August 29, 2006 - 3:02 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
In state after state, all across the county, we hear the same, tired refrain from apologists for the government-run education bureaucracy: “Mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money!”
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August 27, 2006 - 2:49 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
NEW YORK TIMES
August 27, 2006
Hoffa Chooses to Skip Teamsters Election Debate
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 — Tom Leedham, head of a Teamsters local in Oregon, is taking on the biggest name in labor: Hoffa.
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August 24, 2006 - 5:51 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
THE GREATEST SCAM ON EARTH
“Union officials take dues from hard working men and women and then use it on politics without their permission,” writes Michael Reitz of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation. “While the union must allow teachers to reclaim the portion of their dues spent on political activity, the process is prohibitively difficult and confusing.
“Many workers simply ‘give up and pay’ out of frustration,” Reitz continues. “And even if they are able to opt-out, these workers are still required to pay agency fees, which the union illegally uses on… You guessed it! Politics.
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August 15, 2006 - 11:39 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
The mailman’s union is meeting in Las Vegas this week, and they’re off to a rollicking start. Their press release yesterday used the terrorism red herring as a reason to oppose minor privatization of some postal services, while at the same time “goin’ postal” on Wal-Mart (huh?), the White House and Republicans. Typical. Here ‘tis for your reading pleasure…
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August 14, 2006 - 3:08 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
Across the Midwest, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is spending buckets of its members’ dues money to build up the union’s political muscle. In Chicago, it looks like they’re trying to resurrect the city’s political machine. With 50 seats and a weak mayoral office, the City Council enjoys considerable power, something SEIU leaders would love to get their hands on. As the Chicago Sun-Times reported on August 3:
The Illinois Council of the Service Employees International Union has held three day-long training workshops for 500 potential candidates and community leaders. SEIU is committed to spending as much as $2 million to elect aldermen to better represent working people. The union is committing its organizers and hopes to engage the 250,000 people it represents in the alderman elections next February.
If averaged out, SEIU is preparing as many as ten candidates per election, with $40,000 to spend on each seat. Nearby in Ohio, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on August 6 that “[i]n its contribution to statewide Democratic candidates this year, the SEIU has been distributing $10,000 checks like a nurse handing out aspirin.” At the same time, SEIU has been spending money throughout the Buckeye State trying to turn public opinion against hospitals to soften them up for unionization, including $329,000 spent trying to get an initiative passed in just one town:
“We do think we need to be a larger organization,” [Ohio SEIU President Dave Regan] said. “Nobody criticizes Bill Gates at Microsoft when he wants to get a bigger market share.”
The difference, according to Bill Harding, a board member with the Ohio Hospital Association: “Bill Gates grows because he adds value to the marketplace. So far we haven’t seen anything but destructive behavior.”
SOURCE: UnionFacts.com, 8/11/06
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August 6, 2006 - 5:30 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
If your local, state or federal government spending is on the rise, as are calls to hike your taxes to pay for it all, odds are you can thank your friendly government employee unions for the privilege.
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August 2, 2006 - 3:01 pm - Posted by Chuck Muth
State affiliates of the National Education Association were moved another step closer to compliance with federal laws designed to prevent corruption in labor unions as a result of ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals issued today.
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