by Girish Anand | Jun 24, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, Random Musings
Betraying its own selfish interests in trying to castrate business owners when it comes to union organizing, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is now employing the very tactics it wants to outlaw for employers. The Los Angeles Times reports that the...
by Girish Anand | May 14, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
James Sherk, writing for the Heritage Foundation, has challenged the assertion that current union organizing laws favor the employer over the organizers. He makes these points, and I’m taking the liberty to quote his text directly: In fact, as I have written...
by Girish Anand | May 6, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
Senator Tom Harkin, D.-Iowa, says compromise is in order to save the Employee Free Choice Act, specifying that the card check provision will no doubt have to be dropped. "Compromises are going to be made," said Harkin, 69. "It probably won’t be...
by Girish Anand | May 1, 2009 | Federal Labor Law
Warren Buffett, the sage of Omaha, was the first Obama-aire to come out against the EFCA (Employee Free Choice Act) and its card-check unionization. Now he’s been joined by three other Obama-backing billionaires (did you realize that the Democratic Party has a...
by Girish Anand | Apr 27, 2009 | Random Musings
Japan’s dirty little immigration secrets are starting to come to light, and they’re not pretty. A little history from The Japan Times: Back in the 1980s, “official” Japan became worried that labor was getting too expensive, threatening its...
