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Occupy Labor Unions

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posted on Nov, 2 2011 @ 11:52 AM
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Originally posted by Flatfish


As A Matter Of Fact, It's against federal law for unions to utilize "Dues" for political purposes and workers don't pay for the right to work, they pay for the representation that negotiated the wages and benefits they enjoy as workers. Maybe you think those representatives should just volunteer their time spent negotiating those contracts, you know the same way lawyers volunteer their time in court representing a client? I've negotiated numerous collective bargaining agreements and I can tell you this, it's no cake walk!



www.nrtw.org...

Seems to prove that your semantics is slightly off.
Can't fund federal office.



posted on Nov, 2 2011 @ 01:24 PM
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R is for Revenge.

www.chicagonow.com...

On a 247 to 161 vote, the House passed the $26.1 billion Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. Democrats claimed that it would "save" the jobs of teachers, police and firemen across the country. In truth this is just a union payoff.

AFL-CIO union chief Richard Trumka was thrilled with Tuesday afternoon's vote. "Today's vote means that hundreds of thousands of teachers, firefighters and public safety officers will keep their jobs," Trumka claimed. "It will prevent layoffs and provide aid to struggling state and local governments so that critical services aren't cut ... With today's vote, House Republicans showed they value Wall Street and tax cuts for the rich over teachers, police and firefighters. This is yet another example in the laundry list of anti-jobs votes they've taken." Why the states needed this new money is hard to understand. They still have $30 billion in the last teachers bailout that has yet to be allocated. Well, maybe it isn't so hard to understand when you realize that unions will be the biggest recipient of this money and we are just ahead of an election. Now Democrats can tout their payoff to said unions to pander for votes.



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The bill, which would put the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation behind struggling pensions for union workers, is being introduced by Senator Bob Casey, (D-Pa.), who says it will save jobs and help people.
As FOX Business Network’s Gerri Willis reported Monday, these pensions are in bad shape; as of 2006, well before the market dropped and recession began, only 6% of these funds were doing well.
Although right now taxpayers could possibly be on the hook for $165 billion, the liability could essentially be unlimited because these pensions have to be paid out until the workers die.


www.redstate.com...


Likely to surpass the touted $165 billion it is estimated to cost, Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act (S. 3157) was introduced on March 23rd by Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) and is designed to bailout unions’ underfunded pension funds by transferring the liability of those funds onto the backs of the taxpayers.



Over the past few decades, as more and more unionized companies have gone out of business, this ponzi-scheme has only grown, leaving many union pensions severely underfunded—an estimated $165 billion underfunded. Now, with so many plans in critical status, many companies that remain in union multi-employer plans are facing an insurmountable burden that may eventually drive many of them out of business.



Democrats need unions to be their foot soldiers on the march to a socialized progressive America which is why the entire Left establishment has been pushing for the horrifically-misnamed Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) for the better part of a decade.

In fact, at 2009’s Netroots Nation (the left-wing blog event for socialist progressive bloggers), one of the panel discussions held was The Secret Plan to Defeat the Right Forever and how EFCA was key to the plan’s success.



posted on Nov, 10 2011 @ 02:42 AM
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Hey everybody.

Remember why you are protesting on November 11th.

You are protesting the 1%, which are predominately labor unions and their need for more entitlements.



 
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