Labor unions often flood the radio, television and mailboxes with their messages in hopes of swaying public opinion.
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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.
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.
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.
Video Of Apparent Blizzard Clean-Up, Slow-Down
Claims union snow removal workers were deliberately slowing down work appear substantiated by this video of a truck driving down snowy streets with its plow raised and workers hanging out at a doughnut shop for hours on end.
Snowplow Slowdowns Might Become American Way
Americans may have had their first taste of disgruntled public unions hitting back at necessary spending cuts. Is it time to privatize?
Unions caught scab handed
The UFCW, United Food & Commercial Workers union, pickets Wal-Mart over low wages and lack of benefits with non union minimum wage temp workers without benefits. But its all Wal-Mart’s fault.