Lessee, there were about 75,000 more layoffs announced on Monday. One would expect the Secretary of Labor to have something to say about that. But we don't have one yet.
. . .for the past several days, at least one Republican senator has been using a parliamentary procedure to hold up the confirmation of Congresswoman Hilda Solis (D-California), President Obama’s choice for labor secretary. The “hold” tactic delays a full vote by the Senate on the nomination, pending, well, pending what?
Do they expect Ms. Solis to disavow everything she's ever done on behalf of working people (which is quite a bit)?
It’s safe to assume that Mr. Obama and Ms. Solis support unions. And assuming that Mr. Obama’s campaign promise is enacted into law, it will become easier than it has been for workers to form unions.
And that's anathema to Republicans. Not content with driving union membership down to about 12% of the working population, they want it to go to zero.
Posted by Linkmeister at January 28, 2009 11:14 AM | TrackBack