Obama's Budget Boost for Unions
Posted in Presidency by Ken Thomas
It's not just in the modest 5% increase from 2009 in the
Department of Labor 2011 budget--it's also where there's no increase at all for the Department's agencies--as in the
Office of Labor Management Standards, which is responsible for making sure that unions are transparent in their expenses and don't violate workers' rights. (In 2010--a bonanza year for the Department and for most DOL agencies--it got a cut of about 10%.) See the last page of the linked document, top line.
7:41 PM / February 1, 2010
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And don't forget that the stimulous was designed, in part, to protect the jobs of unionized, government employes.