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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Brendon S. Peck
Confronted with an unwelcome intrusion, employees at a Target store in New
York rejected unionization and dealt a blow to the grand plans of the UFCW.
That average Americans continue to stand against these job-killing, profit-
leaching forces is most encouraging. But make no mistake, the fight is far
from over.
Labor unions are in decline and desperate. Today, union membership is under
12% of the U.S. workforce -- it was over 20% in the 1980's. Among retail
unions, like the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 2 Union Organizer Pretends to be Anti-Union Protester to Push Union Goals
December 10, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
It turns out that the viral video depicting an uncaring, screaming “Google
” employee that was attacking innocent union organizers in San Francisco
ended up being a union organizer attempting to make a scene, gin up emotion
in favor of unions and make Google employees look like elitist jerks who
hate poor people. Yes, this guy turns out to be a liar.
Unions have been protesting the pr... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 Right-To-Work states can be indentified on the map below. Ironically, the
states labeled as “blue” are predominantly “red” states during election
season. 42 Right-To-Work bills are pending in 24 other states, according to
the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Right-To-Work is a foundation that was established to protect the civil
rights of employees while eliminating forced unionism. Right-To-Work is not
so much “anti-union” but rather anti-forced unionism. The laws give
employees the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 4 Who wants a union? Not Southern autoworkers, it seems
By JERRY HIRSCH
Los Angeles Times
Related:
http://www.latimes.com/
More News
Carmakers scramble to hire electric engineers
Who wants a union? Not Southern autoworkers, it seems
Change your job-hunting strategy to better your odds
Canyon Ranch founder practices what he preaches
Your Office Coach: Try to adapt to unwelcome management change
Q&A: To keep work distractions at bay, consider curbs on email
New graduates look in vain for expected jo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 Economy, globalization of manufacturing hit labor hard, experts say
11:47 PM, Sep. 3, 2011 |
Waste treatment operator Daryl Iczkowski scoops a sample to be tested Friday
at Foremost Farms in Rothschild.
Purchase Image
Waste treatment operator Daryl Iczkowski scoops a sample to be tested Friday
at Foremost Farms in Rothschild. / Xai Kha/Wausau Daily Herald
Written by
Jake Miller
Wausau Daily Herald
Filed Under
Local News
Union workers by the numbers
Private sector unions and U.S. Postal... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 543 | 6 照US News 的排名， 去年全NJ第八啊， 不低哦？！
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-jersey/ra
NJ。com的排名也差不多（按SAT成绩）
County School SAT '08 Score '12 Score Pct. Change Grade
Median Home Value
MONMOUTH High Technology High Scho 2113 416.0 442.0 6.3% B
$413,500
MORRIS Academy For Mathematics, Science And Engineering 2112 438.7
443.1 1.0% A $463,200
BERGEN Bergen County Academies 2083 418.0 437.7 4.7% A
$474,200
MID... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 7 By JAMES R. HAGERTY and CAROLINE VAN HASSELT
LONDON, Ontario—Outside a rail locomotive factory owned by Caterpillar Inc.
here, locked-out workers have set up a trailer and a wooden shack to keep
warm between bouts of waving union flags and shouting slogans. In a high-
profile test of union clout in Canada, they are digging in for what looks
like a long struggle.
The workers, who are resisting a new labor contract that would slash their
wages by about 50%, hope Caterpillar will soften its demands... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 8 Too Many Republican Congressmen Giving Unions Free Tax Dollars
May 29, 2012 by Warner Todd Huston
For such a blue state, Illinois has some rather good Republicans in Congress
, but on one issue many of them consistently fail. That is in their
unfortunate support for Big Labor. The issue of Project Labor Agreements (
PLAs) is a perfect example of this penchant to support issues dear to the
hearts of Big Labor.
Unions love PLAs because the rule forces government construction projects to
be condu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1006 | 9 Let me explain here how the union works in case some people don't understand.
In the contruction industrial, there are 2 different jobs, Union and None
Union. In Manhattan and other big construction site, usually is Union Sites
only, means none union workers are not allow to work there.
Union shops need to sign a contract with the Union Hall, so they can only
hire people from the union and can not sub contract to none union shops.
Depending the size of the job, but usuall there is a general con... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 10 Civil Marriage vs. Civil Unions
What is marriage?
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Marriage is a unique legal status conferred by and recognized by governments
all over the world. It brings with it a host of reciprocal obligations,
rights and protections. It is also a cultural institution. No other word has
that power and no other status can provide that protection.
