An Ol' Broad's Ramblings
The Showdown
Union leaders say overhauls of rules for public- and private-sector unions being considered in Wisconsin, Ohio and about a dozen other states threaten to accelerate the decline in membership nationwide and hurt organized labor’s finances and political clout.
Here’s a thought. How about dissolving ALL unions, and let the employees keep their money, save it up, and use as they see fit? Whether it’s to pay for their own health care, like the rest of have to do, or save for their retirement, and make their own investments for their future. Novel concept, eh?
On Monday, presidents of more than a dozen of the nation’s biggest unions met to strategize, and pledged more than $25 million to counter efforts to scale back bargaining rights that in many cases would give employees the option of not belonging to a union or paying dues, according to a union official familiar with the matter.
Where did they get that $25 MILLION to make such a pledge? Well, from those poor working people who are forced to hand over their money to the union thug bosses. That money is just a drop in the bucket compared to other amounts they’ve spend on other ‘campaigns’. Can you imagine if the unions actually hung on to that money for their workers retirement, instead of trying to turn the country into another communist failure?
Unions have told the Obama administration that the state fights could affect the 2012 presidential election by draining unions’ political resources, especially in states like Wisconsin and Ohio. “I think it can put him in some [political] danger,” Mr. McEntee said of the president.
Kind of sounds like a veiled threat to me, but then, I’m always suspicious of the thugs and their tactics. The violence they have shown, time and time again, tends to make one suspicious, don’t you think?
Unions spent more than $400 million in 2008 to help elect President Barack Obama and other Democrats, with public-sector unions such as AFSCME among the biggest contributors.
$400 MILLION of the under paid, over worked (/snark) workers money…..to get an incompetent man/child into office. How’s that workin’ out for ya, eh? Haven’t quite made to your ‘worker’s paradise’ yet, have we. THANK GOD!
Thus, new curbs aimed at public sector-workers could, besides reducing the number of total unionized workers, ripple across the whole work force, labor leaders say.
A downward spiral in membership would weaken unions’ political influence, particularly in key states such as Ohio and Wisconsin, according to some labor-movement observers.
Works for me! Under Obama, the communist organizations, such as large unions have wielded way too much power to the detriment of the rest of the country. I’d like to see them so ‘weakened’ as to completely disappear altogether!
In Wisconsin, lawmakers could vote as early as Thursday to take away most bargaining rights for about 170,000 public-sector workers. The proposal from Republican Gov. Scott Walker would limit collective bargaining for most state and local government employees to issues of wages, and exclude pensions and health care. It would also require government workers, who currently contribute little or nothing to their pensions, to contribute 5.8% of their pay to pensions, and pay at least 12.6% of health care premiums, up from an average of 6%.
Holy crap! You mean they’d actually have to CONTRIBUTE to their own health and well being rather than suck the pockets of Wisconsin taxpayers dry? Mean ol’ Scott Walker! (insert dripping sarcasm here)
Hey….Scott….. 
A note to unions: Your state is broke, or on the brink of total self destruction. Stop being so freakin’ selfish and consider those who are struggling to make ends meet that actually PAY for all your lovely benies for a change! Your income should be a day’s wage for a day’s work. You want extras? Pay for them yourselves…..like grownups!
No school for my children today… I guess all the teachers are sick?
We have used up our two snow days for the year, this means we will have to make up today’s missed classes. I think my kids will be sick? that day. Maybe they can use “Social Networking” and all the kids will be sick?
Those dipwads don’t give a flying flip about the kids, or their education. Typical of the liberal mindset….”ME ME ME and the hell with you!” And every damn one of them needs to be sent packing!
*breath* sigh….