NJECPAC Supports IEC's Position On NLRB’S New Election Rules

IEC SUPPORTS CONGRESS’ CHALLENGE TO THE NLRB’S NEW ELECTION RULES

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The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate announced they will file a challenge to the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) new union election rule. The Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) supports this legislation and is requesting that Congress move quickly.

“Since its inception, the election rule has been severely flawed,” said IEC National Executive Vice President/CEO Thayer Long. “It was an attempt to fix a system that was not broken. The NLRB’s hastened union election process does not allow workers sufficient time to hear all options and make an informed decision. IEC supports the challenge to this rule.”

Congress has introduced the joint resolution in both chambers. Using the Congressional Review Act, Congress can overturn the NLRB rule with a simple majority vote in each chamber. 

The resolution is sponsored in the Senate by Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Michael Enzi (R-WY) and the Senate Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee Ranking Member Johnny Isakson (R-GA), is the lead co-sponsor. In the House by House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) is the sponsor and Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) Representative Phil Gingrey (R-GA) are lead co-sponsors. 

In December, the NLRB has adopted portions of a highly controversial final rule to dramatically speed up the union representation elections. The modified rules that were passed removed some of the limitations of the original proposal that caused uproar among employers and trade associations including IEC; however, they still limited the issues an employer can raise at a hearing as well as the employer's opportunity for appeals.

Experts estimate elections will now shorten to within 14 to 24 days despite the average election takes 38 days and works well for all involved parties. These changes are scheduled to take effect April 30, 2012. Printable Version

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CDW Calls on Senate to Immediately Pass the “Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act”

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Chairman Geoffrey Burr issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2587, the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act sponsored by Rep. Tim Scott, by a bipartisan vote of 238 to 186:

“Job creators across the nation are thanking the House of Representatives for taking the first step toward protecting employers and employees from a rogue National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB continues to overstep its authority, kill jobs and threaten our economy. The Boeing case, where the Board is attempting dictate where a company can create jobs, is a prime example. We have a great deal of gratitude for the leadership shown by Rep. Scott (R-SC), Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), and Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Rep. John Kline (R-MN).

“But this important first step must be followed immediately in the Senate. Employers all across America are now asking the Senate’s to pass this bill now. The president last week signaled his desire to focus the federal government on job creation, and this is a no-cost bill that will begin to restore job creators’ confidence, stimulate hiring and getting our economy headed in the right direction.”

NJECPAC member Organization New Jersey IEC is a member of the CDW. NJECPAC encourages all of its member organizations to follow NJ-IEC's lead and join the CDW in protecting the right to a free and democratic workplace. http://myprivateballot.com/

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House Vote To Restrict NLRB Scheduled Today

"I'm mad as hell," South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters on Capital Hill on Wednesday.

A day ahead of a House vote on a bill stopping the National Labor Relations Board from blocking Boeing's plan to open a new production facility in South Carolina, a group of Republican senators blasted the NLRB for being a rogue agency.

"This is a frivolous complaint beyond imagination,” Graham said. “This is using the law for political purposes, and I really do resent that the idea that we are not going to fight back. Sen. Reid, help us out here."

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has given no indication he intends to take up a companion bill in the Senate.  Read More

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Who Voted to Increase the Debt Ceiling? ,,,, Twice!!!!

Senate Democrats continue to hold press conferences denouncing Republicans for refusing to act on the debt crisis.  Judging from the continual liberal commentary, the generalization that House Republicans are incompetent do-nothings has resonated with Americans that don't pay much attention to the facts and only form their opinions on talking points. 

There was some support for that view when the GOP walked out of talks with the White House the other week but then Obama did the same thing so what does that make him? 

All of the rhetoric flies in the face of inarguable fact: The Republican-led House passed two bills in two weeks raising the debt ceiling. Harry Reid and the Senate tabled both of those bills only to vote them down leaving all of America the victim of their folly.

Now a deal is being reported, but it is not yet done deal. More....The losers in this new deal will be the American People who will suffer higher interests rates when the countries credit rating is downgraded. The reported deal is loaded with accounting gimmicks that essentially count unspent funds as cuts. Meanwhile the Debt will continue to climb as will interest rates for all Americans.


The Republicans original two deals contained provisions that were difficult, if not impossible, for Democrats to swallow. But facts are facts, and the facts are that the Republicans provided two pathways to a debt-ceiling increase that included responsible spending cuts and when a balanced budget amendment was included in a 'Cut, Cap & Balance' bill, Harry Reid and Democrats would not even look at it. Republicans have provided and passed legislation while the Democrats and Obama have provided nothing at all. 

In fact, Democrats have not presented a budget in 800 days, a historic first. So given the indisputable facts, who has been refusing to act? Remind me again, who are the 'Do-Nothings'?. Wait....that's not entirely true, the President has been tweeting !!!! Read More

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3 Ways Obamacare Will Adversely Affect Consumers in 2011

Repeal of ObamaCare can't come soon enough, as several damaging provisions are set to take effect this year. For starters, it has effectively stopped the construction of physician-owned hospitals (Such as Surgical Centers) throughout the country.

Construction halted at 45 hospitals as the New Year arrived. Work on countless others will never start, having been effectively banned by ObamaCare. This will limit competition in the health-care marketplace, driving up costs for patients and contribute to the loss of thousands of construction jobs.

Public discontent with ObamaCare continues to grow as its provisions begin to take effect this year. The House has successfully taken the first step to by voting to repeal the law.

Now, for purely political reasons Harry Reid is refusing to post the repeal legislation for a vote in the Senate. Not only is Reid concerned that it may pass, he does not want to expose the many Senate democrats that will be up for re-election to have to go on record in front of the American People by voting against repealing the law, which would be in direct conflict with the will of the majority of Americans.

