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Rhetoric vs. Reality: Liberal Protest of Gov. Walker’s Budget Repair Plan

admin — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:00:30 +0000

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Union Boss John Gage Calls Those Who Believe in Cutting Spending “Mentally Retarded”

admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:52:37 +0000

As reported by Americans for Prosperity.

On February 8th members of the American Federation of Government Employees picketed outside the Capitol demanding more taxpayer dollars for their already bloated salary and benefits. We caught up with AFGE President John Gage who told us those who say federal pay should be cut are “mentally retarded”. Tell Mr. Gage you believe cutting spending is actually very sane at RemoveGage.com

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Unions Declare War on Corbett over Privatization

admin — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:37:47 +0000

From the Post Gazette.

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s unionized clerks have declared “war” on Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to dismantle Pennsylvania’s government-operated wine and spirits sales operation.

On Monday, PLCB employees met at four hotels in Western Pennsylvania to discuss their game plan going forward and to vote on a temporary dues increase.

On its Facebook page, the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23 asked employees to “spend your Martin Luther King Jr. holiday saving your job. … This is no time to ’sit back and see what happens’ — this is WAR!” At the meetings, leaders asked members to “fight the threat” of privatization.

Read the full article: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11019/1118940-454.stm#ixzz1CdwuQlFt

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Simon Campbell debates AFL-CIO on ‘Right to Work’ in PA

admin — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:06:30 +0000

President of StopTeacherStrikes.org & Pennsbury School Board Director Simon Campbell debates AFL-CIO union leader Pat Gillespie on ‘Right to Work’ in Pennsylvania.

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Learn more at StopTeacherStrikes.org

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The Truth About The EFCA

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:35:23 +0000

TheTruthAboutEFCA.com has launched. h/t/ Tony Phrylalis

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today launched a new website, TheTruthAboutEFCA.com, to help educate the public about the sweeping economic and workplace consequences of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), or “card check” legislation. TheTruthAboutEFCA.com will track the latest news from the mainstream media and social networking sites, highlight academic studies and public opinion data, and contain video ads and interviews to expose EFCA’s threat to the U.S. economy and an employee’s right to a federally supervised private-ballot during union organizing activities.

[press release]

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From the website

On February 3, 2009 University of Chicago law school professor Richard A. Epstein published an in-depth monograph exploring the history of union organizing law and the effects of EFCA. The abstract for that publication reads: “EFCA would fundamentally alter the current labor law in three ways.” He explains:

* The first of these is to allow unions to opt for recognition through a card check instead of the secret ballot currently required under the National Labor Relations Act.
* The second would institute a regime, if the parties do not reach an agreement within 130 days after the union is recognized, of compusory arbitration and arbitrator-imposed requirements and restrictions, binding for a two-year period.
* The third would increase the current sanctions for unfair labor practices committed by employers during an organizational campaign.

Read the full report here [pdf]

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