Results for: state of the union

Union Reform bills pass in Ohio, Indiana Houses.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/03/30/union-reform-bills-pass-in-ohio-indiana-houses-n38497
– Meanwhile, in Indiana the final vote on HB 1216 was 54-44: this reform bill will raise the threshold for union payscales for public … Entertainingly, this was one of the ostensible reasons that Indiana state representatives hid in Illinois for a month.  … And, of course, a few days ago the Florida state House passed HB 1021, which bans the automatic collection of public sector union dues…
We don't need to auction the D block spectrum for public safety
https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2011/03/30/we-dont-need-to-auction-the-d-block-spectrum-for-public-safety-n38490
– Here’s what the chairmen of the 9/11 Commission, Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton, told the Senate on the matter: The inability of first … In his State of the Union address, President Obama called for allocating the D block spectrum to public safety. … Nothing is stopping us from giving the D block out to state and local governments to apply the lessons of 9/11.…
Organized Labor or Organized Thugs? AFSCME Openly Threatens WI Businesses
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/30/organized-l…organized-thugs-afscme-openly-threatens-wi-businesses-n38483
– “It’s going on in other parts of the state,” he said Wednesday. … Parrett referred questions to Marty Beil, the head of the Wisconsin State Employees Union. … In recent past weeks you have been offered a sign by a public employee who works in one of the state facilities in the Union Grove…
SEIU's Manifesto? Stephen Lerner Doubles Down on Crippling America's Economic System
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/29/seius-manif…er-doubles-down-on-crippling-americas-economic-system-n38474
– During the audio, Lerner was introduced as being “of SEIU.” … Stephen Lerner serves on the Service Employees International Union’s International Executive Board and is the architect of the Justice … and others”), Lerner pitches into his vision of the future.…
Hey Senator Schumer, Who are the Real Extremists?
https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/03/29/hey-senator-schumer-who-are-the-real-extremists-n38471
– for the rest of the fiscal year, Mr. … Schumer told them to portray John Boehner of Ohio, the Speaker of the House, as painted into a box by the Tea Party, and to decry the … Let’s keep score of the current political dynamic and ascertain the nature of genuine extremism.…
RedState Interview: Gov. Scott Walker.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/03/29/redstate-interview-gov-scott-walker-n38470
– As you are undoubtedly aware, Wisconsin has become one of the primary battlefields for labor union reform: having lost at the ballot … Democrats is pouring in; the Republican state senators affected are going to need all the help that they can get.  … The Republican Party of Wisconsin has set a site called Frontline Wisconsin to help fund whatever races occur: the money goes directly…
California Moving to Strip Secret Ballots from Farm Workers, Fine Employers
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/28/california…t-ballots-from-farm-workers-impose-fines-on-employers-n38442
The four-mile march through the streets of Greenfield, led by UFW President Arturo Rodriguez, commemorates the life and legacy of Chavez … Since card check is the union bosses’ preferred method (over secret-ballot elections) of getting new members, assuming this passes … As part of the response, the employer shall provide a complete and accurate list of the full names, current street addresses, job classifications…
Tail Wags Dog: Union-Controlled NLRB Throws Union Bosses Another Bone
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/28/tail-wags-d…nion-controlled-nlrb-throws-union-bosses-another-bone-n38439
– Given the many of the asinine rulings coming from the union-controlled National Labor Relations Board, it is becoming impossible to … Nevertheless, there is a sense of duty to bring you the latest example of the tail wagging the dog. … Here’s the summary of the case that spans nearly 15 years: A Las Vegas casino contracted with a non-union, third-party contractor…
Morning Briefing for March 28, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/03/28/morning-briefing-for-march-28-2011-n38438
– Today’s joint appearance on Meet the Press by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was just one … getting killed because of the fecklessness of the Obama Administration. … Union leaders were not displeased. Please click here for the rest of the post. 7.…
Wisconsin GOP Investigates Illegal Political Activity, Makes the Left Angry
https://redstate.com/streiff/2011/03/27/wisconsin-gop-invest…gates-illegal-political-activity-makes-the-left-angry-n38436
– Case in point is the case of University of Wisconsin professor William Cronon, recently elected president of the American Historical … them is the function of a conspiracy. … We are making this request under Chapter 19.32 of the Wisconsin state statutes, through the Open Records law.…
Union Coalition Scores Victory on Sick Days, But At What Cost?
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/27/union-coalition-scores-victory-on-sick-days-but-at-what-cost-n38435
The measure, pushed by 9to5, as well as a “multi-state consortium” of unions and other left-wing activist groups, was passed in 2008 … A historic decision by the Wisconsin State Court of Appeals yesterday to uphold a Milwaukee city law that provides paid sick days to … In Philadelphia, a paid sick days bill was passed out of a City Council committee a few weeks ago, and in Connecticut, the state legislature…
Crickets Chirp as Obama's NMB Nixes Flight Attendants' Right to Strike*
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/26/crickets-ch…as-obamas-nmb-nixes-flight-attendants-right-to-strike-n38426
– However, the way they’ve been prattling on of late about so-called “rights,” you’d think union bosses would be filling up the buses … to the union. … “The political reality is, to a large extent, defined by the state of the economy,” said APFA President Laura Glading in a statement…
When States Stop From Being Union Bosses' Dues Collection Agencies
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/25/when-states…stop-from-being-union-bosses-dues-collection-agencies-n38421
– One of the big unspoken fights in Wisconsin over these past few weeks has been Scott Walker’s proposal for the state to stop collecting … union dues for the unions. … Of course, union bought Democrats in Florida (though they haven’t fled the state…yet) are fuming.…
Union dues reform bill passes Florida House.
