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Archive: Jul 2008 (Page 5)

  • Profiles in Courage…or Not

    Posted on Jul 09, 2008 by Minnesotans for Employee Freedom

    Boy, have we been having one heckuva time getting Democrat Congressional candidate Ashwin Madia to talk with us about his support for EFCA and worker intimidation by union organizers. During our first encounter, Madia asks us to set up a meeting. The next time, he has one of his handlers stall us, while he slinks away. […]

  • Is There a Good Day to Explain Why You’re Beholden to Special Interests?

    Posted on Jul 08, 2008 by Minnesotans for Employee Freedom

    [youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=qNRfIcGAGwE[/youtube] We caught up with Democrat Congressional candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg to ask him a little more about his support for EFCA despite the fact that 95% of Minnesotans want to keep their private ballot rights. Clearly, Mr. Tinklenberg’s handlers weren’t anxious for him to answer our questions. I guess there really isn’t a good day […]

  • Classy

    Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

    There’s nothing classier than using someone’s death as an opportunity to push your cause. Witness labor boss Vince Beltrami’s column in the Anchorage Daily News perverting George Carlin’s death: Most people are familiar with Carlin’s “seven words you can’t say on television.” My mom unwittingly bought me the “Class Clown” album that featured this track […]

  • Markey Avoids Real Issue Confronting Colorado Workers

    Posted on by Coloradans for Employee Freedom

    [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR9K2H5f-jc[/youtube] In this clip, Betsy Markey, Democrat candidate for the 4th Congressional District of Colorado, chooses to ignore the fact that workers will lose their right to private ballot elections through EFCA, instead choosing to focus on the fact the Employee Free Choice Act will punish businesses and streamline the union organization process that has […]

  • Mobbed-up union boss sentenced to 57 months of hard time

    Posted on Jul 01, 2008 by J. Justin Wilson

    Last week ATU Local 1181 former president Salvatore “Hotdogs” Battaglia—I couldn’t make up a better name if I tried—was sentenced to 57 months in jail for “racketeering based on the extortion of money from  companies operating school buses under contract with the New York City department of Education.” The North Country Gazette reports that Mr. Hotdogs […]

  • Tink Fills His Tank With Special Interest Money

    Posted on by Minnesotans for Employee Freedom

    Congressional Candidate Elwyn Tinklenberg (MN-6) is making the usual end-of-quarter pitch to raise more money for his campaign. As of this morning he was only a few thousand dollars short of his goal. It’s a safe bet that union special interests have gone a long way toward helping him meet his fundraising goals. What 6th […]