Assault on Collective Bargaining Illegal, Says International Labor Rights Group

[upstatecajun]

The International Commission for Labor Rights (ICLR) sent a notice to the Wisconsin Legislature, explaining that its attempt to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers is illegal.

http://www.truth-out.org/assault-collective-bargaining-illegal-says-international-labor-rights-group68423






http://www.liberalohioan.com/index.html

[Tx4obama]

1. The last sentence of the artilce says......

" President Obama should take this opportunity to reinstate the rights of federal employees to collective bargaining. "
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Well, he is starting to do just that, see articles on the links below :)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/15/senate-lets-tsa-hold-vote-on-union/

Also...

TSA union election tentatively set for March
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0111/012111l2.htm

TSA union vote tentatively set for March/April
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2011/01/tsa_union_vote_tentatively_set.html

[Imajika]

3. Yeah, but those are for severely limited collective bargaining rights...

Yes, the TSA will get a union, but it won't have full collective bargaining rights at all. It will get what the federal government calls "limited collective bargaining rights".

"Under the proposed rules, collective bargaining would be allowed for work force matters but not for employee pay issues. The rules would still bar TSA workers from striking."

[Imajika]

2. This will be taken about as seriously...

...as the federal government took calls that the Iraq war illegal. That means, not seriously at all. Neither Wisconsin nor any of the other states that severely curtail or allow NO collective bargaining give a damn what the International Commission for Labor Rights thinks - and US courts won't care either.

"President Obama should take this opportunity to reinstate the rights of federal employees to collective bargaining."

This has exactly zero chance of happening. None, nada, zilch. The President is more likely to freeze federal government salaries for even more years into the future.

The only way to put an end to this wholesale union busting occurring across the US is to elect labor friendly candidates to office. Period. There is no other way to stop these vicious attacks on workers.

[meow mix]

4. better check with thomas and scalia on this...

god i hate them