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Steelworker Union Begs Biden to Keep Trump Tariffs in Place

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 21, 2021 37 Comments

Trump was an outstanding president for labor, a fact for which he receives little credit. Many labor union members backed Trump, but the bosses are in bed with the Democrats and backed Biden. Now the Steelworkers Union is asking Biden to keep Trump's tariff on foreign steel in place.

AFT Union President Pushes Schools to Open in the Fall

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 13, 2021 11 Comments

You all know I don't believe in coincidences. It cannot be a coincidence that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten pushed to reopen all schools in the fall days after emails showed AFT pushing the CDC to keep schools closed this school year.

Grad Students at University of Hawaii Suing for Right to Unionize

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 06, 2021 0 Comments

“We did this after a really long struggle to try to work with the state to make this happen.”...

NYU Grad Students go on Strike and Issue Laundry List of Demands

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2021 4 Comments

"The university will focus on helping students and sustaining the research mission with as little disruption as possible during the strike"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyb-DjVT5_c

Teachers Unions Increased Donations to Democrats When Congress Debated Reopening Schools

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 28, 2021 8 Comments

Coincidence? I doubt it. Roll Call revealed large teachers unions increased their donations to Democrats when Congress debated reopening schools earlier this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9IGSwN79O0

Chicago Teachers, Union Reach a Tentative Proposal to Reopen Schools

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 08, 2021 12 Comments

The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) have a proposal to return to the classroom for the first time since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CTU insisted the two sides still need "a formal agreement." They consider the proposal a "framework that all of our members must first review and assess."

Time Magazine: “Well-funded Cabal Of Powerful People” Secretly Conspired To Defeat Trump

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 06, 2021 144 Comments

In a bizarrely congratulatory, even boastful, article entitled "The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election," Time sketches a chilling portrait of a "well-funded cabal" of Democrats, activists, the media, Never Trumpers, unions, Big Tech, and Big Business who conspired to ensure that President Trump lost his reelection bid and was unsuccessful in his efforts to challenge the results.

https://twitter.com/TomlinMedia/status/1357009790950469633

CDC Director Punctures Chicago Teacher Union Claims, Says Vaccinations ‘Not a Prerequisite’ to Safely Reopen Schools

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2021 21 Comments

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said that schools are safe even if the teachers are not vaccinated. Walensky's announcement puts a dent in the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) argument to not return to the classroom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0OSDMGKtdg

Chicago Public Schools Continue Remote Learning With Two-Day ‘Cooling Off’ Period

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 02, 2021 21 Comments

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) called for a two-day break after officials pulled off one agreement. Students K-8th grade have not attended in-person class since March 2020 due to COVID-19. CPS wanted to open schools in January, but the union has made it difficult by insisting officials have not met any demands.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4thvTkvbZjU

Biden Hands Labor Regulation Over To Union Bosses

Posted by Mark Pulliam on February 01, 2021 19 Comments

President Joe Biden has for decades depicted himself as a blue-collar guy from Scranton, Pennsylvania, and part of his political persona is an appeal to the lunch bucket crowd—working-class voters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JROFIBGh1lI

Amazon Opposes Mail-in Ballots for Upcoming Alabama Unionization Vote

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 26, 2021 23 Comments

Democrats and the media have assured us that mail-in ballots are perfectly safe. Democrats are even trying to make the mail-in ballot system permanent for the sake of the pandemic. Why would Amazon's Jeff Bezos object to this method of voting for a unionization vote?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCvELoL188g

Biden Rewards Pipefitters Union For Endorsement By Destroying Members’ Keystone XL Jobs

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 24, 2021 67 Comments

The United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters endorsed Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Now that he has shut down the Keystone XL Pipeline, they are angry. What did they think Biden was going to do? This is only the beginning.

University of Virginia Employees Forming ‘Anti-Racism’ Union

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 13, 2020 2 Comments

"a union organizing to empower all public college and university workers in the Commonwealth"...

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1291781344725553153

Democrats About-Face, Are Suddenly in Favor of Reopening Schools

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 07, 2020 32 Comments

Well, well, well. Finally, after months of criticizing Trump for the same suggestion, Democrats have come round and endorsed the CDC's recommendation that schools should reopen.

CUNY Lays Off 2,800 Adjunct Professors and Staff, Prompting Lawsuit From Union

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 07, 2020 5 Comments

"CUNY said the cuts were necessitated by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtIa9ezuFpw

Phase Two In Push To ‘Abolish the Police’: Isolate Police Unions From Labor Movement

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on June 24, 2020 35 Comments

The recent efforts to oust police unions from the larger labor movement are alarming. Not because I am a fan of public unions, I'm not, but because of what it reveals about the tactics of the left in demonizing, isolating, and eventually destroying their target du jour.

Georgetown Gives Grad Student Union Members a Raise After Receiving Stimulus Cash

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 14, 2020 2 Comments

"graduate assistants at Georgetown University have reached their first union agreement with the school for a significant pay raise and employment benefits"...

Workers at UC San Diego File Lawsuit Over Mandatory Union Dues

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2020 0 Comments

"allege that they were never informed of their right to refuse to allow union dues to be taken from their paychecks when they were hired"...

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