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September 3, 2007 By Mark Mix - After years of scheming, waiting, and investing forced dues into the campaigns of their handpicked politicians, Big Labor bosses believe they are just one step away from a big payoff. Their goal is simple: Ram the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill (H.R. 980) into law by any means necessary. Just before the August recess, under suspension of the rules, union-label politicians succeeded in passing the Police and Firefighter Monopoly Bargaining Bill through the House. Thanks to the union bosses' propaganda machine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ran into little difficulty. Misguided congressmen from...

Federalization of Public-Safety Union Monopoly Would Harm Police, Firemen, Taxpayers So-Called ‘Exclusive Representation’ Hands Union Bosses Inordinate Political Power *** Currently, each state has very broad authority to set its own policy regarding the unionization of state and local government employees in general and public-safety officers in particular. Elected officials in a number of states have caved into Big Labor demands by enacting state laws empowering union officials to seize monopoly-bargaining control over public-safety employees. Under state monopoly-bargaining laws, public-safety officers, including those who have chosen not to be union members, can be forced to accept union officials as their...