Tag Archives: Unions
Democrats: Are You Paying Your Campaign Workers a ‘Living Wage?’
Torn from the headlines at HotAir.com, a question of epic and historical weight. Why won’t Democrats let their campaign workers unionize? When workers on one self-proclaimed progressive’s congressional campaign decided to unionize, they ran into “classic union busting” tactics, according [to] … Continue reading
Posted in Local NH Politics
Tagged democrats, Fight for 15, GraniteGrok.com, Living Wage, Unions
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Congressional Dems propose taxpayer-funded private pension bailout
Congressional Democrats want a federal bailout of private sector pensions. An expert thinks that states like Michigan, New Hampshire and Illinois, with a combined hundreds of billions of dollars in public pension debt, would try to be next in line, … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Unions
Tagged Bailout, Congress, Pensions, Public Sector, Unions
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Four city labor contracts up for vote tonight in Manchester
MANCHESTER — Aldermen will consider final approval of four labor contracts tonight, with Mayor Ted Gatsas questioning how they will be funded, while a key alderman praised one for putting a crack in the long-criticized Yager-Decker pay scale. The contracts … Continue reading
The Restriction of Teachers and Discussing Unions
Rich displayed his discontent over the teachers’ inability to do what they need to do in the classroom, as discussed in a previous discussion with Katie Howe. He tackled testing, reminding the listeners about Kelley Tambouris’ past involvement on the show, and took a call … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Girard At Large, Local NH Politics, Unions
Tagged Rich Girard, Teachers, Unions
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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
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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Teachers Union Emails Spam New Hampshire Legislators
Teacher’s Union moves to protect its education cartel. The NH chapter of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is promoting a robo-petition intended to dissuade NH legislators from helping children get the education that is the right fit for them. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Legislation, Local NH Politics, Public Sector Unions, School Choice for NH
Tagged AFT, SB 193, School Choice, Unions
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The (other) Picture of The Day
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 reported to be from the US Dept of Labor. Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Unions
Tagged Benefits, politics, Spending, Unions, Wages
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The New Media Militia 