By Warner Todd Huston ——Bio and Archives--February 17, 2011
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But today, there is some reason for hope that common sense will prevail in matters affecting airline and railway workers. The FAA Reauthorization legislation that will be marked up in the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this Wednesday includes a provision to repeal the National Mediation Board enforced and union promoted voting rule change from last year. This revocation will ensure that a majority of a workforce must vote in favor of union representation the way they have for nearly one hundred years. The bill also directs the Inspector General of the Department of Transportation and the U.S. Comptroller General to evaluate the NMB’s activities and programs.Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R, Fla.) is leading this effort to repeal the rule change under the Railway Labor Act.
In addition, Representative Phil Gingrey from Georgia has introduced H.R. 548 named the Restoring Democracy in the Workplace Act, legislation which would repeal the rule promulgated by the National Mediation Board.Gage notes that not long ago President Obama claimed that he wanted to get rid of business-killing regulations. She points out that this is the perfect opportunity for him to prove his intentions. But since he’s the one that stacked the NMB with union hacks in the first place, my guess is that he’ll do his best to torpedo Mica and Gingrey’s efforts. In fact, Obama’s entire administration is geared to increase regulations, not eliminate them. He’s put union hacks in nearly every office of the Department of Labor. It is doubtful that any of them will be much interested in cutting jobs-killing regulations.
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as Breitbart.com, among many, many others. He has also written for several history magazines, has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows.
He is also the owner and operator of Publius’ Forum.