana voted for it.

More about the bills: Paycheck Fairness Act and Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

[Carry_Okie]

Here comes "comparable worth."

[ConservativeCompendium.net]

FOrget it. Repubs are Dem-lite's.

At least half the repubs are going to vote for any bills the Dems are gonna put on the agenda.

[Last Dakotan]

Democrats led lawmakers in approving a bill making clear that women who are victims of gender-based discrimination can sue for compensatory and punitive damage.

Simple solution - don't hire women.

[umgud]

Good post newbie. This kind of activity is worth monitoring. Please keep us up to date.

[ElkGroveDan]

What ever happened to the good old American way: “Don’t like your job? Quit.” “Can’t afford to quit? Then shut up and get back to work.”

[DB]

So can employers now sue their female employees if the produce less than their male counterparts? It should work both ways shouldn't it?

Meanwhile our economic house is on fire and these morons are doing their best to make it worse... The endless suing of the wealth and jobs creators until they do neither anymore...

[Enchante]

The Demagogues and RINOs are going to go hog-wild with stuff like this and much much more. Our only hope is that they over-reach enough on some high-profile issues that the backlash can begin in 2010.

Sadly, as they proceed to blast open the southern border with Shamnesty etc. they will add significantly to the prospects for a long-term socialist majority.

[saganite]

The La rep campaigned pretty much as a liberal Republican. Given his constituency you should not expect him to do anything remotely considered conservative.

[lookout88]

Some work is more equal than others

[popdonnelly]

We are headed for an inflationary economy, and the very same workers will be complaining that their wages don’t keep up with inflation.

[vikingd00d]

>>The Paycheck Fairness Act ... also puts the burden on employers to prove that any disparities in wages are job-related and not sex-based

Guilty until proven innocent. This bill turns two centuries of American jurisprudence on its head. Perhaps some lawyer here can tell me if there is ANY other law on the books which demands the presumption of guilt.

[Wiseghy]

I’ve been expecting this. So far, the press is shamelessly lapping up the “we’re moderates!” message of the incoming administration.

Proposed bills like this make it clear what the actual posture will be.
Based on appointments, I’d say energy and labor especially are in for big trouble (as well as the entire country).