Obama and Unions : if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

its a duck
PLEASE READ!!!
http://ecoworld.com/blog/2008/10/28/obama-unions/

excerpt

... Obamas position on unions is relevant. In an October 27th Wall Street Journal editorial entitled The Election Choice: Unions they state Obama is a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act, a pro-union piece of legislation that would do the following:
- Force employees to vote pro or against unionizing on an open ballot, meaning any employee who objected to being unionized would be publically identified and open to intimidation.
- Impose mandatory arbitration, meaning after 120 days if a company wouldnt agree to union demands, an arbitrators decision would be final.
- Narrow the definition of a manager in order to put a higher percentage of a companys employees under union control.
- Make it illegal for a company to hire new employees to replace striking employees.

Obama also supports the sinister Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act which will require every city over 5,000 in population to negotiate police and firefighter compensation with a national union. For a good look at what that leads to, examine pretty much any city in California - they are all facing insolvency due to the cost of paying their unionized workforces. Because it is common for these folks - before you factor in the real cost of funding their early and generous pension - to make over $100,000 per year, and many of them make over $200,000 per year. This is simply too much money for these positions - and we can make this assertion and still appreciate the work they do.

The government according to Obama - and we agree - should be working to improve the lives of all Americans. But in 21st century America, the government is working to make the lives of government workers better. This is the current legacy of unions, and Obama is going to perpetuate and worsen this divide between those of us who work in the globally competitive private sector, and our unionized public sector overlords.

What does any of this have to do with the environment? Because global warming alarm is being used to justify the biggest expansion of government in history. The taxes and fees that will pass into government hands through regulating CO2 are the only potential source of funds remotely large enough to continue to pay the unionized public sector workforce their exhorbitant, grossly unfair compensation packages.

for lazlo

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/09/AR20080809018...



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[EconCat88]

And now what? Hand Wisconsin another billion to hand over to public sector unions?

[BigTVideos]

Thank for the heads up,

[sstruyf89]

@battim will you come with me....and break bread with me.?? what do you prefer chicken from kfc or Mcdonalds chickns

[battim]

well enjoy them.

[sstruyf89]

@battim i dunno. iike em too.  wanna get some mcnuggets on sunday..

[battim]

i do indeed, why?

[sstruyf89]

@battim dude do you like chicken waangs??

[IronCrue3]

"the only one eating bicuits are those with blind faith."

Isn't all faith technically blind faith?

[faehnstah]

you look like an angel...black angel....

faehnstah belongs to white angels

[battim]

in recent years, i'd love to see those numbers