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For more than a year, the United Auto Workers have publicly said their mission is to organize the non-union transplants in the South. The original goal, if I remember correctly, was to have already unionized a plant by the end of this year. That obviously isn’t happening. A lot of what they have been doing…
Yesterday, the postal union and supporters across the country held “Save America’s Postal Service” rallies and called on Congress to pass H.R. 1351 which would reverse the 2006 Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act, legislation that requires the postal service to pay 75 years worth of benefits over a 10 year period. Bennie Thompson was at…
Earlier today, the House of Representatives voted in favor of a bill know as the “Protecting Jobs From Government Interference Act.” Here is a little background: Earlier this year, NLRB acting general counsel Lafe Solomon filed a complaint against Boeing when they decided to open a new plant in the right-to-work state of South Carolina…
In a Clarion-Ledger piece profiling some local support of Obama’s recent proposals, they quoted Rep. Bennie Thompson, the lone Democrat Mississippi sends to D.C., who is a supporter of the plan. I haven’t seen a full statement, but here is what he said as quoted in the article: “If we are to be successful the…
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Following Barack Obama’s address to Congress last night, several Republicans members of the Congressional delegation in Mississippi responded with their thoughts. Give Rep. Steven Palazzo credit for offering a video response. ************************************************ Sen. Thad Cochran: “Mississippi continues to suffer from a stubbornly high unemployment rate, so I was interested to hear what new ideas the…
United States District Judge Keith Starrett refused to dismiss a challenge to the new healthcare legislation that was filed by state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who is also an attorney, as part of a class action suit. Starett ruled that the Petitioners do have standing to contest the individual mandate. At this point, Starrett will begin…
Arizona’s Attorney General Tom Horne filed a lawsuit on Thursday against the federal government for an injunction and declaratory judgment that the preclearance potions of the Voting Rights Act are unconstitutional. Arizona, like Mississippi, is one of several states that needs to get the OK from the Justice Department before making any voting changes. The…
Heritage Action for America, a conservative advocacy group which is the sister organization for the Heritage Foundation, has recently graded members of Congress. Here is what they say about the ratings: “With each vote cast in Congress, freedom either advances or recedes. Heritage Action’s new legislative scorecard allows Americans to see whether their Members of…
Mississippi received $20 million in a federal grant this month to begin implementation of a new healthcare exchange program. Such programs are mandated under the new federal healthcare legislation, and a state’s failure to act will give the federal government the ability to set up a program for the state on its own. This has…
Last year, the UAW outlined a goal of organizing at least one non-union auto manufacturer by the end of this year. If you listen to UAW President Bob King, he still says the same thing, even though they have been unsuccessful so far, and their doesn’t appear to be any signs that they are even…