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Here’s a nice video to get you primed up and ready to de-fang a union near you. It’s all about ObamaScare and the Democrat-Crony Waiver wire. Unions, Democrats, Hypocrites, Together.
To the Editor:
Most Americans oppose forced unionization.
Forcing workers to pay tribute to earn a living is slavery, it is immoral and un-American.
Voluntary unionization makes unions compete, putting workers’ interests first.
HOUSE BILL 474, “An act relative to freedom of choice on whether to join a labor union,” passed out of the house and obtained Senate Concurrence with Amendments. In laymen’s terms, both houses passed the bill. However, it is important to note that in the House, the bill did not pass with a veto-proof majority. According to the House Bill 474 Roll Call, the Bill passed 225 Yeas and 140 Nays.
How It Breaks down:
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DEMOCRATIC |
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Yea Vote |
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0 |
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Nay Vote |
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93 |
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Not Voting |
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9 |
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REPUBLICAN |
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Yea Vote |
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225 |
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Nay Vote |
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47 |
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Not Voting |
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21 |
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INDEPENDENT |
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Yea Vote |
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1 |
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Nay Vote |
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0 |
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Not Voting |
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0 |
CONCORD – Governor Lynch, true to his word vetoed HB 474, the right to work Bill recently passed out of the house and Senate. Passed out of both the house and Senate, the bill has drawn the ire of the Union Hackarama far and wide. All of the pro-unionists came out in force to pontificate about being against the working men and women of this country; About people who will starve and go hungry; and when the rhetoric and false logic had no effect, They crowded hearing rooms and were disruptive with verbal outbursts. Despite all this bad behavior, rank demagoguery and cursing at lawmakers, the bill passed anyway.
Tom Fahey, Statehouse Bureau Chief for the Union Leader writes, “Unions see the bill as a move funded by out of state interests to undercut their role in the workplace. (Unions) argue that the measure intrudes in labor-management relations,” in this morning’s UL article,GOP goes after right-to-work opponents.
Juxtapose that against Unions bussing in “volunteers” for Carol Shea-Porter’s campaign from, Lord-knows where; And, the Union interests from all around the country pumping big dollars into local campaigns, those hardly qualify as out-of-state interests? Leave it to Union mouthpieces to complain about the very thing that is not only pro forma for them, but done with absolute shameless impunity.
Governor Lynch and his union cronies, with their Machiavellian Template, redefine the plain and ordinary meaning of words in the furtherance of their subterfuge. In his press release Governor Lynch chastises, “States should not interfere with the rights of businesses and their employees to freely negotiate contracts. That is unless there is a compelling public interest, and there is no compelling public interest in passing this legislation…” They would have us believe that somehow the veto of this bill is was advocacy for freedom.” Lynch would have us believe job seekers have this “freedom” already in place enabling them to be free from the yoke of the Unions. That is untrue, when an employee has to pay an agency fee to the coffers of the Union. That is essentially joining the Union by proxy.
On the heels of NH State Senator Gary Lambert trying to redefine "incentive", Sidenote: Why is it that our elected officials are utterly convinced they should be able to have us change our behavior simply because "it is good for you" or that it fits "the common good"? we now have the Unions trying to … Read more
Democrats are hypocrites. Need more proof, just look to Obama care, and the billions it has handed out to big business, Big Union business in particular Yes, a union is a huge business, one that donates tens of millions to democrats.
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Certainly, unions and Right To Work have been in the news all over the nation as well as here in NH. Here, Bill talks about the effects that passing this legislation will have here in NH. Certainly, there has been no shortage of consternation on both sides of the issue. Beyond debate, the unions and … Read more
Mr. Sapienza asks in the Union Leader, “Do legislators even know what state workers do?”
Perhaps some don’t. I know for a fact that some do…many have been state workers themselves. With so many flawed or misquided assumptions, the demagoguery lives on.
Edward Sapienza of Manchester, through the Union Leader opposite editorial pages seeks to “offer some clarity and ask our state representatives and state senators, specifically what conservative values do [sic] you bring to the table?” Mr. Sapienza asserts this legislature is taking from the rank and file working class. “Getting state and county spending under control is, “taking from the working class?” pointing to the measure to remove collective bargaining.
Mr. Sapienza is a correctional officer at the Hillsborough County Jail. As a Hillsborough County taxpayer, I am grateful and thankful for his service because being a correctional officer is a tough job. The care, custody, and control of our societal miscreants is a significant task, requiring patience, an even temperament and intelligence. Correctional Officers must follow a clearly defined set of rules, procedures and standards in dealing with our county prisoners and detainees, who, on the other hand, adhere to no such rules or standards, other than those imposed by the facility that keeps them. Few truly know what a day in the life of a correctional officer is truly like and often times, the only public mention of the men and women who do this job is when we see acts of wrong-doing by them in newspapers. It’s unfair.
