Post Tagged with: "SEIU"

March 12, 2010 15:17

Influence of the Tides Foundation is broad and international

The Tides Foundation’s central tenet is “healthy societies rely fundamentally on respect for human rights, the vitality of communities and a celebration of diversity.” Seems quite harmless at first glance but upon further inspection of this organization, the group’s motivation becomes quite clear: the promotion of radical leftist beliefs on the American public through any means possible.

March 11, 2010 07:55

Bush’s union transparency rules retracted under Obama

The Obama administration promised increased transparency in government but has rolled back rules proposed by the Bush administration that expanded the financial disclosure statements required of labor unions and their leaders.

March 5, 2010 04:50

White house to reveal new ‘screw the taxpayer, reward the unions’ contracting rules

The proposal would leverage federal contracting to raise wages and support unionized companies, a significant shift from the government’s longstanding emphasis on obtaining best value for the taxpayer. Allen said members of the contracting community view the policy as an attempt to use government contracting to “redistribute wealth across a certain class of working people.”

March 4, 2010 06:10

The Problem Is Government Unions

An important milestone was reached last year when, for the first time, the majority of union members (51.4 percent) were federal or state government employees. The political power of government workers unions is a major reason why government spending is now out of control.

March 3, 2010 06:33

Soros backs Obama’s FDR like power grab

Billionaire George Soros, who funds many radical left-wing groups and wants socialism in America, backs Obama’s FDR like power grab and expansion of government.

March 3, 2010 05:43

Obama administration takes low road with union favored construction policies

The Service Employees International Union, which has been one of the leading advocates for the High Road policy, has repeatedly refused to comment on the proposal or its lobbying efforts.

March 2, 2010 07:10

Obama appoints union campaign supporter Andy Stern, Pres. of SEIU (fox) to ‘deficit commission’ (henhouse)

Obama’s administration and Andy Stern’s SEIU seem to be joined at the hip when it comes to pushing socialism on the unsuspecting US.

March 2, 2010 06:10

Sinking By The Stern – Union Influence

The White House picks its most frequent visitor to sit on its deficit commission. He believes in big government, in big spending, and that the workers of the world should unite. What could go wrong? You don’t reduce spending and deficits by appointing to a deficit commission a union boss who believes in increasing both.

March 2, 2010 01:00

Public Sector Unions and their Political Donations

Why do politicians kill states? Perhaps because they cater to and are in hock to the public sector unions who line their pockets with campaign funds and provide the cheap (to politicians anyway — because “we the people” ending up paying their salaries and benefits) labor needed to operate the phone banks and canvass the neighborhoods.

February 25, 2010 07:21

SEIU Boss Open to Serving on Obama Deficit Reduction Commission, Supports More Deficit Spending -now that makes sense

When the White House released its visitor logs last October, Stern was found to be the most frequent guest, stopping by 22 times—more than advisor John Podesta or former Majority Leader Tom Daschle—to visit Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, budget chief Pete Orszag, and seven times, President Obama.
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) has requested that the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Channing D. Phillips, investigate Stern for the visits.