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Category Archives: Politics
SOPA – Creating New Union Jobs? Naw…
I was surprised when I saw that the AFL-CIO was backing SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act sponsored by the RIAA and MPAA. I was able to find out the name of the AFL-CIO official, Paul Almeida, testifying for the … Continue reading
Union Busting In Wisconsin
There are some things you just never expect to see. Shrimp ice cream. World peace. An openly gay republican president. Or, workers in the United States facing the loss of their collective bargaining rights. “The right to bargain collectively is … Continue reading
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Tagged AFSCME, madison protests, public employee unions, union-busting, walker
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Labor’s Bloody History
The period in American history leading up from the Civil War to World War II was particularly violent and bloody for labor. It was through that struggle that many of the very most basic rights we enjoy today came about. … Continue reading
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Tagged public employee unions, union-busting, unions, walker, wisconsin
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Conservatives Declare War On Unions – Public Employee Unions to Be Outlawed in Wisconsin
This week in Wisconsin, conservatives are making perhaps the single biggest assault on collective bargaining that’s taken place in the last 60-80 years. The republican-controlled Wisconsin state legislature is trying to take away the collective bargaining rights of state, county … Continue reading
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Tagged public employee unions, Tea Party, union-busting, Wisconsin AFSCME
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Yes on Initiative 1082 – Let’s help the BIAW and the insurance companies get rich!
One of the most asinine initiatives in Washington state this election has got to be 1082 – the initiative to privatize the state worker’s compensation system. The primary sponsor is the Building Industry Association of Washington – Dino Rossi’s erstwhile … Continue reading
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Tagged BIAW, butthead, Dino Rossi, greedy, initiative 1082, Italian Stallion, moron
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Go Sarah, GO!
Des Moines, IA (AP) – In a bold, audacious move, the Republican party today announced their dream ticket for the 2012 presidential elections – Sarah Palin and Christine O’Donnell. Governor Palin, the failed vice-presidential candidate in the 2008 elections was … Continue reading
Time Magazine 2009 Person of the Year – George W. Bush
Editor’s note: We came within about an inch of this actually happening. Let’s not forget! We’re lucky to have secured a pre-release excerpt from the new Time Magazine issue set to be on newsstands the week of December 21, 2009 … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Fuhrer, Dictator For Life, George W. Bush, Person of the Year
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George W. Bush – The Worst President Ever, Revisited
It really kills me how Bush has been touting his record in the last week or so, listing as one of his major accomplishments that since 9/11, there have been no further foreign terrorist attacks on US soil. With his … Continue reading