Married couples have 1,138 federal rights, protections and responsibilities
such as:
Social Security bene... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 11 City Being Forced to ‘Negotiate’ With Union Despite That No Employees
Belong
Here we have yet another example of why unions should never, ever be allowed
for government workers. A union that claims to represent police officers in
Moriarty, New Mexico, is attempting to force the city to negotiate raises
for officers quite despite the fact that the union doesn’t count a single
member of the force as a member.
You read that right. A union with no members is claiming that it has the
power to force a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 12 MADISON, Wis.—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Friday
eliminating most collective-bargaining rights for the state's public
employees, while boosting how much they will pay for their benefits and
making it tougher for public unions to retain members.
With the passage of a controversial bill curtailing collective bargaining
rights for public workers in Wisconsin, angry union members are calling for
more protests and Democrats are promising legal challenges. Doug Belkin
reports fr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 By KRIS MAHER And MATTHEW DOLAN
Unions in Michigan are trying to fend off a push by Republican lawmakers to
pass right-to-work legislation—the latest in a string of challenges to
organized labor in one of its traditional Midwestern strongholds.
Separate right-to-work bills that would ban contracts requiring employees to
pay union dues are drafted and could be introduced in the Michigan Senate
and House this week, according to lawmakers.
Conservative groups that support the measures plan to appea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 14 Illinois Civil Unions Bill Passes Senate, Gov. Quinn Will Sign Into Law
First Posted: 12- 1-10 03:23 PM | Updated: 12- 1-10 04:03 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/01/illinois-civil-unions-bil_2_n_790595.html
Less than 24 hours after it was passed by the Illinois House of
Representatives, the state Senate voted to approve a measure that would
allow gay couples to enter into civil unions.
Governor Pat Quinn has already pledged to sign SB1716, the "Illinois
Religious Freedom Protection ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 15 Wednesday, 09 Mar 2011 11:46 AM
公立学校教师工会特权受限，美国爱达荷州通过法案，排除在报酬协商时就课堂大小、
工作量讨价还价，废除教师终身制
The Idaho state legislature approved a bill on Tuesday to strip public
school teachers of many of their collective bargaining rights while
protesters in five states rallied against Republican efforts to curb union
power.
The Idaho bill, which excludes issues like class size and workloads from
negotiations for the state's 12,000 unionized teachers, was given final
approval by the Republican-led House and is exp... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 16 Posted on Advocate.com March 08, 2011
Colo. Advances Civil Unions Bill
By Sunnivie Brydum
GUTIERREZ STEADMAN X390 | ADVOCATE.COM
Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee vice-chair senator Lucía Guzmán (left)
and senator Pat Steadman
In a bipartisan vote of 6-3, the Colorado Senate Judiciary Committee on
Monday approved a civil unions bill, more than 18 years after state voters
passed an amendment barring antidiscrimination protections for gays and
lesbians — one that was overturned four years later... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 By Phil Boehmke
Over the course of his lengthy career with the Memphis Police Department, J.
D. Sewell has been in hot water a number of times, but the union was always
there to save his bacon. The MPD veteran eventually took over as president
of the Memphis Police Association (MPA) due in part to his proficiency in
gaming the system, but now Sewell finds himself in hot water with the union.
The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports that Sewell has been suspended by the
union. Although the MPA chi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 18 Posted on Advocate.com June 28, 2011 05:10:00 PM ET
Story Updated : June 28, 2011 07:00:00 PM
R.I. Gay Rights Group to Gov: Veto Civil Unions Bill
By Neal Broverman
Rhode Island House speaker Gordon Fox While many gays in Hawaii and Illinois
were jubilant when their states recently passed legislation establishing
civil unions, LGBT Rhode Islanders aren't seeing much to cheer about.
Rhode Island's Senate will likely pass a bill this week that allows same-sex
couples to form civil unions; the stat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 19 DENVER (AP) — A last-ditch effort by Colorado's governor to give gay
couples in the state rights similar to married couples failed Monday after
Republicans rejected the proposal during a special legislative session.
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper had said the special session was needed to
address a "fundamental question of fairness and civil rights."
The bill's demise was expected by Democrats, who have begun using the issue
as a rallying cry to topple Republicans in the November elections.
R... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 By Paula Dierkins
The ongoing public employees' union protests in Wisconsin against the (minor
) cut in benefits witnesses these protestors comparing their struggle to
those of the popular, spontaneous public uprising raging all over the Middle
East. Such a claim however is ludicrous and laughable. The public in the
Middle Eastern countries is revolting against government tyranny. On the
contrary, if the demands of the Wisconsin protestors are heeded, it would
result in high taxes and therefo... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 21 Hostess's Second-Largest Union Rejects Labor Deal
By RACHEL FEINTZEIG
Hostess Brands Inc.'s second-largest union voted to reject a revamped labor
deal, sending the company back to the drawing board as it scrambles to find
a way out of bankruptcy.
The maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread on Friday saw its largest union, the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, narrowly vote to accept the new
collective bargaining agreements but failed to get the Bakery, Confectionery
, Tobacco Workers & Grain Mi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 22 Posted on Advocate.com March 18, 2011
Colorado Civil Unions Move Forward
By Sunnivie Brydum
PAT STEADMAN X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
The Colorado state senate appropriations committee Friday approved a civil
unions bill by a party-line vote of 6-4.
SB-172, sponsored by gay Democratic senator Pat Steadman of Denver, now
moves to the full senate, where it is expected to pass. All 20 Democratic
senators — a majority of the chamber's 35 senators — have signed on as
bill cosponsors.
The bill will the... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 23 WASHINGTON -- The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is the leading
group fighting the legalization of same-sex marriage around the country. It
has raised and spent millions, opposing not only marriage equality but also
civil unions.
Yet NOM is now backing legislation in New Hampshire that would repeal same-
sex marriage but legalize civil unions, signaling a shift in its tactics as
more states move toward recognizing marriage equality.
The New Hampshire House is expected to vote Wednesday... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 24 ENVER -- Chants of "shame on you" from gay rights supporters thundered
through the Colorado House on Tuesday night after Republican House Speaker
Frank McNulty said legislation to allow civil unions won't get a vote.
McNulty told reporters that lawmakers had reached an impasse and civil
unions would die along with several other bills, including an overhaul of
school discipline policies and setting a blood-level marijuana limit for
drivers.
"We have reached an impasse," McNulty said. "It is unfor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 25 Douglas County Colorado Proposal Seeks to Terminate Collective Bargaining of
Teachers' Unions
by n*****[email protected] (Mike Mish Shedlock)
Three members of the Douglas County School Board have floated proposals to
terminate dealings with teacher's unions.
Three board members proposed three separate ballot questions, each
chipping away at what have been traditional district-union relationships in
the affluent county south of Denver.
Should the district be prohibited from using public f... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5093 | 26 Ricketts Shuts Down Local News Sites DNAInfo And Gothamist In Wake Of Union
Vote
Billionaire Joe Ricketts shut down the local news websites DNAInfo and
Gothamist at 5:00 p.m. yesterday, hanging out the internet equivalent of a
gone-out-of-business sign on the front door.
Both sites -- and Gothamist’s companion sites in Chicago, Los Angeles, San
Francisco and Washington -- all point to a memo in which Ricketts said he
was shuttering the business with regret.
Ricketts said he started DNAInfo in 20... 阅读全帖 |
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G****s
发帖数: 3523 | 27 in 2002, the AVERAGE ILWU union worker salary was $106, 833. This is salary,
not counting union worker any benefits and pensions.
They demand a 57% raise over 3 years.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3827/is_200210/ai_n9144523/
Despite pause, West Coast dock dispute far from over
Human Events, Oct 21, 2002
12Next ..Longshoremen-Earning More Than $100,000 Per Year-Refuse to Reduce
Demands
After being forced back to work temporarily by a federal judge, the 10,500-
member International Long... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 28 Posted on Advocate.com
Civil Unions Pass Initial Colorado Sen. Vote
By Advocate.com Editors
PAT STEADMAN X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
In an initial voice-vote, the Colorado State Senate approved a bill that
would establish civil unions on Monday. Senate Bill 172, introduced by
openly gay Sen. Pat Steadman (pictured), would create civil unions which
offer most of the rights and benefits given to married Colorado couples. The
bill will face a final vote in the Senate later this week, after which it
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 By DICK MORRIS & EILEEN MCGANN
Published on DickMorris.com
on January 31, 2011
When Obama started to speak about the need to improve education, upgrade our
schools and attract quality teachers, an elephant appeared in the living
rooms of most Americans who were watching. Obama never mentioned the beast,
but most of the country saw clearly the three letters on his back -- AFT.
