As noted at Third Base Politics and elsewhere, there are limits to the “new tone” called for by President Obama amid efforts to blame a deranged individual’s violence on the tea party movement. Strangely, the dividing line varies depending on your political beliefs. It’s almost as if the moderate king of hope and civility wants… Continue reading Obama’s Hostage Hypocrisy
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OEA Employee: “They appear not to understand the basic concepts of collective bargaining”
According to an OEA staff member, “they appear to not understand the basic concepts of collective bargaining.” Why should Ohio taxpayers trust the OEA with immense power over how public schools operate?
OEA Employee: “OEA failed to bargain in good faith”
The Ohio Education Association (OEA) is Ohio’s largest government union and We Are Ohio’s biggest in-state donor. Like so much else the unions do, this puts the lie to We Are Ohio’s angry “solidarity” rhetoric.
Vice President Biden, Call Your Office
To celebrate Labor Day, Vice President Biden will be rallying the troops at a Cincinnati union event. Between explaining in traditional Bidenesque fashion why we should spend money we don’t have on Obamacare and “stimulus” projects, Joe is expected to opine on Senate Bill 5.
A Very Dishonest Labor Day with We Are Ohio
Today We Are Ohio – a front group funded primarily by D.C. unions – continues their campaign to mislead voters about Ohio’s status quo and the reforms in Senate Bill 5.
We Are Ohio Thinks You Are the Problem
Yesterday, union front We Are Ohio released the first TV commercial of the Issue 2 campaign. Its message is simple – Senate Bill 5 is a plot to burn down your house.
We Are Ohio is Generous With Your Money
In many ways, Issue 2 is the same as other state and national arguments over government spending. Leftists work furiously to remind voters they’re saving us from the misery of smaller government, with the assumption we’re too stupid to realize their demands mean higher taxes.
OEA Member: “OEA has abandoned its Core Values”
The Ohio Education Association (OEA), Ohio’s biggest government union and We Are Ohio’s top in-state donor, has “not only forgotten, but abandoned, its Core Values.”
Unions and Villains
I am an inconvenience to We Are Ohio. Ohio’s government unions enrich themselves by taking money from government workers… the last thing they need is an informed taxpayer pointing that out.
We Are Ohio’s Shocking Double Standard
But what if the reforms being fought tooth and nail by the OEA were tame compared to policies OEA has tried to adopt for its own employees?