http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/union/ en-us Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:06:32 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283188/posts When we’re finally done with Obama his “Czar System” circumventing the constitutional confirmation process will stand out. Since he has a Czar for everything, count on a Labor Czar who will be his enforcer. Andy Stern, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) will be Labor Czar. He’ll direct Obama’s ACORN brown shirts and intimidate workers into surrendering to Card Check and nobody will be able to stop them. Who is Commissar Stern? Stern’s a favorite son of the Democratic Socialists of America, whose name spells out its aims. Stern’s SEIU is ruthlessly lawless. More than 3820 Unfair Labor... The Collins Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2283188/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 13:06:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282596/posts San Diego city employees earning at least $100,000 are the fastest-growing income group on the payroll... About 13 percent of city employees exceeded the six-figure mark in pay last year, when salary, overtime and add-on pay for reasons such as bilingual skills were included. That's up from 4 percent in 2003, and 7 percent since Mayor Jerry Sanders was elected in 2005. While this highest-paid group is growing, the proportion of middle-income earners is shrinking and the lowest-paid segment is basically flat. For many in San Diego, the conventional wisdom of government work being synonymous with low pay and high... San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282596/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:57:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279171/posts June 25, 2009 Dear xxxxxx, As we decide which gubernatorial candidate to support, the fact that Deeds and McDonnell have voting records is significant. Kaine, having come to the Mansion by the way of local government, had no state level voting record to back his words. Deeds and McDonnell have shown their true stripes as they have voted over many years and many session in the Virginia General Assembly. The VEA Fund (formerly known as VEA-PAC) has not recommended a candidate, so I find myself in the delightful position of being able to discuss the positions the candidates are taking... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279171/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:52:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277773/posts Once again Organized Labor has turned logic on its head. Rather than sitting in rubber rooms, these “teachers” should be doing something constructive. Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277773/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:16:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277595/posts Maybe the best way to explain Donald Fehr is that he was very good, maybe even too good, at his job. It's just that he could not or would not grasp what his job could have and should have been. If the union chief's sole responsibility was to pump up player salaries, then the brilliant and quick-witted Fehr was a smashing success. Clearly, that is how he evaluated himself. The fact that his own income was tied directly to the average player's salary may have had something to do with his point of view. But if the head of the... The Philidelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2277595/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:18:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277486/posts I suppose, strictly speaking, if you are a mother that takes care of a developmentally disabled son, well, I guess you might be considered a "healthcare worker" of a kind. Also, I could easily see the state being such a buttinski that it forces such a mother to get "training" to take care of her own son in order to receive state aid. That seems just the sort of twisted logic that might be employed by the nanny state(s) under which we suffer. It might even behoove a mother of a developmentally disabled child to get some training of some... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2277486/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:46:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276948/posts We've found a snazzy interactive map that shows the location of the plant at every American-built car and light truck is assembled, along with information on that plant's unionization or lack thereof. The New York Times piece also lists the nation of origin for each vehicle's engine and transmission, and the overall effect is to provide tirade ammunition for both ends of the political spectrum. For example, if you know that unions (and the hand-wringin', gun-confiscatin', Kyoto-treaty-signin' parlor-pink liberals who enable them) have systematically destroyed everything that was once good and true about this country, you'll be able to point... Jalopnik via NYT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276948/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:07:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275106/posts Without unionized labor on board, solar developers can expect a whole bunch of delays. If green collar jobs are really going to revive the nation's manufacturing sector, as hoped, unions don't want to get shafted. So they are doing all they can to make sure any big solar installations are built with union labor: NYT: When a company called Ausra filed plans for a big solar power plant in California, it was deluged with demands from a union group that it study the effect on creatures like the short-nosed kangaroo rat and the ferruginous hawk. By contrast, when a competitor,... The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275106/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:39:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269286/posts National Health Care and the UAWJune 10, 2009 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Here's Mike in Darien, Connecticut, as we go back to the phones. Great to have you with us today on the EIB Network. Hi. CALLER: Rush, it's a pleasure to speak with you. RUSH: Thank you, sir. CALLER: One of the things I wanted to point out, I've been an auto analyst for 25 years and one of the things that's been missed by the media -- RUSH: Wait, wait, wait just a second. What is an auto analyst? Like, where do you work, what's your job? CALLER: I'm... Rush Limbaugh .