Would you hand a blank check to an HR consultant with miserable people skills? That’s what Ohio’s government union law passed in 1983 on a party-line vote does.
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Soak the Rich: ConocoPhillips
President Obama may be hedging on the EPA’s righteous destruction of American polluters, but that doesn’t mean dirty corporations are off the hook. Sure, we’ve already soaked Exxon and Chevron, but the ill-gotten gains of a few more polluting fat-cats will cover the nation’s budget deficit!
OEA: “Even in this economy, don’t take concessions”
Not only does OEA fight to avoid providing the benefits they demand for members, as recently as 2009 the union was instructing locals to squeeze struggling districts for all they could.
Obama’s Hostage Hypocrisy
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
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.
Soak the Rich, Week 18
After a decidedly non-Progressive lapse in weekly recaps, we’re back on schedule. Now that we’ve soaked 36 of America’s largest employers, we’ve covered 6.587% of the 2011 deficit!
Soak the Rich: Morgan Stanley
I know, even before soaking Citigroup we had put the hypothetical taxation screws to lots of banks – but it’s vital that banks to pay their fair share to the federal government!
Soak the Rich: Citigroup
Sure, we’ve already put the hypothetical taxation screws to numerous banks, but it’s really important for those Wall Street monsters to pay their fair share to the federal government!