Despite the financial straits that Wisconsin is facing, the war being waged against Scott Walker has always been about union power … But the e-mails weren’t enough to end a stalemate that has drawn national attention and ignited a storm of protest from union workers … Bob Jauch, one ofthe 14 Democrats on the run in Illinois to block a vote on Walker’s original proposal, said he hoped the compromise…
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In response to the chamber intervention, some individual members oftheunion contacted VanBlaricom’s employer. … Here is the text ofthe statement that Ms. … ’s union given the current state, local and national economic conditions.…
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Senate have the two-thirds it needed to enshrine a fundamental principle of governing into the highest law ofthe land: that politicians … Heck, we’ve run deficits in 54 ofthe last 60 years, as the National Taxpayer Union points out. … Said Friedman: “The amendment is very much in the spirit ofthe first 10 amendments — the Bill of Rights.…
On the contrary, the more favorably they dispose ofunion demands, the more likely they are to be the beneficiary ofunion largess … debate and discussion – one ofthe hallmarks of our American democracy. … This is one ofthe most important fights of our time and it will impact the lives for generations of Wisconsinites and American to…
Barry Rubin back to the front page of RedState. … Well, that depends on the kind of change, doesn’t it? … Barry Rubin is director ofthe Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor ofthe Middle East Review of International…
are wreaking havoc on state budgets (now and in the foreseeable future). … As you explore the site, take note of both features—the unfunded pension and the unfunded health care obligations. … As more people (even union members) understand the problem, the more will understand why the system needs to be reined in.…
While I understand his reasoning, I think the last ofthe WWI and the last ofthe WWII servicemen should be given the honor. … He, as the last ofthe embodiment ofthe men and boys who heard that first call for freedom across the seas, deserves to lie in the … Now, the Garden State has shown them the exit (so to speak).
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This has caused quite a battle in the Garden State, as theunion representing the NJ Turnpike toll collectors has tried to convince … In so doing, theState added an addendum to the Request for Proposal (RFP) that eliminated theunion members’ “first right of refusal … and foolish, theunion has likely cost them the chance of getting jobs with whatever company becomes the new toll collector.…
High union wages that exceed the competitive market rate are likely to cause job losses in the unionized sector ofthe economy.”Presumably … rest ofthe post.
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“As a nation, I look back in history and some ofthe worst governments we’ve ever had, you know one ofthethe first thing they did … On the contrary, they are among the most important institutions ofthe nation’s economic life. … A people whose broad masses, through a sound trade-union movement, obtain the satisfaction of their living requirements and at the…
spent the last month cynically inciting their weaker-minded followers up to the very edge of violence. … We have come to the end of showing any consideration, and the end of toleration of nonsense. … This is, of course, the very concept that various state Democrats are currently defecating upon.…
Secretary ofState Doug La Follette (D) to delay publishing said budget repair bill once it passed for long enough to allow Ciesliewicz … senators (who are recipients of considerable union largess), somehow ‘spontaneously’ all decided to flee thestate anyway. … very idea of public sector unions.…
the proposal, than the content ofthe proposal itself. … Government programs caring for the poor are not the cause of Christ, nor the acts of Christians. … the books on the backs ofthe poor and underserved.…
devotion to union bosses, as well as her disdain for the 88% of Americans who are union-free and stuck with the tab. … for the rest ofthe post.
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Governor Kasich will of course sign the bill once it is law. … The time has come for union leadership and other Democrats in that state to ask themselves what they want to do. … **Up to sixty days to get the petition signed by in-district residents (yes, the government will check this time) totaling 25% ofthe…
would be a bridge too far, because blocking the merger would be against the interests oftheunion bosses. … However I disagree with blocking the merger regardless oftheunion issue. … payments, or with the radicals who want to impose greater state control of all mass media at the expense of private property and freedom…
to issue a temporary restraining order to prevent Secretary ofState Doug La Follette from publishing the bill while she reviews the … Specializing in doorknocking and phone bank strategies, we use state-of-the-art campaign resources to ensure that no doorknock or phone … SEIU State Council through the 2008 election cycle.…
Tom Price and other Republicans would hold up the Republicans’ health care plan in Barack Obama’s 2010 StateoftheUnion address every … Instead, House Republicans went through the dance of passing H.R. 1, to set out a budget for the rest ofthe year, and then — in effect … ofthe American public.…
Tom Price and other Republicans would hold up the Republicans’ health care plan in Barack Obama’s 2010 StateoftheUnion address every … Andrew Cuomo Wakes Up And Smells The Tea
The biggest political story of 2011 is at thestate level, where new Republican governors … Why, become a champion of trade, of course.
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; regardless ofthe outcome of those pesky things called elections. … Florida has bills to duplicate this reform in their state in the appropriate committees of their legislature. … Tennessee and Idaho now consider legislation to limit the power ofstate education unions in other respects.…
The biggest political story of 2011 is at thestate level, where new Republican governors like Scott Walker and Rick Snyder have … hikes, and Maryland’s Martin O’Malley even went to the Corzine-esque extreme of giving the keynote speech at a union protest against … back to the GOP and swung more House seats from D to R than any other state in theUnion, Cuomo himself cruised to victory by almost…
Governor, God bless him, said, “The right of all citizens to protest and assemble peacefully is sacred in theStateof Tennessee. … The activists, members ofthe American Federal ofState, County and Municipal Employees, were at the capitol to see the Commerce Committee … most striking part of this are the ages ofthe protestors.…
Theunion members would demand a greater level of discretion and selectivity in who their monies were put up to bat on behalf of. … Regrettably, all the monies paid into public unions come out of salaries already paid by the national, state or municipal tax bases … Thus, theunion has no reason not to defend the perverts and abusers above – unless of course they have some sort of old-fashioned…
This time, the public-sector union members crowded around and chanted in Annapolis, Maryland—a state that has no chance of reforming … “When the rights of workers in one state can be stolen, all of us should feel a little less secure,” said Trumka. … As noted by the Maryland Reporter:
It was a bizarre finale to a rally that brought thousands ofstate workers and teachers to Annapolis…