American Federation of Teachers -- the union that, along with its
counterpart, the NEA, National Education Association, h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 By Gary Jason
Two recent WSJ articles -- ironically, appearing on the same day -- remind
us anew of the complete cynicism and utter immorality of the teachers'
unions.
The first is about the vicious fight that the Louisiana Association of
Educators (LEA), one of the major rent-seeking rat-packs -- oh, pardon me, I
meant to say "teachers' unions" -- in the state. The LEA is outraged --
outraged! -- that Gov. Bobby Jindal was able to pass a school choice
initiative starting this year that creates... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 America’s Sheriff, Joe Arpaio, Stands Alone Against Unions And Outsiders in
Recall Effort
April 11, 2013
Posted by Warner Todd Huston
Only three weeks after re-election in 2012, Sheriff Joe Arpaio was hit with
a recall effort. Now, with anti-Arpaio petitions in circulation in Maricopa
County, Arizona, “America’s Sheriff” is organizing his forces to oppose a
recall backed by the deep pockets of the unions, millions in outside money,
and a flood of non-Arizonans arriving to act as the left-winger... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 33 Posted on Advocate.com February 15, 2011
Colo. Civil Unions Bill Introduced
Colorado state senator Pat Steadman introduced a civil unions bill Monday,
as supporters sent legislators construction-paper “links of love” for
Valentine’s Day.
By Advocate.com Editors
Colorado state senator Pat Steadman introduced his much-anticipated civil
unions bill Monday.
Steadman had been talking about the bill for months, even wondering if he
should sponsor it, as he took into account the criticism that civil un... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 34 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/16/hawaii-samesex-civil-
Hawaii lawmakers approved a bill Wednesday to allow civil unions for same-
sex couples, marking an end to what the governor called an "emotional
process" for a longtime battleground in the gay rights movement.
Democratic Gov. Neil Abercrombie's office said he intends to sign the bill
into law within 10 business days. Civil unions would begin Jan. 1, 2012,
making the state the seventh in the nation to grant essentially the same
rights... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2596 | 35 Gay couples campaigning for civil unions in Colorado have claimed their
biggest victory yet as a key Republican-led House committee advanced a bill
it had previously opposed.
The newfound support means Colorado is likely to become the latest of more
than a dozen states to provide legal protections to gay couples similar to
marriage.
The measure approved Thursday evening faces two more committee votes, but
sponsors are optimistic they have enough support to get the legislation to
Gov. John Hicken... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19713 | 36 Douglas County Republican supports civil unions in emotional speech
POSTED: 02/28/2013 01:41:54 PM MST
UPDATED: 03/01/2013 11:00:33 AM MSTBy Lynn Bartels
The Denver Post
A Republican lawmaker from one of Colorado's most conservative counties
voted Thursday to support civil unions, the latest signal that attitudes
toward gays have changed drastically in recent years.
Rep. Carole Murray of Castle Rock said some might be surprised that a
politician with a voting record that she said has been de... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 Why police should not be unionized: "Lawyer for Ohio police threatens state
legislator who voted against unions"
Lets put aside for now that government workers shouldn't be unionized at all
since there is no profit motive, not working conditions issues from the
past, no cap on compensation, that unions negotiate with themselves being
that they sit on both sides of the 'bargaining' table and that the ultimate
boss - the taxpayers - are completely locked out of the process. But there
is an even da... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 Chicago Teachers Union President Mocks Arne Duncan, Jokes About Smoking Pot
-- With Kids in the Audience
By Susan Jones
November 15, 2011
(CNSNews.com) - The head of the Chicago Teachers Union -- addressing a
teachers' conference in Seattle last month -- joked about spending her
college years "smoking lots of weed" and "self-medicating" -- then
apologized because "there are kids here."
"I wasn't supposed to say that, right? Too late," Karen Lewis says in a
YouTube video that was picked up by an ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 901 | 39 New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday called for public school teachers
to be evaluated based equally on their classroom performance and student
achievement and accused the state's largest teachers union of being a group
of "bullies and thugs."
Christie laid out his proposal in a speech in New York sponsored by the
Brookings Institute, a Washington think tank. A teachers union spokesman
called the governor's plan an "educational disaster."
