Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Kinda like the shit sandwich obama fed you disguised as change and hope and love and people fainting and transparency and rainbows flying out his ass etc... Public unions are not the answer. They are part of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 The Right to Work is about to become reality. Finally collective bargaining for the people who have been footing the bill. The taxpayer. New York is next. Will the Fleebaggers ever come home to roost? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4oHr5ELeZE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Union Bosses, School District Face Federal Suit for Illegal Forced Union Dues Scheme School employees challenge unconstitutional union dues confiscation Cincinnati, OH (January 21, 2011) – A group of Cincinnati Public Schools employees today filed a federal lawsuit against a local union and the city school district for illegally confiscating union dues from their paychecks in violation of their constitutional rights. National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, providing the employees with free legal aid, filed the suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The school district carpentry shop employees, who have exercised their right to refrain from formal union membership with the Greater Cincinnati Building & Construction Trades Council union (GCBCTC) and its affiliates, ask the federal court to protect their Right to Work Foundation-won rights upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Chicago Teachers Union v. Hudson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/righttowork#p/a/f/0/4X_qcA2-CRg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Funny. All those people who complained about the government having to much control of people's lives are now in favor of the government being in control of people's lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Big Labor’s Top Ten Special Privileges Labor union officials enjoy many extraordinary powers and immunities that were created by legislatures and the courts. Union officials claim to rely on the support of rank-and-file workers. Yet, they clamor in the political arena to secure and expand their government-granted powers, including the powers to shake down workers for financial support and even to wage campaigns of violent retaliation against non-union employees. The following list of special privileges reveals the extent to which union bosses have rigged our nation’s labor laws in their favor. Privilege #1: Exemption from prosecution for union violence. The most egregious example of organized labor’s special privileges and immunities is the 1973 United States v. Enmons decision. In it, the United States Supreme Court held that union violence is exempted from the Hobbs Act, which makes it a federal crime to obstruct interstate commerce by robbery or extortion. As a result, thousands of incidents of violent assaults (directed mostly against workers) by union militants have gone unpunished. Meanwhile, many states also restrict the authority of law enforcement to enforce laws during strikes. Privilege #2: Exemption from anti-monopoly laws. The Clayton Act of 1914 exempts unions from anti-monopoly laws, enabling union officials to forcibly drive out independent or alternative employee bargaining groups. Privilege #3: Power to force employees to accept unwanted union representation. Monopoly bargaining, or “exclusive representation,” which is embedded in most of the country’s labor relations statutes, enables union officials to act as the exclusive bargaining agents of all employees at a unionized workplace, thereby depriving employees of the right to make their own employment contracts. For example, the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935, the Federal Labor Relations Act (FLRA) of 1978, and the Railway Labor Act (RLA) of 1926 prohibit employees from negotiating their own contracts with their employers or choosing their own workplace representatives. Privilege #4: Power to collect forced union dues. Unlike other private organizations, unions can compel individuals to support them financially. In 28 states under the NLRA (those that have not passed Right to Work laws), all states under the RLA, on “exclusive federal enclaves,” and in many states under public sector labor relations acts, employees may be forced to pay union dues as a condition of employment, even if they reject union affiliation. Privilege #5: Unlimited, undisclosed electioneering. The Federal Election Campaign Act exempts unions from its limits on campaign contributions and expenditures, as well as some of its reporting requirements. Union bigwigs can spend unlimited amounts on communications to members and their families in support of, or opposition to, candidates for federal office, and they need not report these expenditures if they successfully claim that union publications are primarily devoted to other subjects. For years, the politically active National Education Association (NEA) teacher union has gotten away with claiming zero political expenditures on its IRS tax forms! Privilege #6: Ability to strong-arm employers into negotiations. Unlike all other parties in the economic marketplace, union officials can compel employers to bargain with them. The NLRA, FLRA, and RLA make it illegal for employers to resist a union’s collective bargaining efforts and difficult for them to counter aggressive and deceptive campaigns waged by union organizers. Privilege #7: Right to trespass on an employer’s private property. The Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 (and state anti-injunction acts) give union activists immunity from injunctions against trespass on an employer’s property. Privilege #8: Ability of strikers to keep jobs despite refusing to work. Unlike other employees, unionized employees in the private sector have the right to strike; that is, to refuse to work while keeping their job. In some cases, it is illegal for employers to hire replacement workers, even to avert bankruptcy. Meanwhile, union officials demonize replacement workers as “scabs” to set them up for retaliation. Privilege #9: Union-only cartels on construction projects. Under so-called project labor agreements, governments (local, state, or federal) award contracts for construction on major projects such as highways, airports, and stadiums exclusively to unionized firms. Such practices effectively lock-out qualified contractors and employees who refuse to submit to exclusive union bargaining, forced union dues, and wasteful union work rules. So far, just three states have outlawed these discriminatory and costly union-only pacts. Privilege #10: Government funding of forced unionism. On top of all of the special powers and immunities granted to organized labor, politicians even pour taxpayer money straight into union coffers. Union groups receive upwards of $160 million annually in direct federal grants. