Obama admin bullies states over card check rules

Washington Examiner ^ | 1/16/11 | David Freddoso

[princess leah]

Here in Arizona we are a “right to work” state and so unions aren’t the big tough machine like they are in states such as IL, NJ,etc.

[cranked]

....A given....it’s the Chicago way..... =.=

[RocketRoland]

I tell you folks,the Democrats and Obama are no different than Hitler. The Feds and the Unions know they can intimidate people into installing unions if they can watch the vote or know for sure the way they vote. Anyone knowing the least bit about unions know they have no compunction to hurting people or their families for that matter. This is dangerous and the way Hitler came into power.

[SECURE AMERICA]

The American Citizens to the Federal Government and the Unions. Kiss Our Ass..........

[Principled]

The National Labor Relations Board on Friday threatened to sue Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah over constitutional amendments guaranteeing workers the right to a secret ballot in union elections.

The agency's acting general counsel, Lafe Solomon, said the amendments conflict with federal law, which gives employers the option of recognizing a union if a majority of workers sign cards that support unionizing.

I don't see how there is a conflict. A majority of workers can still sign cards supporting unionization irrespective of the State's requirement of a secret ballot. Shirley the NLRB isn't this stupid???

Solomon is asking the attorneys general ... for official statements agreeing that their amendments are unconstitutional

To quote Johnny Mc... "you cannot be serious!"

[Diogenesis]

Obama LOGIC:

If it is good for Kenya, it is good for the stupid Americans.

[FrankR]

[yldstrk]

Was with someone who was ordering business cards yesterday and heard of the union “bug” for the first time. Thought it totally bizarre.

[MrB]

Here I thought we had to petition Congress to keep them from passing “card check”.

Come to find out, this admin just did an end run,
“deemed” card check to be the default,
and is demanding that states abide by that default.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

Obama won the democrat nomination with a lot of help from Caucus votes, so he's very well acquainted with the ‘advantages’ of public ‘ballots’ that allow voters to be pressured to vote the way they are ‘supposed’ to.

[MrB]

Everybody sing!

“Look for...
the union lay bull...
and make sure you’re buying...
something...
else...”

[Mr. K]

"The agency's acting general counsel, Lafe Solomon, said the amendments conflict with federal law, which gives employers the option of recognizing a union if a majority of workers sign cards that support unionizing."

The difference being that you don't get to 'sign a card' in private.

If a couple of union goons show up at your door with baseball bats and say "Me 'n the boys think youse outghta sign this here card" They can easily get "a majority of workers to sign cards"

And employers will not have "the option" of recognizing the union

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced on June 20, 2010, that Lafe Solomon was tapped to serve as the NLRB’s Acting General Counsel. The General Counsel, as “gatekeeper” of cases at the NLRB, is responsible for the investigation and prosecution of unfair labor practice cases.

Mr. Solomon began his career with the NLRB 38 years ago as a field examiner in the Seattle office. Most recently, Mr. Solomon served as director of the NLRB’s Office of Representation Appeals.

Mr. Solomon replaces Ronald Meisburg

as outgoing General Counsel. Mr. Meisburg, whose term as General Counsel did not expire until August, resigned his position effective June 20, which prompted President Barack Obama to appoint Mr. Solomon to the post.

[FrankR]

That's right. The only purpose of an "open ballot" is so they will know who to harass and attack for not going along with their socialist unions.

It's Chicagoland politics...a National "protection racket".

[yldstrk]

unions=communist cells

[yldstrk]

LMAO

[Oceander]

Nah, that’d be giving them too much credit. For the most part, unions are just criminal enterprises - shakedown rackets extorting “protection” money from businesses and the taxpayers, just like the old organized crime families of yesteryear did.

[Lazamataz]

Secret ballot elections are so EVIL, according to Obama.

I'm sure he'd like to do away with them in the public sector as well.