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269286/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:30:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267838/posts CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The largest union representing employees of the Boston Globe narrowly rejected management's final contract offer Monday, possibly setting the stage for the closure of the embattled newspaper. Parent New York Times Co. /quotes/comstock/13*!nyt/quotes/nls/nyt (NYT 6.34, -0.15, -2.31%) threatened earlier this year to shut down the Globe unless it could get $20 million in concessions from the paper's unions. Last month, the Boston Newspaper Guild and the Globe had reached a tentative deal that on a proposal that included a substantial pay cut, unpaid furloughs, and modifications to the lifetime job guarantee provisions that protect almost 200 employees.... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267838/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267715/posts The Boston Globe’s biggest union last night refused to bow to contract concessions demanded by its New York corporate masters in a high-risk slap that dares management to make good on threats to impose a 23-percent pay cut or even shutter the struggling broadsheet. It was a close vote but the Boston Newspaper Guild rejected the company’s contract proposal by a vote of 277-265. Guild members dared management to impose a draconian 23 percent pay cut rather than accepting the company’s 8.4 percent salary cut and drastically reduced benefits. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267715/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 02:40:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267537/posts Le Monde is reporting that that Air France Pilot's Union will "refuse" to fly A330/340 The union regrets that, pending the replacement of all defective pitot, management does not “have not taken the decision to stop the A330 and A340 not yet equipped with new models Pitot and whose replacement n ‘ provides that “in the coming weeks.”... ...Back on an historical note, the ocean between Brazil and Africa s a graveyard of French aircraft. Several pioneers disappeared in the same area as the Airbus in the early decades of air transport. The most famous was Jean Mermoz, a colleague... LuckyBogey's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267537/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 23:00:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267189/posts Almost half of the nation’s 20 largest unions have pension funds that federal law classifies as “endangered” or in “critical” condition due to being underfunded, an Examiner review of federal actuarial reports shows. Pensions with less than 80 percent of the assets needed to cover present and projected liabilities are considered “endangered,” while those that fall below a 65 percent threshold are classified as “critical” under the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The growing number of local and national union pensions that lack sufficient resources to cover their obligations could threaten the retirement security not just of union members, but... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267189/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 15:10:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261261/posts Obama is on the cusp of making American taxpayers the proud new bankrupt owners of what is now affectionately referred to as “Government Motors.”— As GM follows Chrysler into Fed forced bankruptcy, Obama’s economic guru has already worked out the details of how GM will emerge from bankruptcy court a wholly owned asset of the Fed. In the good ole days, we didn’t have Czars in America because the land of the free and home of the brave did not have government owned and operated industries. That stuff only existed in the Soviet Union… Now, we need a Czar for... CapitolHillCoffeeHouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2261261/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 17:01:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261150/posts Because they don't differentiate between good workers and bad ones The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261150/posts#comment Sat, 30 May 2009 13:11:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2256172/posts A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced former President of the New York City Central Labor Council (CLC), Brian M. McLaughlin (who was also part of the AFL-CIO), to 10 years in prison for fraud, embezzlement and corruption charges this week. The 57-year-old McLaughlin was also a low-level New York City Assemblyman from Queens whose power came from his close ties to the labor union. He "pleaded guilty in March 2008 to racketeering charges that included using embezzlement, fraud and bribes to take money from taxpayers, labor unions and contractors, even from a Little League team in Queens," reported The New... