[EL] Weintraub proposal

Thu Apr 7 09:03:11 PDT 2016

If anyone responds on this please use this (or another) more descriptive 
subject title.
Thanks.

On 4/7/16 8:58 AM, Sean Parnell wrote:
>
> 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 & Agricultural Implement Workers of 
> America International Union (UAW) <http://www.uaw.org>
>
> United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) 
> <http://www.ufcw.org>
>
> United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, 
> Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union (USW) 
> <http://www.usw.org>
>
> 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
>
>
>     “One FEC Commissioner’s Answer to Citizens United”
>     <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81653>
>
> Posted onApril 7, 2016 7:30 am 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=81653>by*Rick Hasen* 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Bauer: 
> <http://www.moresoftmoneyhardlaw.com/2016/04/one-fec-commissioners-answer-citizens-united/>
>
>     /FEC Commissioner Weintraub believes that she has hit upona
>     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“worse
>     than useless,”
>     <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-0331-fec-20160331-story.html>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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