Labor Pains: Because Being in a Union can be Painful

Archive: Nov 2009 (Page 2)

  • SEIU leader attacks Eagle Scout

    Posted on Nov 17, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson

    As an Eagle Scout, I take this one personally. Nick Balzano, president of the SEIU local in Allentown, PA, didn’t kick a puppy, or salt the earth, but he did attack an Eagle Scout. Remind me again who attacks an Eagle Scout for community service? Remind me again who chooses to bring the wrath and […]

  • SEIU: Giant letters at public protests should have same impact as giant checks to politicians.

    Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

    From the Wall Street Journal: More than a 150 people gathered outside Goldman Sachs’ offices here on Monday to demand that the investment bank donate billions set aside for employee bonuses to families at risk of foreclosure.  The event was organized by the Service Employees International Union and the community group National People’s Action, which […]

  • SEIU share their feelings with Mayor of San Francisco (UPDATE)

    Posted on Nov 16, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson

    We may have already blogged about last Thursday’s protests in San Francisco, but more images and videos have finally showed up on the inter-webs and the google-boxes, and we naturally want to share them with you. Here’s a nice chant for your Monday afternoon: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea590kgPPcE[/youtube] A few more videos: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7VbsnSS7AE[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ah7SbtomaQ[/youtube] If you don’t feel […]

  • The Andy doth protest too much, me thinks.

    Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

    SEIU President Andy Stern is NOT a socialist. He wants to make sure you know this….in case there was any doubt. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H8k1UDj_K0[/youtube] Then why is he sweating so much?   OK, we admit it.  We just like watching Andy Stern squirm.

  • Newsom’s nuisance

    Posted on Nov 13, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson

    It begins like a horrible joke: What do a 14-foot puppet, incense, a woman dancing to funk music, a group of Native Americans, and a gaggle of people in purple shirts have in common? Answer: They all showed up at Gavin Newsom’s homecoming meeting at City Hall yesterday in the city of San Fransisco. Wow, […]

  • SEIU’s Game of Risk

    Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

    These days it seems like the Service Employees International Union is involved in more controversies that I can keep track of. To remedy that, I made the helpful map. Click here to download a handy printable PDF.

  • Election fraud: California unions puts Florida’s hanging chads to shame

    Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

    California’s labor wars continue bloody and unabated between the SEIU and the UHW.  The Wall Street Journal couldn’t even paint this turd– so much so, they covered it twice. From November 11: “Unions are competing for shrinking turf and members, and the most ferocious intramural battle today involves Mr. Stern’s union here in California. For […]

  • The bully on labor’s playground is the SEIU

    Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

    No one ever accused the SEIU of being a class act, sometimes they can play the class clown (like when they ask us to believe that Labor Day was  a labor of love), but more and more people are realizing the SEIU might just be the bully on the playground. The LA Times: Carmen Padron, […]