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This morning the House rejected an amendment that would have made it easier to unionize air and rail workers. The amendment was supported by the Obama administration and the labor unions. Rep. Steve LaTourette (R-Ohio) proposed allowing a National Mediation Board (NMB) ruling that abstentions would no longer be counted as votes against unionization to stand. While it sounds reasonable in theory, in practice it allows unions to be formed with as little worker support as possible.
The 206-220 vote, with just 16 Republicans backing LaTourette, is not enough to withstand a veto, however. Rep. Phil Gringrey (R-GA) said on a conference call earlier this week that he was hopeful his language overturning the NMB ruling could pass the House and Senate by veto-proof majorities. The Obama administration has signaled it will veto the FAA bill over this language. Russ Brown and Ivan Osorio had a piece on this up on the main site.
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Oldefarte| 4.1.11 @ 4:29PM
I'm FOR anything/everything that eliminates labor unions in this country, either in PUBLIC or PRIVATE industry, period. Labor unions are what are destroying this country's economy!!!!!!!
eaglewingz08| 4.1.11 @ 5:16PM
So let the FAA be defunded because Obama refuses reasonable union rules. The country will survive.
Nite| 4.1.11 @ 8:41PM
We do NOT need more Union public/federal workers to wind up at the public feeding trough. There are more than enough ripping off tax paying public.
Bill| 4.2.11 @ 8:06AM
These are the Republicans that backed the Unions on this bill:
LaTourette, Steven [R]
Young, Donald [R]
Smith, Christopher [R]
Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R]
Rivera, David [R]
Reichert, Dave [R]
Platts, Todd [R]
LoBiondo, Frank [R]
King, Peter [R]
Johnson, Timothy [R]
Grimm, Michael [R]
Gibson, Chris [R]
Emerson, Jo Ann [R]
Diaz-Balart, Mario [R]
Jones, Walter [R]
LaTourette, Steven [R]
If one of the represents you call their office and ask them why they are backing the Marxist unions!
Oldefarte| 4.2.11 @ 12:26PM
Better yet, vote to defeat them at the time of their next election!!!!!!!!!!