Donald Trump’s victory shook up the political chessboard once again.
Ambitious politicians are still trying to outsmart him in all pockets of the Washington, D.C., Swamp.
But now a key Republican Senator just made an awful decision trying to cut Donald Trump’s Presidency off at the knees.
Josh Hawley is pushing one agenda that has conservatives furious
Donald Trump made a concerted move to bring former Democrats like Tulsi Gabbard and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on as two of his top cabinet picks.
A few Americans seem to have grossly misunderstood the mechanics behind such moves.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) appears to be one of them.
For example, Hawley sides with Democrats and their union boss backers in opposing Right to Work laws.
Widely supported by conservatives, Right to Work laws eliminate one of the Left’s biggest political sledgehammers – forced union dues dollars.
Big Labor’s political power is built on being able to strong-arm rank-and-file workers by threatening to have them fired if they don’t fork over a chunk of their paychecks to the union bosses.
After reportedly breaking pledge to constituents, Senator Hawley delivers another smack in the face pushing Big Labor wish list
According to the National Right to Work Committee, in 2018 when Hawley first ran for Senate, he signed the group’s candidate pledge, vowing to “cosponsor and seek roll-call votes on legislation to repeal the provisions in federal laws which authorize compulsory union dues.”
But Hawley turned his back on voluntary association, declaring in a 2023 interview he “wouldn’t support any federal legislation to impose right to work on anybody.”
And now, he not only supports workers being compelled to join and financially support union bosses’ far-left politics but is also trying to lead other GOP Senators into the mistake of signing on to legislation that critics say amounts to a grab bag of goodies for union bosses.
The proposal, which Hawley terms a supposed, “Pro-Worker Framework” is anything but pro-worker.
Instead, it would incorporate much of Big Labor’s dream legislation, the so-called “PRO Act.”
Hawley’s framework “has been shared with a number of Senate offices,” Punchbowl reported earlier this month.
The grab-bag would require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the federal agency that oversees workplace unionization elections, to hold unionization votes at businesses in under 20 days.
Critics say these “ambush elections” are the worst part of Hawley’s pro-union boss framework.
“The union bosses know that the longer workers have to hear the pros and cons of voting to unionize, the less likely they are to vote yes. Hawley wants to ambush workers with these quick snap elections while simultaneously gagging employers from speaking to their employees about the pitfalls of unionization,” National Right to Work Vice President Matt Leen explained.
Harvard Law Professor of Labor and Industry Benjamin Sachs noted the framework would also give employers just 10 days after an election to prepare for bargaining, – a monumental task for any employer especially small and medium sized businesses – and execute an agreement within a month.
“holding NLRB elections within 20 days (of a petition presumably, though this isn’t specified); requiring that initial contract bargaining begin within 10 days of a successful union election and requiring that unions and employers ‘execute their agreements within months,’” Sachs wrote in OnLabor.
The framework would also ban so-called “captive audience meetings,” which Leen said would bar employers from meeting with employees to counter union bosses’ claims, letting only union organizers meet with employees.
“The union bosses can lie and promise anything. But employers would be prohibited from speaking to their own workers about these important issues,” Leen stated. “It’s like a gag order, to use a Trump-era term.”
Many workers don’t want to join unions because they don’t want to pay dues to support Big Labor’s political agenda or believe that union bosses will never actually serve their interests unless they have to earn their support voluntarily.
Union officials have often faced corruption scandals with leaders getting fat and taking care of their cronies while rank-and-file members struggle.
Hawley’s proposal looks to stack the deck further in those union bosses’ favor.
Big Labor bosses Hawley is supporting already stabbed him in the back
Hawley joined in with UAW union officials on a picket line during their strike of an auto manufacturer in 2023, hoping joining hands with them would earn him their support in his 2024 election.
Unsurprisingly, they backed Democrat Lucas Kunce, while calling Hawley a “joke.”
“Josh Hawley calling himself pro-worker is a total joke. There is only one candidate in this US Senate race who has earned the trust of Missouri autoworkers, and that’s Lucas Kunce,” UAW Midwest President Fred Jamison said in a statement at the time.
Despite that, and Americans and Missourians’ opposition to compulsory unionism and the harm it does to both workers and the economy, Josh Hawley is doubling down on doing the union bosses’ bidding.
What’s more, if any of this Big Labor grab bag actually became law, it would give the overwhelmingly left-wing union brass more ammo to undermine Donald Trump and America First agenda.
Unfortunately, Hawley’s largely conservative reputation may fool some actual conservatives to go down that dangerous road for America with him.
Stay tuned to Unmuzzled News for any updates to this ongoing story.
