Category Archives: Unions
Labor Union Blames Goats for Taking Their Jobs
A Michigan labor union is less than happy with a group of hungry goats they claim are taking jobs from unemployed union members at Western Michigan University. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a 400-member strong union, … Continue reading
U.S. Postal Workers Urging Leaders to Stop Transfer to New Hampshire
The American Postal Workers Union is calling on congressional leaders to stop planned changes at Scarborough’s mail distribution center. The Union says it’s been working with management for months, hoping to stop the transfer of equipment from Scarborough to a … Continue reading
Union Greed in the Queen City
Rich starts off the discussion with the new negotiations for the Firefighters contract in Manchester. He discussed all of the different benefits that come along with being a firefighter in the Queen City, including the Cost of Living Adjustment and … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Unions
Tagged Contracts, Firefighters, Manchester, Unions
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Portsmouth NH officers allege quota system on traffic tickets
The Portsmouth Police Patrolmen’s Union made the allegation about quotas through an unfair labor practice complaint filed with the New Hampshire Public Employee Labor Relations Board. According to the complaint, brought by the union’s lawyer Peter Perroni, the officers endorsed … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, New Hampshire News, Unions
Tagged Police, Portsmouth, Quota, Traffic Tickets
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Labor board dismisses union charges against Sununu
CONCORD — In a split decision, a state labor relations board Friday sided with Gov. Chris Sununu and ruled all five labor unions representing state workers must jointly negotiate with state managers about new collective bargaining contracts. The State Employees … Continue reading
Westinghouse: locking out union members at New Hampshire plant
May 21 Westinghouse Electric Co, a unit of Japan’s Toshiba Corp, said on Sunday it issued a lockout notice to 172 union members at its nuclear components manufacturing plant in Newington, New Hampshire, declaring that the sides had reached a … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Economics, Jobs/Unemployment, Unions
Tagged Lockout, Newington, Westinghouse
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State Supreme Court tosses out murder conviction
MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire Supreme Court has tossed out an attempted murder conviction of a city man who was sentenced to prison for 20 years. Kyree Rice, 23, was convicted in the May 24, 2014, shooting of Curtis Clay … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Local NH Politics, New Hampshire News, Unions
Tagged Curtis Clay, Kyree Rice, Murder, Shooting, State Supreme Court
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Yale College Republicans Host Barbecue Right Next To Hunger Strike
Members of the Yale College Republicans hosted a barbecue Friday right next to where members of the Local 33 graduate student union participated in a hunger strike, the New Haven Register reports. The College Republicans served a meal of barbecued beef, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Unions
Tagged College Republicans, Hunger Strike, Student Union, Yale
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Local Groups in League with Communism?
If Tea Party activists marched with Klan members that would suggest an affinity or affiliation as damning as any. And so it should be with groups that March in celebration of May Day. … A number of local groups are sponsoring … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Events, GraniteGrok, Immigration/Illegal Immigration, New Hampshire News, Progressives, Unions
Tagged Communism, May Day, UNH
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Go to Bad Schools, Go to Prison: The Teacher Union’s Dirty Little Secret
Though derided by the teachers’ unions as an urban myth, experts in education and corrections have observed a correlation between reading proficiency in the third grade and incarceration. They do not yet use this data to project the number of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, National News, National Politics & Policy, Unions
Tagged Crime, Literacy, Public School, Public Sector Unions
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The New Media Militia 