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| Public-employee unions force all taxpayers to fund the Democratic Party |
| 2011-02-28 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #9 The Taft-Hartley Act allowed right-to-work laws to be passed in 1947. This put a crimp in the unions' power. Twenty-two states have such laws. There is a renewed interest to pass such laws in additional states as well as at the Federal level. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-02-28 18:36 |
| #8 The Idaho Statesman reports: Whenever Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has asked lawmakers to weaken benefits for state employees, his proposals have met little resistance from workers. Mississippi is among those states - many in the South - where most government employees do not have the right to collective bargaining, the benefit that has caused a political upheaval in Wisconsin and has become a national flashpoint for those who argue that public employee benefits are too generous. Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/02/27/1544155/union-bargaining-just-a-dream.html#ixzz1FITf8SKB |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-02-28 18:05 |
| #7 Wonder how many of the union bosses would want a 'unionized' military. Think of Madison but with weapons. I believe it's called a coup. Hey, if they believe everyone one should be able to 'collectively bargain', then it must be OK. /sarc off |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-02-28 17:46 |
| #6 Some of the loons who commented on this article don't have a clue what they are talking about. The union thugs who were in Madison kept yelling to Mike Tobin from Fox that "Fox sucks" drowning him out. Some one hit him. They are not about free speech. Gov. Walker's bill actually states the following regarding collective bargaining: Collective bargaining – The bill would make various changes to limit collective bargaining for most public employees to wages. Total wage increases could not exceed a cap based on the consumer price index (CPI) unless approved by referendum. Contracts would be limited to one year and wages would be frozen until the new contract is settled. Collective bargaining units are required to take annual votes to maintain certification as a union. Employers would be prohibited from collecting union dues and members of collective bargaining units would not be required to pay dues. These changes take effect upon the expiration of existing contracts. Local law enforcement and fire employees, and state troopers and inspectors would be exempt from these changes. Collective bargaining is not a right for many people; therefore it is not a right for all people. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-02-28 16:32 |
| #5 It' really is a caste system. And it is useless for all intents and purpose to the Citizens. |
| Posted by: newc 2011-02-28 10:00 |
| #4 I liked the comments section - lots of loons - scary funny. One of the reasons we are so screwed right now - no deductive reasoning ability. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2011-02-28 09:44 |
| #3 Public-employee unions force all taxpayers to fund the Democratic Party The solution, civil service, for one problem, patronage, has after a hundred years become more corrupt in the process. At least with the old patronage system you could fire both the politicians and government employees with the vote. Now you have permanent graft with one party receiving the kickback from the system regardless of who is voted in. The fix is in. It will remain in till either the close shop mandatory payroll deduction is ended or public unions abolished. Of course we could go back to the spoils system given the amount of influence buying is going on anyway. How could you really tell the difference in Illinois? At least under patronage if you had a bad time at MVD, you'd tell your state representative you and your friends aren't backing him/her next year because of it. That'll get far more attention than filing paper complaints. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-02-28 09:33 |
| #2 Not exactly "news", but a well-written editorial. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-02-28 05:41 |
| #1 ION FREEREPUBLIC > FARRAKHAN: ME UPRISINGS WILL COME TO THE US + OBAMA MUST EMBRACE ISLAM, SAYS MUSLIM CLERIC. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-02-28 02:26 |