03_Latest News - February 2010
03_February 3, 2010
AFL-CIO Mouthpiece Admits Big Labor's Strategy is to use NLRB to Push Americans into Unions
The Huffington Post by: Sam Stein
We have documented the way in which NLRB nominee Craig Becker’s testimony has failed to assuage the concerns that the former SEIU attorney’s anti-employer views would impair his ability to function in his potential new role.
But there’s also the concern that his mild-mannered answers — which could have left many thinking he has changed his view that he could use the NLRB to replace the current secret-ballot system with card check — didn’t tell the whole story.
LaborUnionReport.com points out this claim by AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka organizing boss Stewart Acuff on using the NLRB to pass card check when legislators would not:
Hmm. Certainly worth keeping in mind as Senators send his nomination one more important step into the process Thursday morning. |