February 2012 Archive

theater masks
SAG and AFTRA Send Merger Ballots to Members
LOS ANGELES - The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and Screen Actors Guild on Monday sent out ballots to approximately 131,000 members of both organizations. The mailer included full ...
OccupyJail
#Occupy Phase II Begins: Protesters To ‘Shut Down’ Corporations Wednesday
via In These Times: Responding to a call from Occupy Portland to "shut down the corporations," Occupy movements around the country are planning protests tomorrow (February 29) in about 70 cities against corporate ...
Cooper Tire lockout - Fuzzytek
Three-Month Lockout Ends As Steelworkers Approve Cooper Tire Contract
FINDLAY, Ohio - The three month lock out of 1,050 union workers in Findlay is coming to an end. On Monday, members of United Steelworkers Local 207-L approved a new five-year contract ...
Embezzlement
Union Secretary Charged With Stealing From Ohio Carpenters’ Union
Toledo woman charged with embezzlement from trades union Erica Blake | Toledo Blade Feb. 27, 2012 A Toledo woman who for years worked as an office secretary for a local trades ...
California - Sinking Ship
Goring the Golden State: Union-backed Dem Proposes Pension Mandate For California’s Small Businesses
When the obituary for the State of California is finally written, it will be unions and their bought-and-paid-for Democrats who will get the credit for killing the once-golden state's economy. In ...
ObamaCare-Socialized Medicine
Using .Gov Domain & Obama’s Mother, DNC Propaganda Targets Women
A reader sent the following mailer (see below) from the Democratic National Committee targeting Florida's female population. The DNC's large, two-sided mailer reads like an Obama campaign piece (because it is one) and ...
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One #OccupyDC Useful Idiot Laments: ‘They won’t tell us where the money comes from…’
If you've ever wondered what the term Useful Idiot means, watch the video below. via Lee Stranahan Now, if you're still searching for a definition of the term 'Useful Idiot,' this (with ...
Las Vegas
In Nevada, Teachers’ Union Bosses Hit The Jackpot
In Las Vegas, you don't have to be a gambling addict to strike it rich. In fact, you only need to become a union boss and the odds are, you ...
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With Obama Endorsement, Machinists’ Union Bosses Declare Love For ‘Silver-Tongued’ Janus…
...and join 'latte-drinking, Prius-driving, Birkenstock-wearing, trust fund babies.' Well, it only took four years for Machinists' union boss Tom Buffenbarger to warm up to Barack Obama, whom the union boss once ...
Teachers unions - lockers
NJ Teachers’ Union Thugs Protest In Front Of Student’s Home To Send Girl’s Father A Message
In Delsea, New Jersey, the teachers' union (a chapter of the NJEA) has been fighting over the amount of their pay increases (not decreases) since 2010. On Valentine's Day, according to NJ.com, ...

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