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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to overrule precedent helping unions
Washington Post ^ | December 6,2017 | Robert Barnes

Posted on 12/06/2017 7:02:05 PM PST by mdittmar

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To: DoughtyOne

The last 30 days have been incredible.

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21 posted on 12/06/2017 7:40:09 PM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Chode

and make the unions collect their own dues on those that stay instead of the gov being their bag man
= = = = = = = = =
Take it a step further and DON’T allow the employee to make a direct payment to the Union.

Make the Union come and pick up the dues.

Ought to do the same with the withholding tax...Companies stop being the ‘debt collector’, give it to the employee and let him/her/it be responsible to give it to unka sugah.

In an essence you don’t ‘miss’ what you don’t see,

Like that FIRST paycheck of ones life.

HEY I am supposed to be getting paid 2 dollars and hour and I worked 40 hrs so that should be 80 dollars NOT 71.50(whatever)..
that is
THE FIRST RUDE AWAKENING

THE SECOND RUDE AWAKENING is when one finds out that toilet paper doesn’t ‘grow’ on that roll and it actually costs money to replace it...


22 posted on 12/06/2017 7:41:17 PM PST by xrmusn ((6/98)""If the earth were flat, cats would have pushed everything over the edge by now")
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To: Jim 0216

Guess it doesn’t matter in the long run,unions are dinosaurs.


23 posted on 12/06/2017 7:41:39 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: DoughtyOne
This guy take on all comers doesn’t he.

Seems he's being selective and smart about who he takes on. He isn't taking on the unions of the blue collar workers who took a chance on him. He's taking on the public sector unions, which shouldn't be permitted in the first place and whose members ARE the deep state.

For all intents and purposes, making federal workers pay dues even if they don't want to be part of the union constitutes a de facto direct expenditure of US government funds to the union. Unless Congress authorizes it as such, it ought to be unconstitutional. Kill it, Mr President!

24 posted on 12/06/2017 7:44:21 PM PST by pepsi_junkie
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To: mdittmar

Okay, that’s a move that Scott Walker would make. I’m paying attention! :-)


25 posted on 12/06/2017 7:46:37 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: mdittmar

public employees shouldn’t have unions it perpetuates a bribery cycle. The union gives dues money to politicians who vote on their salary and benefits after the governor negotiates. The governor and legislatures receive contributions from the unions. The pay benefits go up, so the union raises dues and gives more money to the pols to raise pay and benefits. If there must be public unions no contributions for public officials, including no advertising.


26 posted on 12/06/2017 7:49:57 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: morphing libertarian

“public employees shouldn’t have unions it perpetuates a bribery cycle”

FDR had that position. There weren’t federal employee unions until JFK signed them into law.


27 posted on 12/06/2017 7:52:10 PM PST by Pelham (Rope. Tree. Journalist.)
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To: Pelham

in Cal jerry brown signed the bill the last night of his first term I think 1979. Now he can’t solve the pension crisis because the union owns his manhood.


28 posted on 12/06/2017 7:57:41 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: mdittmar

That one will end up costing him re-election.


29 posted on 12/06/2017 8:03:15 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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To: morphing libertarian

CA State govt pension obligations are due to hit a wall at high speed. The numbers are impossible to meet. Wonder how the crooks of Sacramento will try to solve that one.


30 posted on 12/06/2017 8:05:21 PM PST by Pelham (Rope. Tree. Journalist.)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

not


31 posted on 12/06/2017 8:06:48 PM PST by mdittmar
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To: Lurker

Yes, they have been. I’ve been upbeat all year, watching Trump start changing things for the better.

I do believe we have’t seen anything yet, because these are still corner-stones he’s laying, and there will be full complex structures built on them over the next three years plus four.


32 posted on 12/06/2017 8:11:30 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: mdittmar
My DIL worked on a case in 2016 that was the same as "Janus" but was Friedrichs vs the unions. They were poised to win it when Scalia died. The judgement came back 4-4 so lower court rulings held (status quo). They were pretty crushed. In fact, when I heard Scalia had died that was the first thought in my head.

She is working on Janus, too, as a consultant in education particularly charter schools and voucher programs. A great conservative!

33 posted on 12/06/2017 8:20:04 PM PST by luv2ski
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To: pax_et_bonum

Love it !!!!
Unions cost exorbitant amounts of “monthly fees” to small business and bite into labor/health/Lawyer/ bullshit lawsuits much to the detriment of the poor Bugger who is actually paying their re-cycled Dem. dues.


34 posted on 12/06/2017 8:21:35 PM PST by acapesket (all happy now?)
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To: pepsi_junkie

You touched on some good points there. I agree with you.

I’m very much opposed to unionization for government workers.

If you feel you need a union, get a job outside of government.

The power of unions to affect things, leaves those workers in a conflicted position, where they vote self-interest rather than what is best for the nation.


35 posted on 12/06/2017 8:21:45 PM PST by DoughtyOne (McConnell / Ryan: Why pass Cons legislation when we can pass Leftist legislation for Leftists?)
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To: Pelham

LOL my wife and I are retired CAL peace officers. I know the deal.


36 posted on 12/06/2017 8:42:15 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: DoughtyOne

“He has a clear vision what it takes to clean up this mess.”

Trump’s been talking about some of these things for 30 years or so.

It’s kind of amazing when old clips or articles come up and he was right then, and now.

Thanks be to God for letting Trump win or we’d be so much worse off.


37 posted on 12/06/2017 8:44:33 PM PST by b4me (God Bless the USA)
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To: morphing libertarian

...aren’t you s’posed to be in Coeur d’Alene....


38 posted on 12/06/2017 8:44:57 PM PST by Pelham (Rope. Tree. Journalist.)
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To: mdittmar

If I pay my neighbors salary, who is a public worker and the union gets 1.5% of his salary then thats a great backdoor way for Democrat entities to get my money.

I’d have no prob with public employee unions existed so long as they are nit connects to afl-cio, are completely barred from lobbying, political donations, and solely exist to represent employees in dispute and act as a lauson between labor and management. I guess if id settle for that....


39 posted on 12/06/2017 8:45:17 PM PST by inchworm
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To: Pelham

four kids and three grandkids all in CAL But I’m in O-side lots of marines and retired military. looking at the ocean through my windows. Put up with a lot of BS to do it, but my life pretty good. Try to stay out of Sacramento.


40 posted on 12/06/2017 8:49:27 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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