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In 2001, the federal Department of Labor doled out $148 million for “international labor programs” overwhelmingly controlled by an AFL-CIO front group. Federal bureaucrats spend approximately $2.6 billion per year on “job training programs” that, under the Workforce Investment Act, must be administered by boards filled with union officials. Union bosses also benefit from a plethora of state and local government giveaways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinkingguest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 You are so easily lead. You are a bunch of KOOL-AID drinkers. Once again the spin doctors on both side have the people fighting each other. Only 6% of all workers are union members. Only 30% 0f public employees are union members. You are so busy yelling at each other, you are not watching the economy. Corporations are handing out billion in bonuses. Prices on everything are going up. The government is in a stalemate. What are we doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Big Labor’s Top Ten Special Privileges blah blah blah The NRTWLDF has received 25 grants totaling $2,094,500 (unadjusted for inflation) from a handful of conservative U.S. foundations between 1991 and 2002. Funding foundations have included: * Castle Rock Foundation * John M. Olin Foundation * Shelby Cullon Foundation * Jaquelin Foundation * Roe Foundation You are promoting a union-busting corporate entity that wants to destroy the middle class. Does that make you happy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 i'm not the one accusing people of murder with nothing to back it up. that's your failure. And you continue to fail in grand fashion. Interesting how you can ignore all of the dead babies. Are you pathological? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 And you continue to fail in grand fashion. Interesting how you can ignore all of the dead babies. Are you pathological? Dead babies? Are we talking about Ronnie "The Baby killer" Reagan again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Dead babies? Are we talking about Ronnie "The Baby killer" Reagan again? WOW. You are so broadminded that you can't decide what side of the issue you support. How liberal of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 WOW. You are so broadminded that you can't decide what side of the issue you support. How liberal of you. how woodchuck of you to assume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 how woodchuck of you to assume If you were any more lame, you would be in a body cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Dead babies? Are we talking about Ronnie "The Baby killer" Reagan again? Why are you calling him a baby killer when you believe in baby killing yourself? Hypocrite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Why are you calling him a baby killer when you believe in baby killing yourself? Hypocrite. how woodchuck of you to assume Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 how woodchuck of you to assume Are you pro-choice or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 People who call someone else a baby killer are usually pro-choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 24, 2011 Report Share Posted February 24, 2011 Cowardly Democrat Fleebaggers still hiding! No Wisconsin Democrats present for Senate session again The Democrat cowards came out of their Woodchuck hole saw a big shadow (the Wisconsin taxpayers) and went back into hiding. Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 how woodchuck of you to assume The whole name calling and "woodchuck" thing is really getting old. Then again, I've grown to expect this. Just look at the video of the Democrats chanting. It's disgraceful. Democracy is dead in this country. After being duly elected, and actually doing what they were elected to do, the Republicans are taunted, shouted down and harassed......by the other party! The Democrats tried to derail the entire legislative process by leaving the state so they couldn't hold a vote. This is how you handle a loss at the election booth? You abandon your job and duties so that the duly authorized process can't work? Imagine if the tables were turned and Republicans did this. Imagine if Republicans in the House or Senate pulled the same stunt to prevent a vote on the Health Care Bill. The shame is on the Democrats who have shown themselves to be worse than poor losers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 The whole name calling and "woodchuck" thing is really getting old. Then again, I've grown to expect this. Just look at the video of the Democrats chanting. It's disgraceful. Democracy is dead in this country. After being duly elected, and actually doing what they were elected to do, the Republicans are taunted, shouted down and harassed......by the other party! The Democrats tried to derail the entire legislative process by leaving the state so they couldn't hold a vote. This is how you handle a loss at the election booth? You abandon your job and duties so that the duly authorized process can't work? Imagine if the tables were turned and Republicans did this. Imagine if Republicans in the House or Senate pulled the same stunt to prevent a vote on the Health Care Bill. The shame is on the Democrats who have shown themselves to be worse than poor losers. all woodchucks hate democrats for the wrong reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navin R Johnson Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 all woodchucks hate democrats for the wrong reasons I didn't know that rodents are capable of having feelings like that. Oh wait you are not referring to the animal but you are calling someone who you don't agree with philosophically a woodchuck? How original and creative of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 I didn't know that rodents are capable of having feelings like that. Oh wait you are not referring to the animal but you are calling someone who you don't agree with philosophically a woodchuck? How original and creative of you i didn't know woodchucks could drive trucks but they do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navin R Johnson Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 i didn't know woodchucks could drive trucks but they do Clearly you forgot the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Where: NY State Capitol, Washington Ave & Swan St (in Albany) When: Tomorrow at 12:00 PM What: Tomorrow, in cities across the nation, including Albany and every state capital, we'll come together to stand in solidarity with the people of Wisconsin and rally to Save the American Dream. Teachers, nurses, firefighters, students, police officers and others protesting in Wisconsin have occupied the Capitol building and streets of Madison for the past nine days, and now their protest is going national. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Unions had their day and we thank them. With OSHA and other government agencies looking out for our welfare, unions are no longer necessary. They politiced themselves out of the need to have them. They then became a money making machine charging large dues, taking the money to pay off democrats for what they wanted. The demands got larger as greed resulted. More money for more demands became the norm. Of course the money to pay for the demands is coming from taxpayers who have had enough and the states and citizens are suffering as s result. These days we all need to pay into our retirement and health benefits. I do so you do too. You need to stop living off of me and take responsibility for your own affairs. It is only fair. The problem though is that I will never see the money you will pay into your benfits as the state will keep my money to turn around the mess the unions have put us into. The levels are unsustainable and the only way to correct it is to pay more taxes. We pay too much now, people are leaving and no new people or businesses are flocking to our once great state. The dues you will save can help pay for your benefits so its not a total loss. So all the posturing previously taken to threaten work slowdowns and strikes is now backfiring. You reap what you sow. Reality check....take responsibility...and lets move on. The public sector has for the sake of the economy and continuous work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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