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Under Duress, Obama signs Tax Rate Extention

By Joseph Hovanec Jr

Even though he doesn't like it, President Obama signed the bipartisan tax package that has divided both parties. Meanwhile, the White House says there's no viable alternate plan. That is because the Democrats in control never had one, unless you count raising taxes as a plan.

Despite repeated visits by thousands of business groups and concerned citizens including our NJECPAC, the Democrats who have had control of Congress for 4 years have had no real interest in moving the economy forward. The proof is in their actions. They throw money at the economy and go on to one of their other Liberal agenda items, throw more money at it and go back to their alternate agenda. As long as they can keep throwing money at it in the hopes of increasing their base, the economy in its current state is working for them. That was evident in their insistence that unemployment be again extended, which in itself takes away much of the incentive for many to even look for work.

It seems that everything the Republicans have been pushing for, and Democrats wouldn't consider ultimately became an emergency for them at the last minute such as this tax deal. The Democrat Majority have had 4 years to extend the Bush tax rates and they refused, and then it became an emergency. And they still have not fixed it they merely put a two year band aid on it. The bill that passed will expire in 2012 so they can make it into an election issue.

They should have fixed health care years ago when President Bush was trying to implement real reform that would have resulted in significant premium savings but again the Democrats blocked all efforts to reform health care.  Even Obama voted no to every health care reform bill while in the Senate. Now as President it became an emergency, and in their haste passed a egregious monstrosity of a health care law that is already increasing costs, people are losing their health care, Health care companies are getting out of the business all together and the law was recently found by a federal judge to be unconstitutional. 

Early on in his Presidency The Democrats Passed and Obama signed the so called Lilly Ledbetter Act, which was presented under the guise of equal rights for women. That is of course a noble cause so who can argue with that. The problem is what they passed causes business to rethink even hiring women due to the extension of the statute of limitations on discrimination lawsuits (not just for women) to a virtually perpetual level. The Law that was passed makes it impossible as time goes on for Business to defend themselves against frivolous discrimination lawsuits.  

Luckily for American taxpayers, Harry Reid was forced to pull the Massive Spending bill due to the noble efforts of Republican Senators who stood by their firm stance against wasteful spending. Read Bill Here

The spending bill was packed with over 8 billion in earmarks from both parties, although 90% of them are from Democrats. Click here to see how much the Spending Bill would have cost you.

Unfortunately, virtually every Bill that Congress has passed or wanted to pass since the Democrats have been in control includes the epitome of unintended consequences.  

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Concession On Tax Cuts Sends Obama Fans To New Level Of Despair

The President announced the framework of a bipartisan agreement to extend a set of tax rates that were set to expire, once again extend unemployment benefits, and pass additional measures that he expects will help middle-class families and hopes will create jobs. 

President Obama's concession to Republicans on extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy appears to have sent many of his historically most fervent supporters to new levels of despair. The president's refusal to fight harder against the massive giveaway to people who need it the least has disheartened not only activists, former Obama advisers and members of Congress, but his grassroots. Read More

Now, he's recorded a video to speak directly about the tentative agreement to his base, who are all livid by the notion of any agreement with those evil Republicans 

"This agreement, while not perfect, is vital to millions of Americans who are out of work through no fault of their own -- as well as millions of middle-class families, students, parents, and small businesses."

Both Conservatives and Liberals each have their problems with this tentative agreement and only time will tell what is actually passed if anything, and sent to the President for his signature.

We believe that the most important issue to note in this whole debate is that Republicans view money earned by taxpayers belongs to the taxpayers. They also believe that money will have more of an effect on stimulating the economy and is more responsibly spent and by those that have earned it.  Democrats view the money earned by a taxpayer as the governments money and those that earn it can keep only what the government decides to allow them to keep, which is where the major philosophical difference between the parties in this debate lies.

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Paycheck Fairness Act Fails In The Senate

On November 17, 2010, the Paycheck Fairness Act died in the U.S. Senate after failing the cloture vote to begin debate on the bill. The bill proposed amendments to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (EPA) to require equal pay for women doing the same job as men. The first problem will the bill is who decides what is equal?

The Measure would have exposed companies to crippling employment litigation without adding significant benefit to workers. The first law signed by Obama "The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act" was billed as equal pay for women, so why do they need another law for the same thing. There are already various Laws covering the discrimination issue.

Moreover, the large majority of Business owners are proponents of "free market" principles.
The Paycheck Fairness Act is an unnecessary interference into free enterprise that adds to the cost of doing business.

There are a growing number of women that earn more than their spouses, and laws like the Paycheck Fairness Act are no longer necessary. There are also the unintended consequenses of such a regulation, that could result in a step backwards for women by adversely affecting a Businesses hiring practices.  

After the measure failed in the Senate, President Obama expressed disappointment, saying he was "deeply disappointed" that the bill did not pass. "This bill would ensure that American women and their families aren't bringing home smaller paychecks because of discrimination."  That is code for, I really wanted the Government to have the ability to act as a union. That is exactly what the bill would have resulted in, mandading wages regardless of performance or merit, ie: union.

Several advocates of the bill already have vowed to continue to pursue similar legislation in the near future.
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Battle For The Senate

Battle for the Senate

                            Current Senate: 59* Democrats | 41 Republicans

                                                                                                                    

                            Likely: 48 Democrats      Toss Up 7     Republican 45

It is a foregone conclusion that the Republicans will take the House the question is do the Republicans have enough momentum to also take the Senate.

If you consider one thing before you vote consider this

"You live and die by your vote...as does everyone else" 

NJECPAC Government Affairs Director Joseph Hovanec