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2256172/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 11:37:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2253821/posts I find it particularly amusing when liberals proclaim the end of capitalism by their self-righteous actions of micromanaging companies they plan to make the centerpiece of their social responsibility. Of course, since I am not directly affected as an employee or investor, my sense of humor might be lost those who are being manipulated for the so-called benefit of society. Chrysler has become the liberal showcase of what they can do when their “superior intellect” is employed. In Chrysler we have fascism, environmentalism, unionism and redistribution of wealth all mixed into one big bubbling pot of failure. While I do... The Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2253821/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 12:40:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252954/posts If you don't live under a rock (and frankly a rock wouldn't be a bad place to live under these days), you've no doubt heard that Obama has fired CEOs, picked board members, altered bankruptcy proceedings, and has refused to allow banks to repay their loans without ridiculous conditions being imposed. He is also moving toward regulating the pay of executives even if their companies didn't take bailout money. You might have heard how Obama has bullied and threatened hedge funds that demanded that their legal rights as secured Chrysler debtholders be recognized and respected as their money is given... Start Thinking Right http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2252954/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 01:52:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251052/posts Back on March 24, Arlen Specter announced his opposition to Big Labor’s card-check legislation, the “Employee Free Choice Act.” Some conservatives cheered. But as I noted at the time, Specter left the door wide open in his Senate floor statement: “I would be willing to reconsider Employees’ Free Choice legislation when the economy returns to normalcy.” On April 28, Benedict Arlen made his party switch official. He said he would not change his opposition to card-check, to which I replied: “Snort.” On May 5, Specter met with the corruptocrats at the SEIU and another union has launched ads pressuring the... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2251052/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 20:35:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2250740/posts Larry Seale of First Transit Employee Rights Blog found an odd expenditure for Los Angeles based Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1277 early this month. The vexing question here is why would a Local union office need to spend $93,755 on "computer services"? What are they doing, rebuilding flight control for NASA? On the Local's LM-2 form, a financial disclosure form required by the federal government, the payout of "computer services" is listed as having been paid to a Doc Fixit, Inc of Santa Clarita, California. $93,755 is an awful lot of money for ''computer services" unless one was fitting... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2250740/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 13:36:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249415/posts Furlough fever is spreading to the Chicago Park District. One week after Mayor Daley ordered 3,600 non-union city employees to take 14 unpaid days off, Park District Superintendent Tim Mitchell upped the ante-by asking 1,700 park employees to take 16 furlough days. Mitchell said the unpaid days are needed to erase a potential $14 million shortfall in his $400 million 2010 budget caused by a precipitous drop in corporate income tax revenues. Mitchell claimed union leaders have been “pretty receptive” to the demand, adding, “They’ve heard from their rank-and-file that it’s important to keep people employed and have health insurance... Chicago Sun-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249415/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 18:44:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249188/posts YORK, Pa. -- Harley-Davidson said it may have to shut down its York County assembly plant. The news spread at employee meetings that started with Monday's third shift. An employee works on a Harley-Davidson softtail at the York facility. Company officials said they outlined what they are calling a three-part strategy to improve Harley-Davidson. WGAL.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249188/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 13:11:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248935/posts I meant to post on this over the weekend as I read about this first on Friday... naturally (bury the big news in the weekend, eh?) But once again - as Mike's A pointed out with the auto makers - Obama is flexing his muscles on behalf of the unions. And in this case, Arnie, the guvernator, is finding his diminutive stature eyeball to belly button with Obama over a renegotation with the SEIU service employees union. And right now, Arnie's not got the wind at his back because Obama's holding the stimulus funds hostage. The short story? Schwarzenegger and... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248935/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 01:14:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2245300/posts Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) appears to be warning his membership that there is no lock on allegiance for Arlen Specter even though he has recently jumped the GOP ship for the Democrat Party. On May 3, Stern used his twitter account to praise Congressman Joe Sestak, a possible 2010 opponent for Specter for the Democratic Party nomination for Penn. Senator. The twitter message read: Congressman Sestak impressive on CNN. Visiting him tomorrow. Is this a shot over Specter's bow? Is the president of the powerful SEIU warning Specter not to expect its fealty just... Publius' Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2245300/posts#comment Wed, 6 May 2009 13:53:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239443/posts BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Serbian union official who chopped off his finger and ate it in a protest over wages that in some cases have not been paid in years, said Monday he did it to show how desperate he and other workers were. "We, the workers have nothing to eat, we had to seek some sort of alternative food and I gave them an example," Zoran Bulatovic told Reuters. "It hurt like hell." Bulatovic, a union leader at the Raska Holding textile factory in Novi Pazar in southwest Serbia, used a hacksaw to cut off most of his left-hand... Yahoo! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239443/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:09:15 GMT