Results for: state of the union

'Gay Marriage' and Religious Freedom Are Not Compatible
https://redstate.com/erick/2013/03/26/gay-marriage-and-religious-freedom-are-not-compatible-n45718
The kids these days on the right are full of a great libertarian notion that “hey, let’s just get the government out of marriage.” … What they ignore is that the left will never take marriage out of the hands of the government. The left cannot. … Let’s ignore, for the sake of this post, that the Democracy of the Dead has settled for us that in society marriage should be between…
Union Briefs for Mon., March 24, 2013: AFL-CIO Boss Wants Immigration Reform to Include Workers' Families?
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/03/25/union-brief…cio-boss-want-immigration-reform-to-include-families-n45706
– AFSCME.TV: Comprehensive Immigration Reform Since the beginning of the year, AFSCME has been at the forefront of the fight to pass … Senator Jeff Flake, Republican of Arizona and a member of the group, said that the business-labor portion of the legislation was proving … (“MOU”) with the Consulate of Mexico to assist Mexican workers in the US in the area of employment discrimination.…
Union Briefs for Fri., March 22, 2013: No Justice, No Peace? Vegas PD makes arrests, tourists get peace
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/03/22/union-brief…ce-no-peace-vegas-pd-makes-arrests-tourists-get-peace-n45692
– question of whether it has a legal quorum to act is resolved by the Supreme Court. … Isn’t one of the benefits of locating in the South that company leaders can generally avoid union organization? … If the plant does create some sort of hybrid labor organization, will that hinder the potential for local expansion or access to state
When the Right Decided to Go Left, Thatcher Went Right
https://redstate.com/erick/2013/04/09/when-the-right-decided-to-go-left-thatcher-went-right-n45804
– My friend Ben Domenech has a must read post on the passing of Margaret Thatcher. … Like in the United States, the left was on the rise, Soviets were on the march, and people began to accept the decline of their nation … Today, we’re at the point again, but instead of Soviets, we have the Chicoms.As Domenech writes, “Ted Heath, the Mitch McConnell of
Union Bosses Should Imagine A World Without Obama's NLRB
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/04/06/union-bosses-should-imagine-a-world-without-obamas-nlrb-n45769
– at the disposal of state agents.” … Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor, 1915 Union bosses may soon be facing a labor relations climate … At times, The State would be for “the working man” and, at other times, the state would be against “the working man.”…
A Camel's Straw: Harry Kelber, 'Radical' Labor Activist, Dies At 98
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/04/05/a-camels-straw-harry-kelber-radical-labor-activist-dies-at-98-n45782
– RedState may seem like an odd place to write about the death of a union activist. … As a result, his forthright criticism of the union establishment caused him to be a constant pain in the backside of the cigar-chomping … During the months of researching the decline of the union movement, for a young idealist discovering of the depths of the deception…
Compulsion is a limited resource
https://redstate.com/jhayward13/2013/04/04/compulsion-is-a-limited-resource-n45781
– that advocates for the repeal of the health-care law. … The exercise of compulsive power drains away the resource of liberty.   … Good intentions do not change the nature of the means used by the State to obtain the “free” benefits it dispenses.…
The View From The Border: The Gang of 8 Offer A Failed Plan
https://redstate.com/repair_man_jack/2013/04/04/the-view-from-the-border-the-gang-of-8-offer-a-failed-plan-n45780
– Given the importance and sensitivity of this venture, maybe the eight leading lights of the US Senate putting together a grand strategy … “The plan of the Gang of Eight appears to be legalization, or amnesty first, and then enforcement. … opinion of the consular officer at the time of application for a visa, or in the opinion of the Attorney General at the time of application…
Obama wants to try that whole "subprime mortgage" thing again
https://redstate.com/jhayward13/2013/04/03/obama-wants-to-try-that-whole-subprime-mortgage-thing-again-n45773
– Alarms are being sounded, but it’s tough to hear them through thick earmuffs of ideology: Obama pledged in his State of the UnionThe administration’s efforts come in the midst of a housing market that has been surging for the past year but that has been delivering … This talk of jump-starting the housing recovery by flooding the market with easy loan money is putting the cart before the recovery…
Michigan: Union Tactics Delay Right-To-Work For Up to a Decade
https://redstate.com/candicelanier/2013/04/01/michigan-union-tactics-delay-right-to-work-for-up-to-a-decade-n48237
– So, even though right-to-work was passed with the intent of giving employees the freedom to choose whether or not to support a union … to continued financial support of the union until 2023, while also facing a 10 percent pay cut. … They believe the union security clause is illegal for a couple of reasons: They argue Michigan law prohibits such an agreement from…
In search of equality equality
https://redstate.com/jhayward13/2013/04/01/in-search-of-equality-equality-n45758
– One of the great rhetorical successes of the same-sex marriage crusade was the term “marriage equality,” which is extremely effective … The core question of the marriage debate is whether the number and sex of the participants is essential. … If marriage is, by definition, the union of a man and a woman, there is no “equality” issue to be debated.  …
How the Trayvon Martin case showcases the plight of black America... but probably not in the way you think.
