Are Unions A Detriment To A Good Work Ethic? You Betcha!

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:24 pm

Intimidation:
Obamaâ€™s Dept. of Labor To Supply Replacement Workerâ€™s Names AND Addresses to Union Thugs

â€œSince 1975,â€ a study of union violence says, there has been â€œmore than 9,000 reports of union violence.â€ With that in mind, wouldnâ€™t it scare you if you were told that your name and address would be made public knowledge if you were hired as a temporary or replacement worker during a union strike? If you had any sense you sure would.

Well, now that is exactly what the Obama administration wants to do. Obamaâ€™s Department of Labor wants to make a new rule that businesses must disclose the names and addresses of individuals that are hired during strikes to replace unionized workers, whether permanently or temporarily.

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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Unions give earful to lawmakers considering right-to-work
The Times by Dan Carden

INDIANAPOLIS | Union workers from Northwest Indiana and across the state packed the Statehouse on Thursday to remind lawmakers they oppose making Indiana the nation's 23rd right-to-work state. More than 500 people, some holding signs reading "right-to-work is a lie," stood outside the Senate chamber as dozens of Hoosiers spoke to a General Assembly committee studying the labor issue that was partially responsible for the state's longest legislative walkout earlier this year.

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If that happens, Augustin Carreon, of Valparaiso, vice president of Laborers Local 81, said he and his members will be back to protest and try to stop it.

http://www.nwitimes.com/news/state-and- ... 8f9c2.html

Regionite · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:06 am **Posts:** 698

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

Intimidation:
Obamaâ€™s Dept. of Labor To Supply Replacement Workerâ€™s Names AND Addresses to Union Thugs

â€œSince 1975,â€ a study of union violence says, there has been â€œmore than 9,000 reports of union violence.â€ With that in mind, wouldnâ€™t it scare you if you were told that your name and address would be made public knowledge if you were hired as a temporary or replacement worker during a union strike? If you had any sense you sure would.

Well, now that is exactly what the Obama administration wants to do. Obamaâ€™s Department of Labor wants to make a new rule that businesses must disclose the names and addresses of individuals that are hired during strikes to replace unionized workers, whether permanently or temporarily.

I'm not surprised. Obama and his thugs do lot's of stuff that's not entirely legal but it doesn't even phase him. I thought he was supposed to be some kind of Constitutional expert or something. But actually I think he believes himself to be an expert merely on averting compliance to the Constitution. He's already on record saying he doesn't have to abide by the Supreme Court.

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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Double-dipping labor leaders stand to reap millions from
union retirement funds while also collecting city pensions
Chicago Tribune, by Jason Grotto

By double and even triple dipping on pensions, these union officials stand to reap millions more in retirement while thousands of rank-and-file union members face hard times and city pension funds stagger toward insolvency.

Union pension benefits are not public record, but the Tribune and WGN-TV obtained information confirming that at least seven union officials are accruing benefits in multiple pensions and another retired official already is receiving money from two pensions.

One labor leader stands to reap more than $400,000 a year from three pensions â€” the city laborers fund, a union district council fund and a national union fund â€” all covering the same time period. During his expected lifetime, he stands to receive approximately $9 million, according to an analysis based on the funds' actuarial assumptions.

Union officials are accumulating these benefits even though the state pension code includes language aimed at preventing double dipping.

Pension experts, state lawmakers and attorneys specializing in pension law say the spirit of the statute clearly prohibits labor leaders from receiving a second pension from funds established by their locals, although it does appear to contain a loophole that allows pensions from national unions.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/loca ... full.story

getting the best possible deal eh sparkie?

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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10 Arrested in $1 Billion
L.I.R.R. Disability Scheme
New York Times, by William K. Rashbaum

Eleven people, including two doctors and a former union president, were charged on Thursday in a â€œmassive fraud schemeâ€ in which hundreds of Long Island Rail Road workers made false disability pension claims that could have cost a federal pension agency about $1 billion, according to court papers.
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Uli Seit for The New York Times

Joseph Rutigliano, a former L.I.R.R. conductor,
playing golf in 2008. Mr. Rutigliano retired in 1999 after a
year in which he worked over 500 hours of overtime and
took no sick leave, according to the complaint. He then
applied for and received disability benefits upon his retirement.

A total of 10 of the defendants â€” seven former railroad workers charged with making false pension claims, the former union president, a former federal railroad pension agency employee who helped the workers file the claims, and one of the doctors â€” were taken into custody in the early morning hours at their homes by F.B.I. agents and state investigators, officials said. The other doctor is expected to surrender in the coming days.

All were charged with mail fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to a criminal complaint filed in the case. The defendants in custody were expected to be arraigned later on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/nyreg ... .html?_r=1

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:18 pm

NLRB lawyer jokes: 'We screwed up US economy'

Just like chuckslow...

Just like UNedgeUKATED....

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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Chicago Teachers Union President Mocks
Arne Duncan, Jokes About Smoking Pot --
With Kids in the Audience
Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones

(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 education blogger and Chicago newspapers.

The Chicago Sun-Times noted that Lewis is a former standup comedian. In the YouTube video, she also makes fun of U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan's lisp, and wonders if he was "self-medicating" at Harvard University:

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/chi ... g-pot-kids

Regionite · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:06 am **Posts:** 698

What's this I hear about the SEIU robbing special needs children? :shock:

Not sure I got the details right but it seems the SEIU in Wisconsin got lawmakers to pass a law to rob the families of special needs children about $30 a month in forced union dues. Since when does a parent have to join a damned union just to raise their challenged kids?

