Posted on 05/05/2016 1:17:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
California's public employee unions used their muscle this week to fight back a legislative bid to open their books, killing in committee a bill that would force them to post online how dues are spent -- and a second bill requiring a union vote every two years.
"These members want to belong to a union. They want to be represented by a union. They just want to know where their money's at," said bill sponsor Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, a Republican.
The two bills went down Wednesday on a party-line vote, after dozens of union members came out against the legislation.
"The whole issue is not so much about these bills, but it's about right-wing billionaires fighting for their interest and fighting to stymie the rights of the union," testified Theresa Rutherford, of SEIU local 1021.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Yes it’s negative synergy.
Govt unions campaign for and donate to Democrats who reward them with taxpayer $$$$.
"The whole issue is not so much about these bills, but it's about right-wing billionaires fighting for their interest and fighting to stymie the rights of the union," testified Theresa Rutherford, of SEIU local 1021.Incoherent rant = testimony in California.
Unions are legal entities, not real individuals, can never die, and etc.
Like the leftists like to say about corporations.....
So this left-wing legislator is telling us the union bosses are billionaires? We've suspected it all along, and now this left-wing nut confirms it.
public employee unions are a conflict of interest
“In 2015, 7.2 million employees in the public sector belonged to a union, compared with
7.6 million workers in the private sector. The union membership rate for public-sector
workers (35.2 percent) was substantially higher than the rate for private-sector workers
(6.7 percent). Within the public sector, the union membership rate was highest for local
government (41.3 percent)...”
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm
Shamelessly hiding corruption in the open...without serious criticism from the corrupt media.
/bingo
She’ll be calling for some muscle over there in no time.
And then .. the UNIONS DICTATE the study course and all the rules for our children.
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