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Monthly Archives: January 2012
WFI Applauds Executive Appointment Reform Act Introduction
Legislation introduced by Representative Jeff Landry titled the Executive Appointment Reform Act (EARA) deserves the serious consideration of Members of Congress as it states “payment for services may not be made to an individual appointed during a recess of the Senate to fill a vacancy in an existing office, if the vacancy existed while the Senate was in session and was by law required to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.” On its own, this is noteworthy legislative language, but particular so since the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) used the Pay Act in defense of its actions writing it “sets out the circumstances in which a recess appointee may be paid a salary from the Treasury.” Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Appointment Reform Act, Congress, Constitution, EARA, Executive Appointment Reform Act, Jeff Landry, Office of Legal Counsel, Pay Act, President Obama, recess appointments
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Former NLRB Chairman Discusses Obama’s Recess Appointments
Watch former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Chairman Peter Schaumber discuss the recent appointments by President Obama to the NLRB.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Block, Cavuto, Griffin, NLRB, Obama, Recess, recess appointments, Schaumber
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Justice Department Contradicts Itself On Recess Appointments
“The lengths President Obama will go to payback Big Labor appear limitless. First, he recess appoints Richard Griffin and Sharon Block to the National Labor Relations Board without giving the Senate any time whatsoever to conduct its Constitutional responsibility to advise and consent, and next, his Justice Department issues a legal opinion which disputes previous findings from that very same office,” said Fred Wszolek, spokesperson for the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI). Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, Feature, NLRB, Politics, Unions, WFI Letters
Tagged Constitution, Justic Dept, NLRB, Obama, President, recess appointments, Richard Griffin, Senate, Sharon Block, solicitor general, The Washington Times, unconstitutional, Washington Examiner, WFI, Wszolek
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Join Our Fight! Write a Letter to the Editor!
Write a letter to the editor in your local newspaper to spread awareness about the Obama Administration’s blatant and dangerous disregard for the Constitution. Continue reading
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Tagged action, Block, Griffin, Letter to editor, NLRB, Obama, overreach, recess appointments, Take action
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An “Unprecedented” Use (Or Abuse?) Of Power
As Schaumber said, it’s very likely these appointments will be found “invalid.” It’s made a bad situation even worse. And who loses in the end? Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics
Tagged Block, CNBC, Griffin, NLRB, Obama, Peter Schaumber, President, Recess, recess appointments
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Myths vs. Facts
MYTH: Senate Republicans Were Holding Back President Obama’s NLRB Nominees: “‘If Senate Republicans had their way, the NLRB would be unable to operate indefinitely,’ Mary Kay Henry, president of the 2.2 million member SEIU, said in an e-mailed statement. ‘In … Continue reading
Posted in Big Labor Bailout, Big Labor Bosses, NLRB, Politics
Tagged Appointments, Big Labor, Block, Government, Griffin, NLRB, Obama, Politics, President, Pro-Union, Recess, Relations, Richard Griffin, SEIU, Sharon Block
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