Dear Conservatives,
President Obama and his Big Labor puppet masters are trying to get yet another union militant on the National Labor Relations Board.
And this one is a direct slap in the face.
As you may recall, over the summer a handful of Republican Senators joined every Democrat to let Barack Obama pack the labor board with union militants literally and publicly chosen by AFL-CIO czar Richard Trumka.
The ONLY thing those Republicans got out of the “deal” was that Obama would not re-nominate Richard Griffin and Sharon Block to be members of the Board.
So what did Obama do?
He nominated Griffin for a different job at the Board -- the General Counsel -- the office in charge of prosecuting unfair labor practices by both unions and management.
It is hard to imagine a worse nominee.
Griffin is currently being investigated for attempting to cover up embezzlement at the International Union of Operating Engineers by firing employees who tried to expose the crime.
It’s outrageous that someone under investigation for such a crime cannot be trusted with all of the power associated with the General Counsel position.
Will the Republicans play dead again?
It's vital you sign this online petition and contact your senator, urging him to vote against cloture on Richard Griffin for General Counsel on the NLRB.
Make no mistake about it; Harry Reid could bring Richard Griffin’s nomination to the Senate floor at any moment.
Grassroots pressure from concerned Americans like you, demanding a filibuster against Big Labor power grabs stopped Harry Reid from shoving Card Check down our throats.
Once again, America needs strong and principled citizens like you to fight back and urge Senate Republicans not to cut another bad deal with Harry Reid.
As you probably know, the position of General Counsel comes with great power. When this power ends up in the hands of a Big Labor partisan, the results can be tyrannical.
And we don’t have to look far for an example.
This type of tyranny has been painfully clear under the NLRB’s current acting General Counsel, Lafe Solomon.
When Boeing decided to open a plant manufacturing its newest airplane in Right-to-Work South Carolina, Solomon that launched a lawsuit against the company for the sole reason the new plant was in a Right to Work state!
The NLRB’s job is to be an impartial arbiter between unions and management. But Lafe Soloman, as a General Counsel with an axe to grind, abused that power to coerce Boeing – and other companies through intimidation -- to open their factories in forced unionism states!
Having Solomon as General Counsel has turned the NLRB into something it was never intended to be, an activist agency for Big Labor.
Even the most basic background check is enough to show anyone that Richard Griffin is completely unfit for a position as powerful as that of General Counsel on the NLRB.
Ten members of the local 501 IOUE in Los Angeles have claimed in their lawsuit that Griffin was a constant participant in a conspiracy to manipulate Local 501 through a pattern of racketeering. The lawsuit specifically states that Griffin made threats in an attempt to cover up the embezzlement.
If Griffin is willing to illegally silence employees to protect Big Labor’s unlawful practices, as he’s accused of doing, how much worse will he be as the officer in charge of prosecuting unfair labor practices?
It’s like making a known drug kingpin the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency.
The NLRB is supposed to be a quasi-judicial, independent agency, staffed with people dedicated to interpreting the law and dealing with cases according to the letter and spirit of the law they are tasked with administering.
Richard Griffin, in particular, fails to meet that standard. Freedom, justice, and basic common sense all dictate that your senator oppose this nomination.
For all of these reasons it is vital you sign the online petition and urge your senator to vote against cloture on the nomination of Richard Griffin.
Sincerely,
Mark Mix
P.S. It’s up to you and me to ensure the next General Counsel is independent and impartial.
And Obama’s current nominee, Richard Griffin, is anything but.
So please, sign the online petition and urge your senator to vote against cloture on Richard Griffin.
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