The Democratic National Committee's pledge to use union contractors at its 2012 convention in Charlotte, N.C., is getting pushback from Republican state lawmakers who say the practice is undercutting local companies.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/4/nc-gop-presses-democrats-to-hire-locals-for-conven/
Showing posts with label union thugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label union thugs. Show all posts
Monday, December 5, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Posted by Dana Loesch Sep 7th 2011
Hoffa supporters have created a Facebook page on which they have posted the address of tea partier Justen Charters and are encouraging fellow Hoffa supporters to send human excrement through the federal mail system. Why? Because Charters came up with the idea to sent 1,000 tea bags to Jimmy Hoffa, Jr.
CONTINUED: http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/09/07/hoffa-supporters-threaten-tea-partier/
Hoffa supporters have created a Facebook page on which they have posted the address of tea partier Justen Charters and are encouraging fellow Hoffa supporters to send human excrement through the federal mail system. Why? Because Charters came up with the idea to sent 1,000 tea bags to Jimmy Hoffa, Jr.
CONTINUED: http://bigjournalism.com/dloesch/2011/09/07/hoffa-supporters-threaten-tea-partier/
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
TPN--JUDSON PHILLIPS
The Thug Presidency
September 6, 2011
The liberal double standards on civility were on full display yesterday. Jimmy Hoffa, the President of the Teamsters Union called on supporters to “take those SOBs out.”
Who are the SOBs? You and me of course.
Coming from the President of the Teamsters, we know what he means by “take those SOBs out.” The Teamsters Union has a long and storied history, punctuated with frequent violence and ties to organized crime.
Jimmy Hoffa called for violence against the Tea Party.
What makes this worse is Hoffa did it at an event where Obama was the key speaker. Hoffa said, “Obama, we are your army. We are ready to march.” Obama was not present when Hoffa made his remarks, but is certainly aware of them.
The silence we hear from the Obama regime is not shocking. Obama and the liberals have a double standard on civility. Threats and even violence from the left is ignored. There is no violence from the Tea Party so the Obama compliant media manufactures the myth of it.
In January, Gabrielle Giffords was shot. The left immediately jumped out accusing conservatives of being responsible for the shooting. As it turned out, what little political beliefs the shooter had were on the liberal side. Then the liberal line went from conservatives caused the shooting to the corrosive environment based on the hate speech, which they conveniently blamed on the Tea Party.
On January 13, Obama went to Arizona where he called for civility. Since then, there has been no civility. The Tea Party and Conservatives have been talking about the problems and the solutions. The left has been telling us to “go straight to hell,” and claiming Conservatives wanted to see black people “hanging from trees.”
The ball is in Obama’s court right now. The Illinois Tea Party has called for Jimmy Hoffa to resign. Hoffa will not resign from the Teamsters Union. Thuggery is a long-standing and cherished Union tradition.
But it is time to make Obama live up to his words.
Obama must repudiate the words of Hoffa and he must do it today.
In January, Obama called for a more civil discourse. When the Teamsters President wants to “take those SOBs out,” we know exactly what he means. It is a call to violence and it is unacceptable.
Either Obama condemns this speech or he does not. If he does, then perhaps it is a step towards the hard left moving away from their rhetoric of violence.
I’m not holding my breath.
Obama will not condemn this type of rhetoric because he believes it. He will not condemn Hoffa because he needs Hoffa and the Unions.
We need to call them out on this. There is a myth that the Tea Party is the source of the heated rhetoric. We need to take this to the streets of social media and every time a liberal tries to claim the Tea Party is responsible for the heated rhetoric, we need to remind them of Maxine Waters, Andre Carson and Jimmy Hoffa.
And we also need to remind them of the silence of Barack Obama.
September 6, 2011
The liberal double standards on civility were on full display yesterday. Jimmy Hoffa, the President of the Teamsters Union called on supporters to “take those SOBs out.”
Who are the SOBs? You and me of course.
Coming from the President of the Teamsters, we know what he means by “take those SOBs out.” The Teamsters Union has a long and storied history, punctuated with frequent violence and ties to organized crime.
