Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The NLRB Putsch - WSJ.com
Clearly, elected officials have embraced the concept of making everything a crises requiring immediate action.
That works very much in their favor as there is no time for deliberation.
There is no time to consider long term consequences.
There is no time for counter arguments or public hearings.
There is often no time to even read the legislation before they vote.
Remember the Health Care plan just had to be voted on Christmas Eve.
We deserve better, much better...
That works very much in their favor as there is no time for deliberation.
There is no time to consider long term consequences.
There is no time for counter arguments or public hearings.
There is often no time to even read the legislation before they vote.
Remember the Health Care plan just had to be voted on Christmas Eve.
We deserve better, much better...
A recent Wall Street Journal opinion column included this and more:
"The descent of the National Labor Relations Board from independent referee to a wholly owned AFL-CIO subsidiary is speeding up. Now its two Democratic appointees are attempting to ram through a new rule requiring quickie organizing elections, with barely any notice and little consultation with its sole GOP member.
Once a sleepy, ostensibly independent agency, the NLRB has become the point of the spear for Democratic labor policy since Republicans took the House last year. Earlier this year its general counsel sued to block Boeing from making its planes at a new plant in South Carolina, a case that is still proceeding and could kill thousands of jobs.
Now Chairman Mark Pearce, an Obama appointee, says he'll hold a vote next Wednesday on rules to shorten the time frame for union elections. The fire drill is intended to approve the union-favored plan before the recess appointment of the board's other Democrat expires and they lose their quorum."
