Posts Tagged ‘Wisconsin’
Politifact Nixes Wisconsin Union Boss’ Claim of “Self-Funded” Pension Plan
AFSCME Union Boss Marty Beil’s claim gets shot down by PolitiFact.com. Here’s the story: On June 14, 2012 the state’s highest-profile public employee labor leader, Marty Beil, talked pensions during an appearance on the liberal “Sly in the Morning” radio show on Madison’s WTDY radio. Beil, executive director of District Council 24 of the American…
Read MoreNILRR News Clips – June 15, 2012
Right to Work Works! The New American Online, June 15, 2012 For purposes of this discussion, the definition of the Right to Work principle will be that provided by the National Institute for Labor Relations Research: Walker will not pursue right-to-work in Wisconsin Human Events Online, June 15, 2012 “No, I’m not going to…
Read MoreWhat lesson will elected officials in other states learn from Wisconsin’s recall showdown?
Wisconsin Vote Shows Unions Losing Strength Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s victory deals blow to unions As Americans who follow political news (ardently, casually, or somewhere in between) surely already know, on Tuesday Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker handily defeated union bosses’ multimillion-dollar bid to wreak vengeance on him by ousting him from office less than…
Read MoreAn Effort to ‘Shame and Pressure People’
Mailings that list voting records set off some neighbors Since the late 1970’s, union operatives have grown accustomed to using “card checks” and other organizing techniques that disparage employees’ prerogative to decide in private whether or not they will support unionization of their workplace. Today, more and more of Big Labor’s political operations also trample citizens’…
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