The Massachusetts Governor signed a bill on Wednesday afternoon that saves the job of a retired Marine and public high school ROTC instructor who refused to pay teachers union fees.
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June 17, 2010 05:27
Obama’s ‘green’ jobs role model, Spain, is next European bailout
Every “green job” created with government money in Spain over the last eight years came at the cost of 2.2 regular jobs, and only one in 10 of the newly created green jobs became a permanent job. Now the same union socialist policies being pushed here by Obama are collapsing the economy in Spain.
June 17, 2010 04:10
Chula Vista California fights back against union favoritism
The people of Chula Vista could teach the President a little about union favoritism.
June 16, 2010 10:15
Obama’s speech: There’s a pipe spewing a gazillion gobs of oil into the gulf, so let’s build more windmills
Obama was like a Harvard-trained nurse talking vacation to a new patient bleeding all over the ER floor. Hello, could we please stop the blood flow here before we discuss the long-term recovery?
June 16, 2010 09:55
The best government money can buy -top 20 public sector union paid politicians
This is a list of the 20 legislators who have received the most funds from public sector unions. Now you see why unions which make up only 12% of the work force get 100% of the favors from Democrats.
June 16, 2010 05:20
Unions out bid big oil for influence with Democrats
Government employee unions — through their employees and political action committees — have contributed more money to congressional candidates this election than all the PACs, executives and employees of the entire oil industry, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. Because 92 percent of public-employee union money goes to Democrats, President Obama’s party has raised more money from these unions this cycle than Republicans have raised from Wall Street.
June 15, 2010 08:19
Myths about the teacher layoff crisis
Don’t believe the hype. But, given the power of the teacher unions within the Democratic Party, something tells me that this bill isn’t really about stimulating the economy or educating our kids.
June 15, 2010 04:44
Democrats in Congress Want To Bail Out Union Pensions
We’ve been warning you this was coming. Unions have pledged over $100 MILLION to keep imcumbent Democrats in power. This is the payoff.
June 14, 2010 07:04
No wonder unions will spend over $100 MILLION to keep Democrats in power
There are more union workers in government than in the private sector and they are paid 44% higher wages than in the private sector. Government job growth is 345 times as high as private job growth.
June 10, 2010 07:46
Unions using your tax dollars to campaign against you
This year the Bureau of Labor Statistics confirmed that for the first time in the history of the United States, a majority of union members work for the government, not the private sector. To be exact, 52% of all union members work for the federal or state and local governments. That means more than half of the $10 million that unions wasted just in Arkansas first came from your tax dollars. And the waste goes well beyond Arkansas.
