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Union boss goes off at meeting, prison guards say
The Washington Times ^ | Sunday, March 20, 2011 | Joseph Weber and David Hill

Posted on 03/21/2011 3:42:00 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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To: chickadee

And it is all non taxable since unions are “non profits”. It is past time to end the non profit status of every group with assets of half a million or more.


21 posted on 03/21/2011 4:19:39 AM PDT by midwyf (Wyoming Native. Environmentalism is a religion too.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

These people are insane. Leftism is a real mental dosorder!


22 posted on 03/21/2011 4:26:50 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Lysandru

The guy doesn’t get it. Democrats expect their rank-and-file to be mindless drones who do what they are told to do.>>>>>>>>>

And most importantly to pay pay pay those union dues that fund the lavish lifestyles of porky union bosses and the rest given to Democrat hacks to buy them off come contract negotiation time


23 posted on 03/21/2011 4:30:16 AM PDT by dennisw ( The early bird catches the worm)
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To: chickadee
You can buy a lot of Democrats with that kind of loot.

They have. The NEA also takes some pretty insane stands, a lot of posts on FR about that

24 posted on 03/21/2011 4:30:49 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: midwyf

Ah, glad you mentioned that - unions must pay taxes on funds used for political purposes. Landmark Legal Foundation has filed a complaint (again) with the IRS on the NEA’s lack of tax compliance.


25 posted on 03/21/2011 4:33:07 AM PDT by chickadee
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To: reefdiver
This guy's problem is his entire audience are pretty conservative as they live and work up here in Western MD...

with the exception of a few douchenozzles in the local union, most of them get the fact that when taxes go up they get hit along with the rest of us..

plus we cling to our guns and religion up here and don't care for the idiots down state

26 posted on 03/21/2011 4:40:06 AM PDT by Abundy
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This is merely the modern-day version of the mob shaking down the mom and pops for “protection” money.


27 posted on 03/21/2011 4:52:11 AM PDT by ryderann
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

“Prison guards at a Western Maryland correctional facility say a union boss berated and tried to intimidate them”
One has to wonder, how you go about intimidating a guy that gets paid to be intimidated by prisoners all day?


28 posted on 03/21/2011 5:07:25 AM PDT by Walkingfeather
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
“At first, I thought it was some kind of act or Charlie Sheen moment,” said another guard, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal. “We just looked at one another, bewildered. These were legitimate questions. We’re supposed to go to Mr. Berger if we have concerns — and he called me a Republican.”

Welcome to the party pal.

29 posted on 03/21/2011 5:08:02 AM PDT by spokeshave (Half-American, non natural-born, starts war without Congress OK, while on vacation in Brazil.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

...and he called me a Republican.”

Well, how much can a man take, really?


30 posted on 03/21/2011 5:47:37 AM PDT by Leisler (Our debts are someone's profit. Follow the money, the vig.....)
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To: ryderann
They filed a complaint, a grievance, on the union guy? I love it!

I worked in management in a unionized facility, and the union was a huge thorn in our sides.

This will probably open a lot of eyes about how things really are, especially the part about how non-members still have to pay into the union. Well, maybe a few eyes, anyway.

31 posted on 03/21/2011 5:53:54 AM PDT by susannah59
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Union boss goes off at meeting, prison guards say
Life imitating art ...

"A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as
security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union."

32 posted on 03/21/2011 5:55:57 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: xrmusn

#12. Service Employees International Union— $29,140,232 (D)95% (R)3%

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000077


33 posted on 03/21/2011 5:57:51 AM PDT by digger48
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To: chickadee

#8. National Education Assn-—$32,024,610 (D)93% (R)6%

http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000000064


34 posted on 03/21/2011 5:59:41 AM PDT by digger48
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To: digger48

Thanks - a great resource. I bookmarked it for future use:)


35 posted on 03/21/2011 6:19:16 AM PDT by chickadee
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ah...Nancy Pelosi’s home state is still promoting the old union/mafia life style that her crooked father was part of. She must grow nostalgic when she reads this report.


36 posted on 03/21/2011 6:39:24 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: kittymyrib

Some things need clarified as the reporter was not able to or willing to put the entire quote. Berger said, “You must be a f**king republican, ya piece of sh**.” I was the one who he said that to. I asked him why AFSCME needs service fees if they spent $90 million on democratic campaigns last year. Good luck trying to intimidate a group of 80 correctional officers, but the only resource we had available to us to fight this forced unionization was to go to the media. Also the person he attributed the quote to wasn’t responsible for it.


37 posted on 03/21/2011 8:37:45 PM PDT by talac_121
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