Posted on 12/26/2012 5:07:24 AM PST by TurboZamboni
Christmas came early for Big Labor last week when the National Labor Relations Board handed down a pair of decisions that overturned longstanding precedent and will deliver a windfall to union finances.
On Wednesday, the NLRB voted 3-to-1 to gut protections for workers who don't want their money spent on politics. In states without right-to-work laws, employees of unionized companies are coerced into paying dues as a condition of employment. But under the Supreme Court's 1988 Beck decision, workers are allowed to withhold the portion of their dues that unions spend on political activity.
Unions must also maintain independently verified audits of their finances and provide members with proof that their assertions about spending practices are accurate. But the NLRB now says those requirements no longer apply and so-called Beck objectors are no longer entitled to see proof that their money isn't included in union spending on politics. Maybe the Securities and Exchange Commission should waive business audits too.
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But under the Supreme Court’s 1988 Beck decision...
Funny...I have never heard this discussed or mentioned on the Blaze (I have Dish Net) /LOL
The NRLB has overturned a SCOTUS decision?
Time to go back to court.
The NLRB is still operating with a “recess appointment” that was made when there was no recess. So this will be litigated, providing another chance to overturn everything the NLRB has done since Obama illegally filled the positions.
Every day, one or more news stories tell me we are living in a dictatorship or that the country has gone to hell. My eyes are bleery....just wake me when the shooting starts.
...............yes sir!...........I TOTALLY agree......................our utterly corrupt democracy simply is incapable of comprehensive change!
but, no worries, QE 3 is going to pop the bubble soon! When printing money doesn’t work anymore, the party is over and the feds are out of money! And, no one breathing air on this earth knows exactly what will happen then! When the first shots were fired at Concord, or Fort Sumter, no one knew of the colossal result either!
The NLRB is operating unlawfully. 2 of its current appointees were put in with an illegal “recess appointment” while the Senate was still in session 11 months ago.
Where does a “free country” acquire a National Labor Relations Board?
This is a Constitutional crisis caused by blurring the lines of authority and distinct powers granted by the Constitution. The Executive Branch is legislating and judging. Jobs it is not supposed to do.
Get rid of these alphabet soup agencies that legislate and adjudicate. It’s not their job.
same place they get a Bronco Bama.
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