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oe Biden vowed on the campaign trail that carrying out the unions’ agenda would be his top priority. Sadly, for the country, he seems determined to keep his word in spades. Less than half an hour after taking office, in fact, Biden’s first action as president was to illegally fire the general counsel of the National Labor In return for Relations Board. investing The general counsel is responsible for the millions in investigation and prosecution Joe Biden's of unfair labor practices, as campaign, well as overseeing the field offices around the country, unions are where union elections are expecting a conducted. And unlike most return of billions from bills appointed positions, the general counsel at NLRB like the PRO Act and the serves a full four-year term, infrastructure package. independent of the board, regardless of a change in administration. Biden followed up by nominating By RUSTY BROWN Marty Walsh, a former union organizer, to National Outreach Coordinator serve as Secretary of Labor. Then in early March, the union wish list — euphemistically dubbed the PRO Act — resurfaced on the House floor, and by late March, Biden unveiled his plans the beneficiaries. Instead, it will Biden’s for the infrastructure bill that, in reality, is already-wealthy Big Labor cronies. little more than a Big Government payoff The bill does designate $600 billion to to his union buddies. build and rebuild actual infrastructure, Although it remains to be seen what where we will almost certainly see the exactly the final infrastructure legislation contracts go to unionized employers. will encompass, the outline of the $2 The true intentions of the plan trillion bill has more than half going to are highlighted in the Project Labor growing government and paying off union Agreements, neutrality mandates for allies while funding it through the everemployers benefiting from the plan and flawed Robin Hood logic. the $400 billion earmarked to increase In this case, however, the robbing from home healthcare for elderly and disabled the rich comes in the form of jacking up Americans. corporate taxes, but the poor won’t be The Freedom Foundation is all too
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