[B]y not passing the FTAs, politicians maintain union support but don’t lose any political support because unemployed workers around the country aren’t even aware that their lack of employment might be due to Congressional and presidential inaction on the FTAs.
Archive for Category: "Unions"
August 22, 2011 04:46
Taxpayers, State Employee Unions in Brutal Fight
On one side are the embattled state employee labor unions. It is one of the few places where labor unions still have some power left. For decades union membership has been declining all over the country. This is a fight they must fight if they are to survive.
August 19, 2011 07:56
Union and Soros backed Super PAC targets GOP House members in ‘August offensive’
SEIU, American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, Communications Workers of America, billionaire financier George Soros, and billionaire hedge fund manager and husband of Maine Rep. Chelie Pingree Donald Sussman are the deep pockets.
August 17, 2011 08:15
Union violence escalates – non-union contractor shot
SCAB written on truck explains union connection. Will Obama say union thug acted stupidly? – Video from WTOL
August 10, 2011 05:14
Christie: unions just want “more, more, more”
“Lawsuits by the judges are absurd … These judges should, seriously, just shut up and say thank you to the taxpayers for their really comfortable retirement. …. The taxpayers aren’t going to put up with this anymore.”
August 10, 2011 05:02
Dems Fail to Take Wisconsin Senate with Record Spending
Despite out of state “get out the vote” drivers watching over how their charges voted, Wisconsin Republicans held on to the senate. Record funding of almost $15 million by liberal special interest groups, much of it from unions, set a new state record.
July 26, 2011 07:56
Central Falls Gives Ballots to Police and Firefighters Asking for 50% Pension Reductions or Risk Losing Everything in Bankruptcy Court
What cannot be paid won’t. Taxpayers have had enough. Central Falls is a small and troubled city, but this same scene is going to eventually hit Pittsburgh, Oakland, Houston, Detroit, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and most likely every major city in the country.
July 8, 2011 08:32
Did Obama Auto Czar Do It “All for the Unions”?
A better question is did Obama do it all for the union campaign help? Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN) questions Mr. Ron Bloom, former Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury, on whether Mr. Bloom had said at a farewell dinner of the Auto Task Force in late July 2009, “I did this all for the unions.” Mr. Bloom denied the quote, but two independent sources have documented Mr. Bloom saying those words. As such, it appears that either a respected reporter or Mr. Bloom’s former boss in the Obama Administration have both given inaccurate accounts of Mr. Bloom’s comments to the public, or his testimony before Congress was not completely truthful.
July 8, 2011 04:49
NEA Delegates Vote to Take $32 Million From Teachers To Fund Political Warchest
NEA will now amass a $32 million war chest to use in political advertising and election-related actions—mostly to benefit Democrats.
July 7, 2011 06:17
Teachers union raises dues to support Obama
our taxes fund teachers who fund leftist politicians to raise your taxes. Obama has made it clear that the union agenda is Obama’s agenda. See who your tax dollars support in the best government money can buy -top 20 public sector union paid politicians. Unions are using your tax dollars to campaign against you.