https://redstate.com/imperfectamerica/2013/07/15/how-the-tra…f-black-america-but-probably-not-in-the-way-you-think-n47916
– She even went on use the threat of further violence around the country to try and extort action of some sort out of the White House … The difference is, the black racism of today is part of the liberal & media fiction that the state of black America is the result of … If the so called black leaders of today were really concerned with the state of black America, and young men like Trayvon while they…
Union Allegations Of Teamster Forgeries Being Investigated By Obama's 'Other' Labor Board
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/07/24/union-alleg…geries-being-investigated-by-obamas-other-labor-board-n46487
– American Airlines and US Airways–the Transport Workers Union and the International Association of Machinists, respectively. … The chairman, Linda Puchala, is former the International President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO and Staff Director … Both the TWU and the Machinists are part of the AFL-CIO–the same union federation that both of the NMB’s board members hail from.…
Causation, Correlation and Detroit
https://redstate.com/repair_man_jack/2013/07/22/causation-correlation-and-detroit-n46465
– So many people are blamed for the current state of Detroit. But most of what you read is patently illogical. … If you read the left, it’s all the fault of Redneck Rick Perry and other Southern-Fried Governors stealing all the good union jobs. … So instead of the blacks and the banksters; I blame the LLC for the slow-motion nuking of Detroit.…
Why It's Time To Replace Mike Simpson
https://redstate.com/chris_chocola_cfg/2013/07/22/why-its-time-to-replace-mike-simpson-n48301
– Dear Red State community – the following OpEd ran in the Times-News of Twin Falls, Idaho on Sunday, and I thought I’d share it with … But on the floor of the House of Representatives, Simpson has defended the existence of the EPA, saying “We can’t just do away with … Chris Chocola is the President of the Club for Growth.…
Articles to Ponder on a Friday
https://redstate.com/bs/2013/08/02/articles-to-ponder-on-a-friday-n46546
– , or contracting against those who believe marriage is the union of a man and a woman. … The Eye of Sauron Is the Modern Surveillance State Continuing the theme of referencing articles from sites that normally don’t sympathize … It saddens me to see the downhill slide of bookstores, with the shuttering of Borders and the endangered state of B&N.…
Something Evil This Way Comes With Obama's New Labor Secretary
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/08/18/something-evil-this-way-comes-with-obamas-new-labor-secretary-n46648
– Originally included as part of the 1959 Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act during the crackdown on corrupt unions, the LMRDA … Under the threat of criminal penalty for willful failure to file the required reports, the interpretation of this provision has always … the employer and the consultant would be branded criminals if they willfully did not file reports with the Department of Labor.…
There Is Only Gender
https://redstate.com/frankschubert/2013/08/13/there-is-only-gender-n48070
The state of California has moved forward with legislation to mimic the Massachusetts rules. … fly in the face of the established natural order. … Marriage is, by definition, the union of a man and a woman.…
Live from Macon, GA: My Take on the Georgia Senate Race
https://redstate.com/erick/2013/08/12/live-from-macon-ga-my-take-on-the-georgia-senate-race-n46604
– At one point, his district covered much of the northwest and middle west parts of the state in a configuration that allowed his district … candidates in the race, she is the only one to have won a statewide race — Secretary of State. … There is a band of long time Republican gurus and donors in the state unhappy with the field.…
Missouri Voters May Get The Right To Vote For Employee Choice
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/08/09/only-26-mor…voters-may-get-the-right-to-vote-for-employee-choice-n46595
– His comments came during a how-to session highlighting the recent passage of a right-to-work law in the historically unionized statethe execution or application of agreements requiring membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment in any State … Using union dues and protests, union bosses, to be sure, will be opposing Right-to-Work laws every step of the way. _______________…
If You Want To Send A Message Use Western Union
https://redstate.com/streiff/2013/09/04/if-you-want-to-send-a-message-use-western-union-n46773
the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. … were to seize power right now, according to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. … As the Air Force was fond of saying during the Vietnam era: if you want to send a message use Western Union.        …
@SenatorDurbin's Attack On Free Speech and Association
https://redstate.com/streiff/2013/09/17/senatordurbins-attack-on-free-speech-and-association-n46872
– Where the left can’t co-opt it seeks to harness the coercive power of the state to do its bidding. … The Progressive States Network (PSN), National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), Council of State Governments (CSG) and National … of the National Taxpayers Union and a former ALEC official.…
AFL-CIO Bosses Officially Commit To Legalizing, Unionizing Immigrants To 'Change The Political Environment'
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/09/15/afl-cio-bos…nizing-immigrants-to-change-the-political-environment-n46817
– Here is the pertinent section of Resolution 4 [with emphasis added]: The federation, its state, area and local bodies and its affiliates … We will continue to play a leading role in the movement for reform that is backed by the majority of the public. … Specifically, the AFL-CIO will promote organizing of immigrant workers who seek to have union representation at their workplace.…
Third Largest Wisconsin Teachers Union Goes Under
https://redstate.com/briansikma/2013/09/14/third-largest-wisconsin-teachers-union-goes-under-n47968
– Now, teachers in Kenosha are walking away from the union that failed to help save the jobs of their fellow educators. … “I have learned the third largest teachers union in the state, the Kenosha Education Association, has been decertified. … Even though the KEA is no longer certified as a union able to bargain on behalf of teachers, the now-defunct union appears intent on…
Don’t Let Them Detroit Virginia
https://redstate.com/mattmackowiak/2013/09/12/dont-let-them-detroit-virginia-n48321
– in the “A” section of today’s Washington Post. … or been forced out of the race long ago. … But first, principled conservatives must expose the attack ads and de-fang the Gang of Five.…
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