February 2011 Archive

As Unions Rally in NJ, Disabled & Critically Ill Get Abandoned by Union Bus Drivers
Perhaps it's just a coincidence. Then again, perhaps not. However, at the same time AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka went to New Jersey on Friday for a "solidarity" rally, a group ...
Teeth Gnash as Wisconsin Assembly Passes Bill Neutering Union Bosses
Wis. Assembly passes bill taking away union rights TODD RICHMOND | Associated Press Feb. 25, 2011 MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Assembly early Friday passed a bill that would strip most public ...
Guess What: There is no ‘right’ to collective bargaining
There is no right to collective bargaining David Denholm | The Washington Examiner Feb. 21, 2011 Protesters in Madison, Wis., and Columbus, Ohio, are defending the "right to collective bargaining." Guess what? There ...
Follow the Money: What the Wisconsin Education Association Isn’t Talking About
As Americans, we're often taught that trusts and monopolies are the product of big business and are bad. However, if trusts and monopolies are bad when Big Business engages in ...
Wisconsin Unions Calling for a General Strike if Walker Plan Passes
THIS JUST IN: In an attempt to follow their European counterparts, public-sector unions in Wisconsin are endorsing a call for a general strike if Governor Scott Walker's plan passes and is ...
Hippocratic Oath, Meet Union Hypocrisy
Let's see if we've got this straight: Apparently, to a union doctor, the Hippocratic Oath includes giving out excuse slips to union protesters so they can call in sick to ...
The Wisconsin Union Battle is About America’s Future Generations
"Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted." - Lenin In Wisconsin, and elsewhere, union bosses are fighting to maintain control ...
Wisconsin is about more than collective bargaining, it’s about union power
There's more at stake in Wisconsin than wage and benefit cuts. This is about union power to influence elections and corrupt a system... Beginning in the classroom where, in 2009, unions ...
Pharmaceutical Salespersons Qualify As FLSA Exempt, holds 9th Circuit
In Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corporation, an overtime case brought by pharmaceutical sales representatives “PSR’s”, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Court’s summary ...
Ouch! 64% of Voters Oppose Government Employee Unions
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As President Obama has joined the political battle in Wisconsin that pits Republican Gov. Scott Walker against public employee unions, a nationwide Clarus Poll ...

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