Moreover, very few understand that in Mr. Sapienza’s workplace; even the most seemingly innocuous question or request by an inmate or detainee can tax a Correctional Officer. A Correctional Officer must be able to think quickly, evaluate, and understand that his response may have an unintended consequence. The CO must ask, “Did the inmate or detainee already ask another staff member? Did that staff member say, ‘no'”? If I say, ‘yes’, am I causing an inconsistency with my other staff members, enabling an inmate manipulation?” Being a correctional officer is a challenging career and is not a job for stupid people.
A while ago, ‘Grok’s friend NH State Representative George Lambert started a thread discussing NH SB1 which would repeal to the Evergreen Clause (now passed). Simply put, Evergreen meant that all union contracts compensation agreements would remain in force if the two parties could not agree on a new contract. I jumped in after seeing a reply complaining that the public should not be involved in the negotiation process (edited to fit a more bloggish format) :
Before Evergreen, if a public sector union did not get a contract resolved, the situation remain static; people had their jobs (e.g., teachers) and current pay / benefits while negotiations proceeded. Please note: if the employees do not like the conditions, they can leave and get a job somewhere better. Remember, NO one is entitled to anything – including a job. The problem with Evergreen is that the other side, the taxpayers, have no recourse. They have to pay the additional costs regardless of the expired contract. There is no way to "win" in this situation.
With respect to crying over the fact that teachers and public servants are "drastically underpaid" compared to entertainers and sports stars because of misplaced societal values
- They are not drastically underpaid and certainly not at the bottom either (do your homework vis-a-vis average / median wage comparisons which are open source available).
- Top level entertainers are not overly paid either.
If they really feel that they are severely underpaid, why would public service workers stay in the job? That would mean that they are stupid; I doubt that.
The reason for top entertainers (including sports) get the pay they do is that…
….Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire happy! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 20, 2011 Contact: Andrew Hemingway, chairman, RLCNH, 603-203-4063 ,akreins@gmail.com RLCNH CELBRATES ‘RIGHT TO WORK’ SENATE PASSAGE, A BOON TO THE MIDDLE CLASS Veto-proof Senate vote puts onus on House to keep up its good voting record CONCORD, N.H.?The Republican Liberty Caucus of New Hampshire is grateful for the … Read more
And he knows EXACTLY whereof he speaks:
Here’s a fascinating analysis by Rep. Dan McGuire (who, not incidentally, holds a Ph.D. from M.I.T. and who sits on the State House Finance Committee, which is responsible for preparing the NH state budget). We owe Rep. McGuire a debt of gratitude for doing the necessary research; New Hampshire is indeed fortunate to have Republican Representatives like him … Read more
New Hampshire may have a chart just like this one, so with any luck someone will be kind enough to provide it. Until then this shows us what Ohio Education Association Union Employees make compared to the other suckers who “also pay taxes.” A theme repeated in every state most likley. Data is supposed to be from the US Dept of Labor.
Bob Southard lives in the southern part of NH and is a small business owner: I was listening to a local talk show while driving in my car the other day and the conversation was about public employees, unions and “collective bargaining”. One misinformed caller to talk about Republicans attacking the practice of Collective Bargaining. … Read more
To the Editor:
Those protesting the new House budget in Concord last week have one thing in common, they want NH taxpayers to open their wallets for their personal benefit.
Most protesters were public employees demanding no changes to their cushy, secure, low stress, highly compensated (compared to similar private sector) jobs, nor to the corrupt system that maintains their great jobs, benefits, and consequently grows the cost of government .
Something From Wisconsin to start your morning…
NH Democrats and unions do not support New Hampshire workers rights. If they did they’d be defending the other 90% of the states workers from the inequality in pay and benefits afforded to public union employees. So this isn’t about workers rights, it is about protecting the big business of big Unions and democrat political campaign contributions, at the expense of 90% of New Hampshire’s workers. If anyone is being an extremist it’s the democrats and their union backed, taxpayer funded ponzi scheme.
The Sunday Union Leader had a letter to the editor titled "2012 can’t come fast enough." It suggests that New Hampshire did not vote for a majority and leadership intent on stripping collective bargaining agreements from 70,000 New Hampshire workers…" which is a number I would contest given this data. (Where we may be hiding 70,000 public sector union workers is a question worth exploring, but not right now.)
The author is Kevin Foley. Kevin is a great guy. We worked together at UPS for a number of years, he was a driver, and I was a package car loader–including his. But Kevin has been a well paid union organizer with the Teamsters for years, as an IBT Business agent, and earns more than double the national average in income and compensation for the privilege. Kudos to Kevin for the sweet gig. I bet he works hard for it.
Kevin has donated hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars to democrats and the local Teamster PAC–(Granite State Teamsters DRIVE) which supports the national union and democrat candidates in the state (one local example from NH S.o.S.); the same ones who grew state government, added public union employees, some of whose dues pay Kevin’s salary, and the same democrats who left us with a nearly one billion dollar budget deficit as a result.
