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Labor seeks political payback : AFL-CIO head says elections 'mandate for union agenda'
Associated Press ^
| November 18, 2006
| Will Lester
Posted on 11/18/2006 8:01:49 AM PST by george76
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To: Beagle8U
No, the Rats will not like the $4 plan. Because it's not government. The problem with WalMart is that it's become a SUBSTITUTE for government. That's the last thing the Rats want.
To: Past Your Eyes
It is bad enough that the unions demand high union dues, but then to also spend your money on their candidates is awful.
And not just cash money, but also time wasted on the rats.
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posted on
11/18/2006 8:51:13 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Brilliant
The DUcks had an article about it. 10-1 the RATS there were now praising Walmart!
Its too funny.
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posted on
11/18/2006 8:53:27 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Angry voters tend to make poor choices politically.....Unfortunately we all have to live with them.)
To: george76
Unfortunately, my state (NH) is not a right to work state.
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posted on
11/18/2006 8:53:37 AM PST
by
Past Your Eyes
(Do what you love and the ridicule will follow.)
To: george76
I have cited the afl-cio under that socialist scumbag sweeney as one of the millstones around the rat's neck. I stand by that assessment. The socialist's agenda will destroy the rat's make believe centrist credentials. This will be another nail in the rat's coffin.
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posted on
11/18/2006 8:55:38 AM PST
by
jmaroneps37
(Millions of Democrat babies aborted in 1988 or earlier did not vote this year.)
To: george76
The priorities include raising the minimum wageIs there a union worker anywhere that works for the minimum wage, and if so, are they required to pay dues?
To: operation clinton cleanup
The minimum wage deal is another scam.
The union wages are often pegged to minimum wage plus X.
So when the minimum goes up...the union gets more dues, too.
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:07:29 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Beagle8U
Even this guy shops at walmart !
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:11:09 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Unions spent more than $100 million getting out the vote, knocked on millions of doors and delivered Election Day support to Democrats running for the House by a more than 2-to-1 ratio.
What the heck does this mean? Against what? They spent $50 million more than who? They knocked on more doors than who? Another meaningless statistic.
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:16:04 AM PST
by
depressed in 06
(I had higher expectations of the American electorate.)
To: george76
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney sees the elections as a "mandate for a union agenda." Look at the bright side, agenda #22 is the members of the union who pay dues.
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:16:39 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Lord help me be the conservative liberals fear I am.)
To: george76
So when the minimum goes up...the union gets more dues, too.This may be true however the union leaders are focused on the members and NOT their own personal gains financially or politically.
I have a bridge over a swamp for sale are you interested?
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:19:55 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Lord help me be the conservative liberals fear I am.)
To: george76
Now, only about 8 percent of private-sector workers are unionized. "
That's a great figure for PRIVATE employers, but at the same time, GOVERNMENT employees have grown substantially in the Union memberships.
I cannot find one single reason for unions to still exist. The illegals on the West Coast are being seriously courted by the SEIU. There has to be some laws being broken in there somewhere.
To: george76
Martin Short shop's at Walmart?
WOW!
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:21:57 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Lord help me be the conservative liberals fear I am.)
To: EGPWS
LOL !
" the union leaders are focused on the members and NOT their own personal gains financially or politically...."
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:23:47 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Kissing up to illegal alien labor on the one hand, unions on the other. Oh dear. Whats a DUmmie to do?
To: ridesthemiles
Now, only about 8 percent of private-sector workers are unionized. " That brings the union force workers down to 58% of the working force.....
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:25:03 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Lord help me be the conservative liberals fear I am.)
To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
They do give dems a ton of money.
To: operation clinton cleanup
The priorities include raising the minimum wage
Is there a union worker anywhere that works for the minimum wage, and if so, are they required to pay dues?""
Don't be fooled. EVERY Union contract has language in it in regard to the minimum wage. Of course, Unions don't get minimum wage rates for their members, but every time minimum wages go up, so do union wages. Some are a direct dollar for dollar increase, and some are a percentage thing.
Don't ever think that the union members don't have a serious stake in what level the "minimum" wage is. Your cost of living is going to increase, and so the circle continues, as union contracts have COL clauses also. The big losers in the raising of minimum wages is the number of people who will be laid off to cut the overhead, and the lower income people who have to pay more for their basic goods and services.
People with good college diplomas just don't connect the dots on this topic, IMO. Someone with better financial education needs to come forward and give us a clearer picture of the overall impact. Payroll taxes go up, and also Workmen's Comp overhead, as it is always based on GROSS wages.
To: LRS; All
They also probably use the dues to pay their mistresses, fancy cars (probably not American made), and so on..
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:27:50 AM PST
by
KevinDavis
(Nancy you ignorant Slut!!!!!)
To: beckysueb
Whats a DUmmie to do? Nothing for via attrition they have reached the pinnacle of confusion.
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posted on
11/18/2006 9:28:29 AM PST
by
EGPWS
(Lord help me be the conservative liberals fear I am.)
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