We Are Ohio reacted furiously to the Michigan state legislature’s passage of a workplace freedom law, comparing the move to Japan’s December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. We Are Ohio posted a branded graphic and a series of Facebook updates bearing this theme, the latest in the union front’s already vicious campaign to protect… Continue reading We Are Ohio Compares Michigan Republicans to Japanese Who Bombed Pearl Harbor
Author: Jason Hart
Compared to Ohio, Wage Trends Favor Workplace Freedom States
Average wages in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky were each leapfrogged by multiple workplace freedom states from 2001 to 2011 based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data. Comparing Ohio and its 5 neighboring states to the 22 workplace freedom states – whose ranks Indiana joined in February 2012 – Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana were 3… Continue reading Compared to Ohio, Wage Trends Favor Workplace Freedom States
Ohio’s Abysmal Job Growth Compared to Workplace Freedom States
Job creation in Ohio lagged far behind all 22 workplace freedom states from 1991 to 2011, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) records. Without cherry-picking data as union bosses must in order to defend forced unionism, total seasonally adjusted non-farm employment growth shows a huge advantage for residents of right to work states. With the… Continue reading Ohio’s Abysmal Job Growth Compared to Workplace Freedom States
We Are Ohio’s Case Against Right to Work
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Union campaign committee We Are Ohio prepared a slogan and talking points against a right to work initiative in Ohio using some of its $700,000 cash on hand at the end of 2011. Nearly a year later, these materials still represent the best arguments union bosses have offered for maintaining… Continue reading We Are Ohio’s Case Against Right to Work
“Moving Ohio Forward” is a D.C. Union Front
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Progressive super PAC Moving Ohio Forward is a labor front group launched in September with two $500,000 contributions from Washington, D.C. unions. Ohio Education Association (OEA) Secretary-Treasurer James Timlin is the treasurer of Moving Ohio Forward, which campaigned in support of ten Democrat candidates for the Ohio House.… Continue reading “Moving Ohio Forward” is a D.C. Union Front
Obamacare Will Increase Costs, Limit Choice in Ohio
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will increase health insurance premiums, slash Medicare benefits, and cause fewer doctors to accept Medicare patients, according to conservative Forbes health care blogger Avik Roy. Roy reviewed a number of nonpartisan studies into the likely outcomes of PPACA –… Continue reading Obamacare Will Increase Costs, Limit Choice in Ohio
Forced Dues Make Ohio Education Association a Powerful Obama Ally
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The Ohio Education Association (OEA) has promoted Barack Obama’s campaign with cover features in every issue of its “Ohio Schools” magazine since the start of the school year, and did the same in 2008. OEA claims to represent the interests of all Ohio teachers, but many educators… Continue reading Forced Dues Make Ohio Education Association a Powerful Obama Ally
DNC Delegates Boo as God, Jerusalem Are Restored to Party Platform
Today around 5:00pm something crazy happened: delegates to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) were asked to add references to God and Jerusalem back to the 2012 Democrat platform, and the true face of modern liberalism was captured on camera. Ted Strickland – one of last night’s speakers at the convention in Charlotte, an ordained Methodist… Continue reading DNC Delegates Boo as God, Jerusalem Are Restored to Party Platform
Ohio Education Association Faces Lawsuit Over “Fair Share” Fees
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. A pending class-action suit against the Ohio Education Association (OEA) and several of its affiliates was treated by reporters as a GOP stunt when filed last year, and has since gone overlooked. The plaintiffs, teachers forced to pay “fair share” union dues despite opting out of union membership, seek in… Continue reading Ohio Education Association Faces Lawsuit Over “Fair Share” Fees
Obamanomics 101 with Sherrod Brown
Cross-posted from Breitbart.com. President Obama can’t be in the battleground state of Ohio selling his Keynesian politics every day, but U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) was running on the same platform back when the president was still organizing Chicago communities. See how easily Sherrod Brown could teach a course singing the praises of Obama’s failed… Continue reading Obamanomics 101 with Sherrod Brown