Tag: Unions

To Dems The Election is More Important Than the Supply Chain

October 5, 2024

by Ray Cardello

The longshoremen all along the east coast, from Maine to Texas, went on strike this week, bringing the vital shipping ports to an abrupt stop. The 45,000 men who keep the goods Americans buy and those American manufacturers ship overseas are on strike. These men feel underappreciated and fearful of their jobs as the seaports … Read more

ammo steel casing Photo by Velizar Ivanov on Unsplash

Ammo and Bananas: Dockworker Strike Expected to Create Shortages

October 1, 2024September 30, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

Dockworkers at 36 ports along the eastern seaboard are walking off the job at midnight. The good news is that a majority of them hate Kamala Harris. The bad news is that if an intervention was required, she’d be the only one with President in their title (hers is vice, how ironic) to step in … Read more

Another Dumb Constitutional Amendment….

April 6, 2024

by Rob Roper

The Democrat/Progressive Supermajority in Montpelier isn’t just oblivious to reality. They are actively hostile to it. One has to conclude that they are purposefully attempting to destroy our state economy because nobody could actually be this stupid by sheer accident.

Dartmouth College and Basketball Unions

March 31, 2024

by Michael Moffett

A 2014 court case ruled that the NCAA violated antitrust laws by prohibiting college athletes from commercially cashing in on their sports skills, the way pro athletes have long done. The NCAA was ordered to pay plaintiffs and attorneys over $42 million.

DeSantis And Florida Took the Janus Decision to Its Next Logical Step

January 5, 2024January 4, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

Teacher’s Unions are sinister private entities whose only concern is how much money they can make and how best to use that to impact politics at every level of government. Sure, Janus v. AFSCME was a great decision, but the war against public employee unions continues, and Ron DeSantis is leading that fight.

Oops! Proposed Law to Expand Unions Could Allow Employees to Skip Employer Diversity or Social Justice Training

May 14, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Vermont Democrats want to make it easier for employees to form unions in the state, so they’ve introduced legislation that would let workers “decline to attend employer-hosted meetings” without consequence “they are primarily about the employers’ political or religious opinions.”

Unions Help Southwest Airlines Police Workers to Purge Conservatives and Christians

November 3, 2022

by Steve MacDonald

If you are one of those #woke, vaccinated libs working at Southwest Airlines, you better be careful. While you might not object to your union targeting its own dues-paying employees on political grounds, allowing that sort of internecine surveillance will inevitably come back to bite you in your fat blue ass.

GOP Candidate Tim Lang (NH Sen. Dist. 2) Is Sucking from the Union PAC Teat – AND Getting the NH GOP to Push Out Mailers for Him?

October 7, 2022

by Skip

And the NH State GOP is PAYING for it? Good going, dufuses, right off target again! Yep, sent right to my house:

Are Owners and Employees Equals?

August 28, 2022

by Ian Underwood

The Knead pizza chain in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, recently decided to close for good.

This may have been in response to an effort by its employees to form a union. The owners aren’t saying. (They did say that the closure would happen regardless of how the vote to unionize came out.)

The Reason Why NH State Rep Brodie Deshaies (R-Wolfeboro) Supports Unions (Think Right-To-Work): Bought and Paid For!

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022

by Skip

I keep saying “I get stuff” and “people send me even more stuff”. It seems that several such folks believe that Republicans should let Brodie Deshaies drop like a rock. There was another attempt, here in NH, to pass Right To Work legislation. Here are the Union payments to his campaign fund for this year’s … Read more

Biden Speaks (lies) to AFL-CIO. Facts Matter

June 17, 2022

by Ray Cardello

Joe Biden spoke to the AFL-CIO this week in what can only be called a stump speech. It was a campaign speech complete with volume changes from whispers to yelling. It was big on style but weak on content. His speech was filled with lies and was both embarrassing and insulting.

Breaking: Southwest Pilots Win – Vaccine Exemption Requests Have Been Approved

November 24, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

Pilots at Southwest Airlines have won an enormous victory. The company has announced it will honor all COVID19 Vaccine Exemption requests.

students classroom (no masks) kids teacher Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

Can Public Education Regain the Lost Confidence of Parents and Taxpayers?

August 23, 2021

by Michael Moffett

Democrat Governor Kate Brown recently signed Oregon’s Senate Bill 744, ending graduation proficiency requirements. Sad but true. The Beaver State will allow students to graduate from high school that can’t read, write, or do the math – in line with national “dumbing down” movements.

Former IBEW Steward – Right to Work Will Protect New Hampshire Workers

June 1, 2021

It’s all too common for people in politics to claim to speak for everyone, even when they just don’t. Take union bosses in the current fight over Right to Work: They act like all union members oppose Right to Work, but in reality that’s just not true.

Biden’s* 15.00/Hour Minimum Wage Order Will Help Union Bosses Fund Democrat Campaigns

April 28, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

Whoever is Running the Biden Administration (WRBA*) has Joe Signing another Executive Order. It’s meant to sound like lower-class goodness, but the only people Biden is helping are Union Bosses and Democrat politicians.

Planned Parenthood Northern New England President Quits After Workers Unionize

April 16, 2021

by Beth Scaer

In August 2020, the Maine staff of Planned Parenthood of Northern New England (PPNNE) voted to unionize. In February 2021, the Vermont staff of PPNNE also voted to form a union. In April 2021, it was announced that PPNNE’s long-time president had unexpectedly resigned.

You Can’t Unionize Jobs That Don’t Exist

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021

by Ian Underwood

Remember when Amazon pulled out of Seattle in part because of the city was planning to target its largest employers with a ‘head tax’? Remember when Amazon scuttled its plans to open a center in New York City, because AOC and other progressives organized opposition to the move? Clearly this is a company that is … Read more

Josiah Bartlett – Two Ways to Decide Whether Right to Work Is Right for New Hampshire

March 28, 2021

by Op-Ed

Most U.S. States (27) have Right to Work laws, and that includes a growing number in the industrial Midwest. Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have them, and every state bordering Ohio, save Pennsylvania, has one.

Notable Quote – Minimum Wage is RAAACIST (said by a Black man)

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021

by Skip

The minimum wage law is very cleverly misnamed. The real minimum wage is zero – and that is what many inexperienced and low-skilled people receive as a result of legislation that makes it illegal to pay them what they are currently worth to an employer.

The PRO Act Will Kill More Than One Job in Three

February 15, 2021

Have you ever heard of the PRO Act? You might want to take an interest if you an independent contractor, gig worker, or you do freelancing. Why? The expectation is it will eliminate most forms of independent contracting, gig work, and freelancing. Have I got your attention now?