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Union schemes and scams: notes on the forced unionization of daycare workers and health aides.

By Dimsdale / December 21, 2011 /

Driving home tonight, I had some thoughts on today’s announcement of the unionization of Connecticut daycare workers and personal care attendants for the disabled and senior citizens: Did all 6,200 care workers actually receive ballots?   Were they alerted about the importance and arrival of the ballots ahead of time? Did they all know that it…

Boeing, Airbus must share American Airlines contract thanks to union issues

By Dimsdale / July 28, 2011 /

Boeing used to be the exclusive supplier to American Airlines until recently, but now, they have to share the largest aircraft order in aviation history with Europe’s Airbus.  Boeing got less than half the order.

The genius of the Øbama NLRB bureaucracy

By Dimsdale / August 12, 2011 /

It appears that Øbama’s NLRB is running amok in more than one place. I dug up this little gem this morning from the Internet: NLRB Pursuing Dead or Alive Policy, from the West Virginia’s The Intelligencer, Wheeling News-Register.

Your Matthews moment: Praises an “old SDS guy”. Gives unions free plug.

By Jim Vicevich / February 24, 2011 /

Hey, it’s his show. But why would you praise the SDS? What decade are you living in? And what does this say about the left? Read on my little mobsters.

Democrat play book 101 on display in Wisconsin – Unions take control

By Steve McGough / February 18, 2011 /

Lots of news stories and blog posts about the teachers unions taking over the Wisconsin State Legislature yesterday and how the Democrats went into hiding to avoid what I suppose is their sworn duty. In reality they did not just hide, they fled the state.

Non-union help not welcome

By SoundOffSister / November 2, 2012 /

This is almost too ridiculous to believe… in the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation, help has been turned away.  Yes, you read that correctly, and can read about it here.

Public sector union contract negotiations should not be private

By Steve McGough / April 12, 2012 /

The expectation of a local teacher’s union in New Jersey is complete privacy during salary and benefit negotiations with the local school board, all the way through to the point where negotiations are finalized. That old-school practice is no longer acceptable, and eight members of the Ramsey, N.J. school board pulled back the curtain for local…

More union thugs…this time at Verizon

By SoundOffSister / August 12, 2011 /

Those of you who live in the Northeast know that Verizon’s union employees went on strike last Sunday.  I am not familiar with the details of the contract dispute, but will assume that both labor and management have valid points.

Police and Firefighter unions demand businesses publicly oppose Wisconsin governor

By Steve McGough / March 15, 2011 /

Wow. Here is another reason public unions should not be allowed to collectively bargain with politicians running a local or state government. Union leadership – including those from law enforcement and firefighters – have sent letters out to local businesses demanding they publicly oppose the efforts of Wisconsin’s legislature and governor or face the consequences.

More union abuse using your tax dollar

By SoundOffSister / October 3, 2012 /

Have you ever heard of a government employee being on “official time”?  That may conjure up images of a federal worker actually doing his or her job, but nothing could be further from the truth.