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/03/25/union-dues-reform-bill-passes-florida-house-n38422
The bill passed 74-40, despite the rather strenuous objections of Big Labor: a similar bill (SB 830) is making its way through theThe success of HB 1021 should help with the success of SB 830, which has been fought every step of the way, naturally; the Democratic-Big … Should the bill make it to the state Senate floor, it should pass relatively easily – both branches of the Florida legislature are…
The UAW's Mid-East Model? UAW's King Recruits Global Activists to Assault Foreign Automakers
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/03/24/the-mid-eas…ng-global-with-activists-to-assault-foreign-automaker-n38409
– Desperate times call for desperate measures, and the United Auto Workers’ Bob King thinks he’s just the union boss to make a go of … According to another longtime union operative now with the UAW, this will be one of the largest progressive union putsches in the history … of progressive union putsches: The UAW has hired Richard Bensinger, the former head of the AFL-CIO’s organizing institute and a…
Tech at Night: AT&T, T-Mobile, FCC, Patents
https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2011/03/24/tech-at-night-att-t-mobile-fcc-patents-n38399
– So the top story this week is going to be the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile USA. … I’d have attended The US Chamber of Commerce’s Restoring Balance to the Regulatory Process seminar, but I’m on the other side of the … Bad Patent of the Day: Google patents the Google Doodle, as though they were the first company ever to do specialized versions of a…
Just Who Is The SEIU Threatening These Days?
https://redstate.com/repair_man_jack/2011/03/23/just-who-is-the-seiu-threatening-these-days-n38383
The only way to achieve their goals, therefore–the redistribution of wealth and the return of “$17 trillion” stolen from the middle … banks to the edge of insolvency and forcing them to renegotiate the terms of the loans. … The second thing that sticks in the craw of SEIU leadership is the rather conspicuous absence of President Obama on Wisconsin and the
Morning Briefing for March 23, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/03/23/morning-briefing-for-march-23-2011-n38378
– Are Union-Bought Democrats Rushing to the Aid of the Union-Controlled NLRB? 4. Sen. … One example of where the foolish fallacy has led to misery, involves the current state of the Pell Grant Program.US Senator Claiborne … Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. Are Union-Bought Democrats Rushing to the Aid of the Union-Controlled NLRB?…
Of a certain Mississippi poll on marriage, and of those who make hay of it
https://redstate.com/neil_stevens/2011/04/08/of-a-certain-mi…ippi-poll-on-marriage-and-of-those-who-make-hay-of-it-n38607
– Given the recent history of polling fraud on the left, and the obvious potential for bias when a pollster associated with the far left … in the state. … of Democrat control of the US House of Representatives, and the RGA Chairman who led a number of Republicans, including union fatcats…
CWA Members Seeing Red After Union Bosses Blow Dues Money on Themselves
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/04/07/cwa-members…red-after-union-bosses-blow-dues-money-on-themselves-n38585
– This is, perhaps, one of the reasons the local membership is up in arms over the alleged financial improprieties of a number of the … But the DOL, unlike the union, has the power to subpoena records. [Emphasis added.] … The National union has a number of concerns and has made requests and suggestions.…
California's Gov. Jerry Brown Plies GOP With Wine & Urges SEIU to Buy Lunch
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/04/06/californias…rry-brown-plies-gop-with-wine-urges-seiu-to-buy-lunch-n38578
The once-golden state of California has devolved so much in its budgetary talks that its recycled governor, Jerry Brown has taken to … union said reached thousands of employees. … Yvonne Walker, president of SEIU Local 1000, said the union’s membership is 30 percent Republican, and she told Brown, “We take a lot…
E-Mails Confirm AFSCME Boss Pulled Fleeing WI Democrats' Puppet Strings
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/04/05/afscme-boss-pulled-wisconsin-fleeing-democrats-puppet-strings-n38564
State Democrats fled the state. … The Milwaukee newspaper obtained e-mails from the office of Senate Democratic Leader Mark Miller. … And Blaine Rummel of AFSCME – the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees – gave talking points to Miller’s office…
Morning Briefing for April 5, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/04/05/morning-briefing-for-april-5-2011-n38553
– to shrink the federal government since the birth of the welfare state seven decades ago.”Hyperbole much? … , the loss of their union dues). … and bullying businesses, union bosses are using the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King to stage nationwide demonstrations…
If You Think Unfunded Pensions Are A Problem, You Don't Know The Half of It...
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/04/04/if-you-thin…d-pensions-are-a-problem-you-dont-know-the-half-of-it-n38543
– , the loss of their union dues). … businesses, union bosses are using the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King to stage nationwide demonstrations of … In 2010, the Pew Center on the States released a report that spelled out the underfunding of state pensions and, as importantly, retiree…
Death, Taxes...and Union Dues?
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/04/02/death-taxesand-union-dues-n38534
The number of state public employees has since fallen to 28,700 from 35,000. … But more important, the vast majority of those employees stopped paying union dues. … This is the nasty modern reality of government union power.…
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