Jimmy Hoffa called for violence against the Tea Party.
What makes this worse is Hoffa did it at an event where Obama was the key speaker. Hoffa said, “Obama, we are your army. We are ready to march.” Obama was not present when Hoffa made his remarks, but is certainly aware of them.
The silence we hear from the Obama regime is not shocking. Obama and the liberals have a double standard on civility. Threats and even violence from the left is ignored. There is no violence from the Tea Party so the Obama compliant media manufactures the myth of it.
In January, Gabrielle Giffords was shot. The left immediately jumped out accusing conservatives of being responsible for the shooting. As it turned out, what little political beliefs the shooter had were on the liberal side. Then the liberal line went from conservatives caused the shooting to the corrosive environment based on the hate speech, which they conveniently blamed on the Tea Party.
On January 13, Obama went to Arizona where he called for civility. Since then, there has been no civility. The Tea Party and Conservatives have been talking about the problems and the solutions. The left has been telling us to “go straight to hell,” and claiming Conservatives wanted to see black people “hanging from trees.”
The ball is in Obama’s court right now. The Illinois Tea Party has called for Jimmy Hoffa to resign. Hoffa will not resign from the Teamsters Union. Thuggery is a long-standing and cherished Union tradition.
But it is time to make Obama live up to his words.
Obama must repudiate the words of Hoffa and he must do it today.
In January, Obama called for a more civil discourse. When the Teamsters President wants to “take those SOBs out,” we know exactly what he means. It is a call to violence and it is unacceptable.
Either Obama condemns this speech or he does not. If he does, then perhaps it is a step towards the hard left moving away from their rhetoric of violence.
I’m not holding my breath.
Obama will not condemn this type of rhetoric because he believes it. He will not condemn Hoffa because he needs Hoffa and the Unions.
We need to call them out on this. There is a myth that the Tea Party is the source of the heated rhetoric. We need to take this to the streets of social media and every time a liberal tries to claim the Tea Party is responsible for the heated rhetoric, we need to remind them of Maxine Waters, Andre Carson and Jimmy Hoffa.
And we also need to remind them of the silence of Barack Obama.
Monday, September 5, 2011
NLRB Heralds Labor Day with an Attack on Workers’ Rights
This week, just in time for Labor Day, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down several decisions that undermine workers’ rights to tell union organizers “no.”
In one ruling, Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, the NLRB radically redefined the definition of a collective bargaining unit—the workers a union represents—to permit micro-unions. Traditionally, unions organize workers who share a community of interest. At a grocery store, for example, a collective bargaining unit would typically represent all the hourly employees.
The NLRB junked that definition in favor of a new standard: Now, instead of one union representing all workers with similar interests, unions could organize smaller micro-unions representing just a few workers. At a store this would allow separate unions to represent just the cashiers while leaving all other workers unorganized.
These rules will allow unions to gerrymander bargaining units to disenfranchise workers that oppose unionizing. If a union knows that the shelf-stockers would vote against unionizing, it can now propose a bargaining unit that excludes them. When the cashiers vote, the shelf-stockers would not get a say. However, the excluded workers would share in all the risks and downsides of unionizing. Strikes will also put them out of work, and if the union bankrupts the company, they will also lose their jobs.
The NLRB has decided that workers who do not want to take these risks will not get to vote. That certainly makes life easier for union organizers, but it hardly enhances workers’ rights.
In a second ruling, Lamons Gasket Co., the NLRB took another swipe at the secret ballot. Under current law, unions do not have to organize workers through secret ballot elections. If a company agrees to it, unions can solicit signatures on union authorization cards.
CONTINUED:
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/09/02/nlrb-heralds-labor-day-with-an-attack-on-workers-rights/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell
In one ruling, Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile, the NLRB radically redefined the definition of a collective bargaining unit—the workers a union represents—to permit micro-unions. Traditionally, unions organize workers who share a community of interest. At a grocery store, for example, a collective bargaining unit would typically represent all the hourly employees.
The NLRB junked that definition in favor of a new standard: Now, instead of one union representing all workers with similar interests, unions could organize smaller micro-unions representing just a few workers. At a store this would allow separate unions to represent just the cashiers while leaving all other workers unorganized.
