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  • Unions Are Under Siege, Again


    Where's the Outrage?Authority Authority: 118
    Republicans, and a thoughtful and coordinated attack, have opened up another front in their war on labor unions. Remember that unions are a source of money and organization for liberal causes and the Democratic Party. As such, Republicans hate unions. The hate them above and beyond the union’s ability to negotiate ...
    6 hours ago
  • Bengal slammed for plans to scrap emloyees’ union rights


    Thaindian NewsAuthority Authority: 533
    Kolkata, Feb 2 (IANS) The West Bengal government’s plans to drop a clause in service rules of its employees that gives them full trade union rights have drawn the ire of a majority of workers’ organisations.“If the right to strike is taken away from government employees, all the central trade unions will rally ...
    6 hours ago
  • Union proud


    Blogging BlueAuthority Authority: 596
    Lookie what came in the mail today…
    1 day ago
  • Disgust with Local Teachers Union Drives One New York Parent to Run for School Board


    Lake Minnetonka LibertyAuthority Authority: 135
    WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Bill Signorile has regularly attended West Hempstead school board meetings for the past two years, in hopes of getting board members to curb the district’s spending. He says the board’s big-spending habits, particularly when it comes to union labor costs, are jeopardizing the financial ...
    1 day ago
  • Readers Letter Of The Day


    Mark WadsworthAuthority Authority: 121
    From yesterdays Evening Standard : You quote critics who slam the RMT and TSSA as "greedy" and "unpatriotic" over their Olympic bonus claims. On the same day there are reports that hotel rates in London have broadly tripled for the Olympics. In the interests of balance, would you now print an attack on "greedy ...
    1 day ago
  • Maude got his pension sums wrong, says IFS


    The Guardian - guardian.co.ukAuthority Authority: 962
    The paymaster-general went to war with the unions to defend reforms that will generate little or no gain for the exchequer Francis Maude cannot add up. That seems to be the conclusion of a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies into the public sector pensions row. Worse, his lack of mathematical skills provoked ...
    2 days ago
  • Dancing while Athens (Rome/Lisbon etc) Burns


    England ExpectsAuthority Authority: 514
    Every now and again I have a go at the Eurocrat Trade Unions. This load of self-satisfied, publicly-subsidised parasites just get up my nose. The feeling I am sure is mutual as this page on one of the Unions websites makes clear, Hoaxes about European Civil Servants are often circulated as a weapon against the ...
    2 days ago
  • Save Our Jobs Rally


    Young's BlogAuthority Authority: 465
    I went to attend a meeting of the Anniston Army Depot  temp workers who are about to be displaced and without a job.  The AFL-CIO union for the depot workers spoke to the crowd of over hundred people.  This rally was for saving the jobs at the depot.  And I got some juicy information.  Here are some pictures ...
    2 days ago
  • A One-Sided View….


    From The Pea PatchAuthority Authority: 119
    Of course you know that MoveOn is the liberal movement funded by George Soros, so this should come as no surprise…. Comments in italics (and red on some browsers) are by me!   Dear MoveOn member, Two years ago this week, the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United that corporations have the constitutional ...
    2 days ago
  • WHY WE’RE BROKE: CAPITOL HILL COPS MOST WELL PAID IN AMERICA


    KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'...........Authority Authority: 437
    And for this they sit on their asses all day:     The ‘Blues’ who keep the nation’s Capitol safe are seeing green. The officers who patrol the metal detectors and corridors of the Capitol Hill complex are earning some of the best pay and benefits in the business. A new government report shows the ...
    3 days ago
  • ANOTHER REASON TO ABOLISH TEACHERS’ UNIONS


    KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'...........Authority Authority: 437
    A student took a picture of a teacher asleep in the classroom. Rather than suspend the teacher, the school suspended the student. The school says it’s because students can’t use “telecommunications” devices. So, in other words, the only way to prove the teacher was asleep was to leave the classroom ...
    3 days ago
  • Europe’s Youth Unemployment Problem Seen from the U.S.


    24/7 Wall St.Authority Authority: 639
    EU leaders want to put aside as much as 22 billion euro to stimulate youth employment in the region. The sum is not likely to be enough because more than 5 million young people in the region who want jobs do not have them. In some nations, particularly Spain, about half of the people between 16 [...] [[ This is a ...
    3 days ago
  • Association of Teachers and Lecturers accepts pension reforms


    The Guardian - guardian.co.ukAuthority Authority: 962
    Union says poll of its members showed 91.6% had voted in favour of governments final offer A teaching union has decided to accept the governments pension reforms after a poll of members voted in favour of the proposals. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) , which represents 160,000 teachers, said the ...
    3 days ago
  • Strike Grips Belgium Ahead of European Union Summit


    top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapersAuthority Authority: 164
    http://www.nytimes.com/ Strike Grips Belgium Ahead of European Union Summit Belgium was paralyzed by a national strike Monday as unions, angry at austerity measures, timed their protest to coincide with a one-day meeting of European Union leaders in the capital, Brussels. published date:Mon, 30 Jan ...
    3 days ago
  • Union leaders reject £500 Olympics deal for tube staff


    The Guardian - guardian.co.ukAuthority Authority: 962
    RMT says offer not adequate reward for London Underground workers on duty during games, which will bring huge increase in passenger numbers The Rail, Maritime and Transport union has rejected a pay offer worth up to £500 for London Underground staff working during the Olympic Games. The RMT, which represents ...
    3 days ago
  • Sunday Reads: Occupy Superbowl, Alveda King throws women under bus, and the big homeless


    Sky Dancing BlogAuthority Authority: 561
    Vintage ad for a Sunday Drive... It is Sunday Morning… All day yesterday, I kept thinking it was a Friday. It is strange how days have a certain “feel” about them… If you missed any of yesterday’s posts, Wonk the Vote and PeggySue and Dakinikat and  BostonBoomer had some excellent post, take a ...
    4 days ago
  • SF Chron’s Mindless Cheerleading For Oakland’s Attack on Seniority


    Modern SchoolAuthority Authority: 117
    The following is an extended version of the letter I sent to the SF Chronicle this week: Jill Tucker’s story on Oakland Unified ’s attempt to get rid of seniority contains several false statements that inflame the public’s mistrust of teachers and their unions. She says that in education “seniority is ...
    5 days ago
  • Hyundai workers gear up for negotiated settlement


    Thaindian NewsAuthority Authority: 533
    Chennai, Jan 28 (IANS) The United Union of Hyundai Employees (UUHE), the only recognised union at the plant of car maker Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) near here, seems to be veering towards a negotiated settlement with the company management.“Labour issues are to be settled through talks. Violence on the part of ...
    5 days ago
  • Students May Not Take Pictures of Sleeping Teachers


    American PowerAuthority Authority: 649
    Well, I cant imagine when a teacher would have time to sleep, although one semester when I had a night class, after I held my office hours in the afternoon, Id lie down on the floor to rest before going back out to teach. But thats not what this is about, at Blazing Cat Fur and Jawa Report :
    5 days ago
  • Call for IMF funds from UK and US


    top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapersAuthority Authority: 164
    http://www.bbc.co.uk Call for IMF funds from UK and US The US and UK should provide more cash to the IMF, the European Union’s Economic Commissioner, Olli Rehn, says. published date:Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:28:10 GMT
    6 days ago

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