Posted on Oct 09, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
As we head into winter, things are heating up in Massachusetts– just as the Charles River begins to freeze up. In the wake of the passing of longtime Senator Ted Kennedy, unions in Massachusetts are mobilizing for an “abbreviated” Democratic primary– a place where unions shine and shine and shine. The Boston Globe reports: “Special […]
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With some locals formed as far back as 1887, the Teamsters were once known as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America. They were men who drove teams of animals like mules or horses, pulling wagons, to transport goods. Not to many mule drivers in modern America; and as unions across […]
Posted on Oct 08, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
The public option seems to be dead in the Senate. Employers will not be required to provide health insurance to employees. The new health care bill won’t be too different from what we have now, aside from expanding coverage, says Ezra Klein in the Washington Post today, except for one major part. . . a […]
Posted on Oct 07, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
Detroit has faced mayoral scandal, the loss of thousands of automotive jobs, a lack of investment, crime, flights to the suburbs, and, over the last few decades, literally every other traumatic problem an American city can face. Even with bailout funds, Detroit, once a shining example of American leadership and innovation, can barely turn out […]
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Yesterday, it was the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Today, it is the New York Times. Major media outlets across the country are finally catching on to the growing outrage–not against ACORN (currently in stocks in the village square), but against the SEIU. SEIU is one of ACORN’S closest allies. They probably hoped that […]
Posted on Oct 05, 2009 by J. Justin Wilson
Congressman Mark Kirk (R-IL) has been attacking ACORN and the SEIU hard lately. Here are some snippets from a press release that coincided with his press conference last Monday. In it, he lays out an uncomfortable, yet unsurprising number of Illinois connections between the SEIU and ACORN. From the press release: Official filings show that […]
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The Employees Free Choice Act has been “go” and “no go” many times over. Now it is both things at once. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) confidently supposes that EFCA will happen at some point this year or next. He thinks that Republican crossover votes, like his fellow Senator George Voinovich, are unlikely. He is part […]
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The mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, is the mayor of a large, liberal, and lovely city– a city that happens to have active, vociferous unions. This is California, after all. It just so happens that Mr. Newsom despises the local SEIU. And they him. Here’s a round up of the increasingly nasty confrontations between […]
