Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Every contribution this year to union front We Are Ohio’s political action committee (PAC) has come from a labor union, the group’s July semiannual campaign finance report reveals. At this time last year, We Are Ohio had reported annual donations of $49,297 from AFL-CIO’s Washington, DC headquarters and $55… Continue reading “We Are Ohio” Now 100% Union-Funded
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AFL-CIO Funding of “We Are Ohio” Tops Other Donors 896 Times Over
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The DC headquarters of the AFL-CIO sent $49,297 to union campaign committee We Are Ohiobetween January 1 and June 30, 2013, more than 896 times the sum of $55 contributed by all other donors this year. Dating back to the union front group’s inception, 95.65 percent of all… Continue reading AFL-CIO Funding of “We Are Ohio” Tops Other Donors 896 Times Over
We Are Ohio Phases Out “No Rights At Work” Propaganda
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Union campaign committee We Are Ohio replaced its “No Rights At Work” logo on Facebook, where the group has 110,000 fans, the day after Media Trackers published a video of We Are Ohio leaders unable to cite any rights “No Rights At Work” would take away. The previous slogan was traded… Continue reading We Are Ohio Phases Out “No Rights At Work” Propaganda
We Are Ohio Can’t Name Any Rights “No Rights at Work” Would Revoke
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Union campaign committee We Are Ohio cannot name a single right that would be revoked by a “No Rights at Work” law, which would give workers the freedom to opt out of paying union dues. Questioned about workplace freedom after the topic came up at the group’s… Continue reading We Are Ohio Can’t Name Any Rights “No Rights at Work” Would Revoke
The Deadly Truth About Workplace Freedom
The Ohio Education Association (OEA), union campaign arm We Are Ohio, and other labor groups hope to convince Ohioans that workplace freedom kills workers. Ohio union bosses are desperate to keep mandatory union dues in place across the state following the December 2012 adoption of a right to work law in neighboring Michigan. Confronted with evidence that letting workers choose… Continue reading The Deadly Truth About Workplace Freedom
Union Front We Are Ohio Smears Workplace Freedom as Racist
Union campaign committee We Are Ohio embraced the narrative that workplace freedom is racist following the sudden passage of a right to work law in Michigan. In a series of posts through late December, We Are Ohio directed its 110,000 Facebook fans to stories variously depicting workplace freedom supporters as Ku Klux Klan members and describing workplace… Continue reading Union Front We Are Ohio Smears Workplace Freedom as Racist
Ohio Education Association Propaganda Shows Union’s Low Opinion of Teachers
The Ohio Education Association (OEA) recently added a “Why No Rights at Work is Wrong” page of retooled We Are Ohio propaganda to the union’s website, which is paid for with mandatory union dues. Based on the cartoonish talking points against workplace freedom, OEA bosses don’t think teachers are terribly bright. A Media Trackers analysis of each union… Continue reading Ohio Education Association Propaganda Shows Union’s Low Opinion of Teachers
Reality vs. We Are Ohio’s “Right to Work is WRONG” Infographic
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. We Are Ohio recently published an infographic of AFL-CIO talking points from 2002, presenting decade-old union spin against workplace freedom as current facts. The infographic, which contains four claims and lists no source, is easily debunked with public records and an understanding of what “right to work”… Continue reading Reality vs. We Are Ohio’s “Right to Work is WRONG” Infographic
We Are Ohio Compares Michigan Republicans to Japanese Who Bombed Pearl Harbor
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
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