[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/7/16

[Sean Parnell]

I assume Commissioner Weintraub would also include unions with international membership in this certification scheme? A quick review of the membership of the AFL-CIO, for example, includes the following:

 

American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM) <http://www.afm.org> 

Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) <http://bctgm.org> 

Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union (GMP) <http://www.gmpiu.org> 

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE) <http://www.iatse-intl.org/home.html> 

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (Ironworkers) <http://www.ironworkers.org> 

International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) <http://www.iaff.org> 

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers (AWIU) <http://www.insulators.org> 

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) <http://www.goiam.org> 

Transportation Communications International Union/IAM (TCU/IAM) <http://www.goiam.org/index.php/tcunion> 

International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers (IBB) <http://www.boilermakers.org> 

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) <http://www.ibew.org> 

International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE) <http://www.ifpte.org> 

International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) <http://www.ilaunion.org> 

International Plate Printers, Die Stampers and Engravers Union of North America <http://dpeaflcio.org/about/affiliates/international-plate-printers-die-stampers-and-engravers-union-of-north-america> 

International Union of Allied Novelty and Production Workers (Novelty and Production Workers) <http://iuanpw.org/> 

International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) <http://www.bacweb.org> 

International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) <https://www.iuec.org> 

International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) <http://www.iuoe.org> 

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades of the United States and Canada (IUPAT) <http://www.iupat.org> 

International Union of Police Associations (IUPA) <http://www.iupa.org> 

Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA) <http://www.liuna.org> 

Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association of the United States and Canada (OPCMIA) <http://www.opcmia.org> 

Seafarers International Union of North America (SIU) <http://www.seafarers.org> 

International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) <http://smart-union.org/> 

United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA) <http://www.ua.org> 

United Automobile, Aerospace  <http://www.uaw.org> & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW)

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) <http://www.ufcw.org> 

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial  <http://www.usw.org> & Service Workers International Union (USW)

 

Now, it’s possible that the term “International” in the names of nearly every one of these unions is just for show, but I suspect it’s true in most cases. And the two unions that include the term “and Canada” (Musicians, Plumbing and Pipe Fitting) almost certainly include foreign members.

 

Or is this just another example of “reform” being principally concerned about suppressing the speech of one side of the political argument, the side that more often than not winds up opposing progressive policies?

 

 

Sean Parnell

President, Impact Policy Management LLC

Alexandria, Virginia

571-289-1374

sean at impactpolicymanagement.com

 

 

 

 

 


 <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81653> “One FEC Commissioner’s Answer to Citizens United”


Posted on  <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81653> April 7, 2016 7:30 am by  <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3> Rick Hasen

 <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/04/one-fec-commissioners-answer-citizens-united/> Bauer:

FEC Commissioner Weintraub believes that she has hit upon a regulatory maneuverto stop publicly traded corporations from making independent expenditures, or unlimited contributions to independent expenditure committees.  At a time when newspaper editorialists carry on with attacks on the Commission as  <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-0331-fec-20160331-story.html> “worse than useless,” the Commissioner seems determined to prod the FEC to face the major “money in politics” issues of the day.<\p>

This is her theory: foreign nationals cannot make contributions or independent expenditures, which means that the FEC could establish that no corporation with foreign nationals as shareholders could engage in this political spending.  The rule would not bring about this result outright: it would require a corporation to “certify” that it was not making contributions or independent expenditures with these funds.  As a practical matter, corporations with foreign national shareholders could not risk making the certification and would forgo this political spending.  The Commissioner plans to direct lawyers to produce proposals that she and her colleagues can consider in a future rulemaking.

This is an interesting proposal, but it is generally appreciated that a Commission unable to agree on matters of lesser moment will not find a majority in favor of this one.  But even beyond that, the proposal is vulnerable to questions about its viability as a regulatory measure.

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