Since taking office last year, the Republican Chris... 阅读全帖 |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 40 本文基于civil union和marriage权利一样。
civil union在new england已经试验了很多年了，最后还是要实现marriage，原因就是
Separate is not equal，这不光是一句口号，而也是实际中的问题。比如在VT实现
civil union 7年后，即使civil union在州里和marriage的权利一样，人们对civil
union partner和spouse的认同还是不一样的。比如一方得急病，救护人员不会不让
spouse也上救护车，但是就可能不让civil union partner上救护车。另外一个例子，
在有gay marriage或civil union的州，尽管州法赋于同性伴侣同样的权利，根
据The Federal Employment Retirement Income
Security Act (ERISA), self-insured companies，可以不遵循州法，而遵循联邦法，
不承认合法的同性伴侣关系，比如不给同性伴侣提供健康保险。我不太
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发帖数: 4174 | 41 Posted on Advocate.com April 14, 2011
Delaware House to Vote on Civil Unions
The Delaware house is expected to vote Thursday afternoon on a civil unions
bill and advocates feel confident the measure will pass.
By Julie Bolcer
The Delaware house is expected to vote Thursday afternoon on a measure to
legalize civil unions for same-sex couples that passed the senate last week.
On Wednesday, the house administration committee voted 4 to 1 to advance to
the bill to the house floor. The bipartisan nod... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 42 Posted on Advocate.com April 25, 2012 07:27:10 PM ET
Civil Union Bill Approved in Colorado Senate
The Colorado state senate approved a civil unions bill on its second reading
Wednesday. A third and final senate vote will take place before the
legislation heads to the Republican-majority House.
By Michelle Garcia
The Colorado state senate approved a civil unions bill on its second reading
Wednesday. A third and final senate vote will take place before the
legislation heads to the Republican-major... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 43 Republican senators in Wisconsin Wednesday night maneuvered around Democrats
to pass legislation stripping public employees' unions of collective-
bargaining rights, setting the stage for other states to pursue similar
steps in one of the broadest challenges to organized labor in decades.
A vote on Republican Gov. Scott Walker's "budget-repair" bill had been
stymied since Feb. 17 when 14 Democratic senators left the state, kicking
off a rancorous, three-week political drama. Without the Democrat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 44 by Rossputin
In a solid piece of journalism, RedState.com is reporting that organizers of
the Democratic presidential convention which is to be held in Charlotte, NC
, are refusing to offer any contracts to non-unionized shops and further are
causing the temporary (we hope) layoff of non-unionized hotel employees (
such as at the Ritz-Carlton) during the convention.
This could be the first convention in history (or at least the first I know
of) which could be responsible for increasing local une... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2324 | 45 If they don't have to consider union first, then it's a fair game.
I mean, this is a war between Union and Business. Nothing wrong about it. As
long as everybody play fair and square.
I can convince your employee to join my union, you can also convince my
union worker to quit my union.
As long as there's no violence, no block of the street, I am fine with Union.
And I should be allowed to shut down my business, and start a new one. The
boss will suffer if he does this, but the employee of suffer... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 December 15, 2012 Posted by Warner Todd Huston
One story that no one seems to be talking much about is the violent attack
on an African American small businessman’s hot dog vending stand
perpetrated by criminal union thugs during Monday’s right-to-work fracas in
Lansing, Michigan.
Clint Tarver set up his stand near the Americans for Prosperity tent that
union goons later tore down and, at least initially, Mr. Tarver reported
that things were “going real well,” until the union toughs got into th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 47 Firefighters Union Abandons Hillary Clinton – Refuses Endorsement
Jim Hoft Aug 17th, 2016 9:17 am 80 Comments
More bad news for Hillary Clinton…
The International Association of Fire Fighters has abandoned its plans to
endorse Hillary Clinton for president.
Donald Trump is the Law and Order candidate.
Via California Firefighters News:
The International Association of Fire Fighters, a politically powerful
labor union, has abandoned its initial plans to endorse Democrat Hillary
Clinton for U.S... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 99 | 49 准备近期买新车，已经咨询了他们贷款利率，但还没开credit union的账户。我想去
dealer那边比较他们开的利率后再决定用哪个贷款。我想请问，要是我用credit union
的贷款，是不是买车的时候就要把向credit union申请贷款的合同带去dealer，dealer
才会把车给我？还是和dealer都谈好之后，回去再向credit union申请贷款，这样等到
我credit union贷款申请下来之后才能拿车？
说得比较绕，简单的说，买新车要是用自己的credit union，是在签好买车合同之前还
是之后向credit union申请贷款？多谢！ |
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