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WEAC (Largest Wisconsin Teachers Union) issues layoff notices to 40% of staff
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ^
| August 15, 2011
| Erin Richards
Posted on 08/15/2011 11:07:59 AM PDT by UB355
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To: indylindy; All
Obama’s “ Deep $hit Bus Tour “
LOL!
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:11:25 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: Dacula
Why don’t they ask the wealthy union members to pay more of their fair share, afterall, isn;t that what he president telling us?A progressive union dues schedule. Brilliant! Why shouldn't those who benefit most from the union pay more of their fair share? I hope some union guy suggests this, watch the hypocritical unionistas squeel.
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:12:51 PM PDT
by
kevao
To: Daus
“WEA Trust is sitting on $400 million in cash.” Could you educate us a bit about this?
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:15:40 PM PDT
by
arrogantsob
(Why do They hate her so much?)
To: Carling
Just what I figured. Thanks for the breakdown.
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:16:10 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: UB355
Lord I hope we get this in Ohio this November. My husband and I collectively pay $1000/year in union dues. If we had applied that money each year from the beginning to our 15 year mortgage, our home could be paid off two years early! Two years off of a 15 year mortgage instead of union dues.
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:18:51 PM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: UB355
42?? That’s all??
Try factory jobs by the thousands thanks to union demands...
I’m not weeping a tear for them. Unions will suck you dry and spit you out without thinking twice about it.
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:20:35 PM PDT
by
Ladysmith
(The evil that's happening in this country is the cancer of socialism...It kills the human spirit.)
To: stephenjohnbanker
I like “Rolling Blunder” bus tour.
It’s outstanding.
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:29:16 PM PDT
by
RinaseaofDs
(Does beheading qualify as 'breaking my back', in the Jeffersonian sense of the expression?)
To: Ladysmith
Lots of factory jobs in the South have disappeared over the last 20 years. Most were non-union shops.
The loss of manufacturing jobs in this country is more than high union wages. It is the result of multinational corporations, Wall Street, and the federal government using the “free trade” banner to deliberately transfer industrial capability from the US to China, Mexico and third world nations at the expense of the American middle class. For many of the products sent overseas, manipulation of the Chinese currency by the Chinese is responsible for more of the cost differential between US products and Chinese products than the labor rate.
Moving US middle class jobs overseas part of the globalist redistribution of wealth. Republicans (the two Bushes) have been just as complicit as Clinton and Obama.
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:31:01 PM PDT
by
Soul of the South
(When times are tough the tough get going.)
To: arrogantsob
Could you educate us a bit about this?
2010 Annual Report
They've finally just now posted the 2010 report. The area to look at is Trust equity (assets in excess of obligations) = $318,453,000. I was a little high. :) Though they used to be averaging a net income of around $40 million/year, that's changed pretty dramatically as of late.
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:38:44 PM PDT
by
Daus
To: Jean S; Diana in Wisconsin
Ping to some really really great news.
Best news I’ve heard in forever!
Bodes well for tomorrow’s election!
WOO HOO!
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posted on
08/15/2011 1:59:55 PM PDT
by
TheConservativeParty
(PALIN 45 -The cure for "meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Resisting Tyranny Since 1-20-2009)
To: UB355
This Walker kid....he’s alright. Wonder what his plans are circa 2016 or 2012?
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:02:01 PM PDT
by
Grunthor
(In order; Bachmann, Cain, Palin, Santorum, Perry, None of the rest matter 'til the general)
To: Daus
Thanks. I should point out that that is not “cash” though but “assets”.
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:07:09 PM PDT
by
arrogantsob
(Why do They hate her so much?)
To: DoughtyOne
“...Wouldn’t that be a shocker. ...”
Nothing’s impossible to a willing mind, a strong heart, and a group of determined, pissed-off Patriots.
We’ll win this thing on way or the other.
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posted on
08/15/2011 2:09:10 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: UB355
Combination of loss of revenue (dues) and overexpenditure (on the recall elections). Typical Dem/left recipe for disaster.
To: Soul of the South
Yeah, yeah, I know about that. I’m one of those statistics. That’s another issue.
I’m talking the manufacturing unions are a part of. Anything the union gets involved in jacks up the costs to unsustainable levels.
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:00:49 PM PDT
by
Ladysmith
(The evil that's happening in this country is the cancer of socialism...It kills the human spirit.)
To: RinaseaofDs
Has a good ring to it : )
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posted on
08/15/2011 3:17:23 PM PDT
by
stephenjohnbanker
(God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
To: Night Hides Not
Good point!
I wonder how many teachers will opt out of the union now that the union can’t steal the dues directly from their pay check. Not much point to being a closed shop is there?
I expect a big up tic in coercion by union goons in WI. They’re quite comfortable with thuggery.
To: COBOL2Java
I'm sure they can be trained to say "Do you want fries with that?" ...In 6 languages, no doubt!
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posted on
08/15/2011 4:26:45 PM PDT
by
tpmintx
(The people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who VOTE for a living.)
To: UB355
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posted on
08/15/2011 4:37:07 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: Presbyterian Reporter
This clearly tells what a slush fund the WEA Health Insurance Fund was.Once they lost their legislated monopoly and had to face competition, they offered to cut their premiums by 40%.
This means they were overcharging by nearly 100%.
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posted on
08/15/2011 5:14:22 PM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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