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.
Post Tagged with: "public sector unions"
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 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.
June 29, 2011 06:26
Connecticut Governor Plans To Fire 5,500 State Employees As Unions Reject Compromise
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy announced Tuesday he will seek to fire 5,500 state employees and leave 1,000 vacancies unfilled after public employee unions rejected a $1.6 billion concession plan.
May 24, 2011 05:37
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme Chants the “Better Way” Mob
Public union wages and benefits have bankrupted many cities and states. The way to fix the problem is to get rid of public unions not increase their power.
May 24, 2011 05:04
Public-Sector Unionism: A Review
[G]overnment negotiators share the goals of unions to increase spending and are able to conceal the full price of bargaining agreements to voters in the form of current or deferred compensation (e.g., enhanced pension formulas and benefits). Governments may resort to debt finance, spending deferrals, or intergovernmental aid, thus enabling the government to increase employment and wages (either current or deferred) for union workers while concealing the true cost to voters.
May 23, 2011 03:40
Government Employee Union Brags How Donations Scored Sweetheart Contract
LA Times: “We should be able to develop a good contract with this governor,” says union lobbyist Craig Brown, “and we should have no trouble getting it ratified.”
April 28, 2011 04:40
Mass. revolt? Democrats buck public unions?
[Mass.] House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly last night to strip police officers, teachers, and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain over health care, saying the change would save millions of dollars for financially strapped cities and towns.
April 26, 2011 11:27
Thuggery 101: Union Official, Professor Teach College Course in Violent Union Tactics
Union profs push violence as an acceptable method of looting your fellow citizens. Union professors Don Giljum and Judy Ancel teach a college course on “labor”. Giljum is a union leader with IUOE and a member of the Communist Party. Ancel is the director of UMKC’s Institute for Labor Studies.
