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Senate: Let first responders unionize
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Posted on 05/13/2008 10:33:29 AM PDT by SmithL
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Let's have a Right-to-Work law, first!
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:33:29 AM PDT
by
SmithL
To: SmithL
Which means the Taxpayer will take it up the backside again, the largest growing Union in the US is Public Sector, which means “We” are paying those increasing wages and benefits no matter how incompetently they do their jobs.
We will be seeing a ton of stuff like this next year...
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:36:47 AM PDT
by
padre35
(Conservative in Exile/ Isaiah 3.3/Cry havoc and let slip the RINOS)
To: SmithL
This is the federal government forcing state and local governments to allow collective bargaining for workers they hire.
To: SmithL
-—and this is about when I cease calling myself a Republican of any kind-—
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:39:32 AM PDT
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: SmithL
“I’d love to continue resuscitation , but it’s time for my mandatory break”.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:39:33 AM PDT
by
WOBBLY BOB
(Conservatives are to McCain what Charlie Brown is to Lucy.)
To: SmithL
It worked so well for the TSA.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:40:46 AM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Play that Funky Music Typical White Boy!)
To: padre35
There goes the neighborhood...
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:42:57 AM PDT
by
hdstmf
To: SmithL
“There is no right to strike against the public safety, anytime, anywhere.” - Calvin Coolidge
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:43:02 AM PDT
by
Argus
(Obama: All turban and no goats.)
To: Argus
There is no right to strike against the public safety, anytime, anywhere. - Calvin CoolidgeDid you read the article?
It also would ban them from going on strike.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:45:38 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: padre35
I say cut the government employees by about 90%. That would get us back to where we belong. As for the Unions, the government should start thinking about limiting their non-work related activities.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:47:26 AM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Who opposes John McCain's leftist agenda? The RNC, Rep Congress members, the Democrats? Good luck!)
To: SmithL
The 10th amendment requires that the Feds leave to the States that which is not covered by the Constitution, including their employment practices.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:48:04 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Individualism is the Perfection of Diversity.)
To: Alter Kaker
--they don't have to strike.
They have gained sufficient power in legislative bodies over the last twenty years that strikes aren't necessary--look at California, for example.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:49:53 AM PDT
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
To: Alter Kaker
How long do you think that provision would survive?
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:50:53 AM PDT
by
Argus
(Obama: All turban and no goats.)
To: SmithL
They just took a big, fat dump on every volunteer firefighter, EMT, and deputy in the nation. Thanks, jerks.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:51:12 AM PDT
by
this is my name not yours
(Free speech is the escape valve that keeps some people from picking up a rifle.)
To: Uncle Miltie
Unfortunately, that amendment has been redacted from their copy of the Constitution.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:52:29 AM PDT
by
joebellis
(Politicians, if the lips are moving, it's a LIE.)
To: SmithL
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:52:37 AM PDT
by
Arguendo
To: Alter Kaker
It also would ban them from going on strike. Banning strikes is meaningless. Many states have bans against teacher strikes but teachers still strike without repurcussions. Even without strking, first responders will have many tools to force money from taxpayers. This bill is a terrible intrusion on states' rights and a green light to much higher labor costs.
To: rellimpank
look at California, for example. I assume you are referring to their 16 billion dollar budget deficit?
To: Argus
How long do you think that provision would survive?Probably forever, or at least as long as we have at least 40 Republicans left in the Senate. The bill could never get passed without GOP support, and that provision is the major condition that GOP Senators set.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:53:33 AM PDT
by
Alter Kaker
(Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
To: Arguendo
McCain’s position is to not annoy the unions while not actually supporting them.
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posted on
05/13/2008 10:54:42 AM PDT
by
SmithL
(Reject Obama's Half-Vast Wright-Wing Conspiracy)
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