These rules will allow unions to gerrymander bargaining units to disenfranchise workers that oppose unionizing. If a union knows that the shelf-stockers would vote against unionizing, it can now propose a bargaining unit that excludes them. When the cashiers vote, the shelf-stockers would not get a say. However, the excluded workers would share in all the risks and downsides of unionizing. Strikes will also put them out of work, and if the union bankrupts the company, they will also lose their jobs.
The NLRB has decided that workers who do not want to take these risks will not get to vote. That certainly makes life easier for union organizers, but it hardly enhances workers’ rights.
In a second ruling, Lamons Gasket Co., the NLRB took another swipe at the secret ballot. Under current law, unions do not have to organize workers through secret ballot elections. If a company agrees to it, unions can solicit signatures on union authorization cards.
CONTINUED:
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/09/02/nlrb-heralds-labor-day-with-an-attack-on-workers-rights/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell
Friday, August 5, 2011
This Wisconsin Racket's Bluff Called
Remember the violent and disgusting demonstrations over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with the collective bargaining for teachers' unions? The results are in. Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus as a result. Why?
It seems that the insurance company that provided all the "so-called" benefits to the teachers, was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher's union. Since they were guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers and the State had to pay for it, and not the teachers, they were increasing the annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state. Then the insurance company was donating millions and millions of dollars to their favorite democrat politicians, who when they got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the unions outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a "pass through" for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the democrat politicians.
Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining. No wonder the States are taking it away.
Now that the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bid, and lo and behold, they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise, etc., etc., and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don't have to pay more taxes to fund the union's political ambitions.
If you weren't aware of the reasons why Gov. Walker was fighting to take away collective bargaining, it gives you an idea of the problem the Republican Party has. Outside of one or two, none of them know how to speak up and explain properly what the problem was. We could sure use a Ronald Reagan now, someone who could explain things for people to understand, since we know that people don't like to read anymore.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/06/union-curbs-rescue-wisconsin-school-district
It seems that the insurance company that provided all the "so-called" benefits to the teachers, was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher's union. Since they were guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers and the State had to pay for it, and not the teachers, they were increasing the annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state. Then the insurance company was donating millions and millions of dollars to their favorite democrat politicians, who when they got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the unions outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a "pass through" for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the democrat politicians.
Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining. No wonder the States are taking it away.
Now that the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bid, and lo and behold, they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts. As a result, none of the teachers had to be laid off, everyone got a raise, etc., etc., and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don't have to pay more taxes to fund the union's political ambitions.
If you weren't aware of the reasons why Gov. Walker was fighting to take away collective bargaining, it gives you an idea of the problem the Republican Party has. Outside of one or two, none of them know how to speak up and explain properly what the problem was. We could sure use a Ronald Reagan now, someone who could explain things for people to understand, since we know that people don't like to read anymore.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/06/union-curbs-rescue-wisconsin-school-district
Monday, July 18, 2011
Report: SEIU ‘Intimidation Manual’ Uncovered Detailing Union’s Dirty Tactics
According to Vincent Vernuccio in the Washington Times, it’s over 70 pages and details how “outside pressure can involve jeopardizing relationships between the employer and lenders, investors, stockholders, customers, clients, patients, tenants, politicians, or others on whom the employer depends for funds.”
“It” is a new intimidation manual uncovered during a lawsuit against the SEIU*, one of the nation’s largest unions. In it, Vernuccio says, the SEIU’s dirty tactics are explained, including bullying employers by targeting them economically and advocating for breaking the law.
READ THE ARTICLE HERE: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-seiu-intimidation-manual-uncovered-detailing-unions-dirty-tactics/
“It” is a new intimidation manual uncovered during a lawsuit against the SEIU*, one of the nation’s largest unions. In it, Vernuccio says, the SEIU’s dirty tactics are explained, including bullying employers by targeting them economically and advocating for breaking the law.
READ THE ARTICLE HERE: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/report-seiu-intimidation-manual-uncovered-detailing-unions-dirty-tactics/
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