Monday: Union elections, Iran

[Omaha Steve]

Source: The Hill

By Jordain Carney

The Senate will take a vote Monday on President Obama's veto of a union election law.

Senators will convene Monday at 3 p.m. for leader remarks, before moving to debate over the president's veto.

Obama vetoed the legislation in March, after Congress passed a resolution of disapproval on a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruling that sped up union elections.

Senators are expected to vote at 5:30 p.m. They could move forward on overriding the veto, or they could vote on a "motion to table" the veto, essentially indefinitely postponing it.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) could also move to limit debate on a key piece of Iran legislation.

FULL story at link.


Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/240929-monday-union-elections-iran

[lsewpershad]

1. Why are the republicans

bent on destroying everything American?

[INdemo]

2. Fascism. Review the history of Hitler coming to power in the early 30's

He banned all forms of organized labor.
The Koch Bros and other billionaires want all the wealth and power as in the 1930's

Trade Unions and Nazi Germany
The following is just one link. If you read this I think you will agree this is scary as hell.
I have been a union member for over 50 years and I can tell you the unions did not give up their bargaining power it was taken from them.

When Hitler came to power in January 1933, he saw trade unions as exercising more power over the workers than he could. Therefore, trade unions were seen as a challenge to be dispensed with. Hitler knew that he needed the workers to be on his side but he could not allow trade unions to exert the potential power they had. Therefore, trade unions were banned in Nazi Germany and the state took over the role of looking after the working class.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/trade_unions_nazi_germany.htm