December 2010 Archive

A Union Boss in Charge of Procurements. What could possibly go wrong?
If you're anything like me, until today, you probably had very little idea what the Government Printing Office is all about. And, because there are more important things in life ...
Did New Yorkers Die Because of a Union Slowdown?
Sanitation Department's slow snow cleanup was a budget protest SALLY GOLDENBERG, LARRY CELONA and JOSH MARGOLIN | New York Post December 30, 2010 These garbage men really stink. Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the ...
Iowa’s Taxpayers Fleeced as AFSCME Approves Lame-Duck Sweetheart Deal with ‘Unprecedented Swiftness’
You may remember last month, when Iowa's outgoing lame-duck Democrat governor Chet Culver agreed to a contract offer from AFSCME without any counter proposal, negotiations, or anything resembling an ounce ...
Union Pickets Baltimore’s City Paper Demanding Reporter’s ‘Resonation’
Back in November, Baltimore's City Paper ran a rather lengthy story about the corruption of Baltimore's Local 333 of the International Longshoremen's Association. It was a good piece, filled with ...
Steelworkers file 5,800-page petition, picking fight with China over wind industry
WTO Wind Industry Throwdown: U.S. vs. China The U.S. Trade Representative cries foul on China’s wind subsidies. ANDREW KRULEWITZ | greentechmedia.com DECEMBER 28, 2010 China is now the world’s largest wind power market, according ...
The UAW Ultimatum: Let us in or we’ll huff and we’ll puff and tear your house down…
First, came the Japanese—Datsun, Toyota and Honda. Then, came the Germans—Mercedes and BMW. Then others came as well. Each foreign competitor having taken more and more of the UAW's slice ...
The Beasts of Broadway? IATSE Captures the Cold Hard Cash
Stagehands Extorts Hundreds of Thousands From Theater Goers Warner Todd Huston | The Union Label December 28, 2010 If there never was a story that explains how unions are really little else but ...
A No Bailout Remedy for Beggar States
A remedy for beggar states George F. Will | Washington Post Sunday, December 26, 2010 The nation's menu of crises caused by governmental malpractice may soon include states coming to Congress as mendicants, ...
NSFW: NYC Union Workers Destroy Snow-Bound Ford Explorer
After Monday's storm in the Northeast, this video is making its way around the internet and is rather amusing to watch (or infuriating, if you happen to be the owner ...
New York Unions Ready to Fight for Higher Taxes
Get ready to fight Opposition to tax cap shows Cuomo will need public support News Editorial Board | BuffaloNews.com December 28, 2010 When Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the heads of New York State ...

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