:smt019

Tell me how this is "all about the kids?" :roll:

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

Moby Grape wrote:

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Chicago Teachers Union President Mocks
Arne Duncan, Jokes About Smoking Pot --
With Kids in the Audience
Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/chi ... g-pot-kids

FOLLOW UP STORY.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS DUMB ARROGANT BROAD? She needs to keep her mouth shut for many reasons.

THIS STUFF WRITES ITSELF.

AFTER READING THIS, I NOW HONESTLY BELIEVE THIS COULD BE edge

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CTUâ€™s Lewis Blames Right-Wing Bloggers For Spreading Video
CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) â€” Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis apologized for some remarks she made to a group in Seattle last month, but she stood by those comments and blamed right-wing bloggers for publicizing them.

As WBBM Newsradioâ€™s Steve Miller reports, Lewis says she never should have engaged in a personal attack on U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan by saying his lisp would have been fixed if heâ€™d had a public school education.

â€œI should have never engaged in a personal attack against anyone. It wonâ€™t happen again,â€ Lewis said at a Wednesday news conference.

But when asked if she intended to say what she did about Duncan, her response was, â€œThat is exactly what I was saying, and I made a joke about it.â€

But, as CBS 2â€²s Vince Gerasole reports, she also blamed right-wing opponents of the teachers union for publicizing her comments.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/16/ ... ral-video/

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:53 pm

Moby Grape wrote:

Quote:

Chicago Teachers Union President Mocks
Arne Duncan, Jokes About Smoking Pot --
With Kids in the Audience
Cybercast News Service, by Susan Jones

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/chi ... g-pot-kids

FOLLOW UP STORY.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS DUMB ARROGANT BROAD? She needs to keep her mouth shut for many reasons.

THIS STUFF WRITES ITSELF.

AFTER READING THIS, I NOW HONESTLY BELIEVE THIS COULD BE edge

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CTUâ€™s Lewis Blames Right-Wing Bloggers For Spreading Video
CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) â€” Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis apologized for some remarks she made to a group in Seattle last month, but she stood by those comments and blamed right-wing bloggers for publicizing them.

As WBBM Newsradioâ€™s Steve Miller reports, Lewis says she never should have engaged in a personal attack on U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan by saying his lisp would have been fixed if heâ€™d had a public school education.

â€œI should have never engaged in a personal attack against anyone. It wonâ€™t happen again,â€ Lewis said at a Wednesday news conference.

But when asked if she intended to say what she did about Duncan, her response was, â€œThat is exactly what I was saying, and I made a joke about it.â€

But, as CBS 2â€²s Vince Gerasole reports, she also blamed right-wing opponents of the teachers union for publicizing her comments.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2011/11/16/ ... ral-video/

Just another liberal that won't take responsibility for their own actions and would rather try and frame themself as another victim.

Regionite · **Joined:** Tue Sep 14, 2010 4:06 am **Posts:** 698

Jokes About Smoking Pot --
With Kids in the Audience

Is it more truth than joke? Everywhere you hear about teachers getting into the pants of the kids. At the same time teachers tell kids a test is an opportunity to show what you've learned but heaven forbid teachers themselves get tested to show they are competent. Makes you wonder about some of these diploma mills and who is going into education anymore and why.

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

Look for the union label

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Defense Factory Workers Allegedly Caught Drinking, Smoking Pot on Lunch Break
The Blaze

Workers at a Detroit defense factory have been caught on video allegedly drinking and smoking marijuana during their lunch breaks â€” then presumably returning to their jobs where they make parts for armored military vehicles.

Tower Defense and Aerospace produces parts for military vehicles used by American troops in combat, including Humvees and Strykers. Itâ€™s a Department of Defense subcontractor, ultimately paid for on the taxpayerâ€™s dime.

But a series of shocking footage from Detroit Fox affiliate WJBK shows workers appearing to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana during their breaks, all within sight of the factory.

In the footage, workers are shown sipping liquids out of paper bags and smoking joints. Some do so sitting in their cars while others remain outside, out in the open, making no attempt to hide their actions.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/defense ... c#comments

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2011 5:21 pm

NC lawmakers push DNC to hire non-union workers for convention

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

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Union Bosses Win, Ohio Workers Get Fired
Big Government, by Jason Hart

One month ago Ohio voted with its heart against reforms portrayed as an attack on public workers. Ohio, DC, and New York union bosses spent more than $30 million drenching the airwaves in images of sad firefighters, sad police officers, and evil Republicans, convincing voters to overlook a broken status quo.

A month later, how are local governments celebrating the union victory on Issue 2?

Middletown is laying off 9 firefighters, despite the cityâ€™s police and fire budgets both increasing by nearly 1/3 in the past decade. In Hamilton, a $5.9 million death tax haul will delay the inevitable:

Inflation coupled with new technology costs and the significant rises in health care costs have contributed to the rise in safety services budgets [...]

The Hamilton fire union contract contains a minimum staffing clause, which means overtime if people are out sick or on vacation. When staffing dipped to 106 between 2008 and 2010, overtime was a significant factor in the fire budget increase, city officials have said.

http://biggovernment.com/jhart/2011/12/ ... ernment%29

you'll note that NOT ONE union official lost their job.

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