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A list of new members of the Democracy Alliance offers a revealing look into the secret group of liberal billionaires Lachlan Markay The Washington Free Beacon 5/5/2014 The Democracy Alliance takes pains to ensure that its work disbursing millions of dollars to top left-wing organizations remains secretive and free from public scrutiny. But a document […] May 5th, 2014 | Tags: Amalgamated Bank, American Federation of Teachers, Amy Goldman, Communications Workers of America, Democracy Alliance, Democratic National Committee, Henry van Ameringen, Mary Kay Henry, Philip Munger, Randi Weingarten, Richard Trumka, Rockefeller Family Fund, SEIU, Workers United | Category: Barack Obama, Politics, Progressives, Unions | Comments are closed
Ezra Klein The Washington Post 9/13/2013 Organized labor was one of the Obama administration’s most important allies during the passage of the Affordable Care Act. But more recently, some unions have been among the law’s loudest critics. A particular issue of contention has been so-called “Taft-Hartley plans” — multi-employer health-care plans that unions run, and […] September 13th, 2013 | Tags: “Taft-Hartley” plans, AFL-CIO, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Richard Trumka, Sen. Harry Reid, waivers | Category: Barack Obama, Health Care, insurance, Unions | Comments are closed
Warner Todd Huston Breitbart.com Big Government 2 Sep 2013 In what is being reported as a surprise move, the 40,000 members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced that they have formally ended their association with the AFL-CIO, one of the nation’s largest private sector unions. The Longshoremen citied Obamacare and immigration reform […] September 2nd, 2013 | Tags: “Taft-Hartley” plans, AFL-CIO, federal subsidies, International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), Leal Sundet, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Richard Trumka, Robert McEllrath, single payer health care, Twitter | Category: Barack Obama, Employment, Fascism, Health Care, Immigration reform, insurance, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Unions | Comments are closed
LaborUnionReport RedState 11/17/2012 With the demise of 18,000 jobs weighing on their shoulders (though certainly not their consciousness’) and just in time for the Sunday morning talk shows union bosses are now trying desperately to point fingers at the victim (and Mitt Romney) for the union’s strike that ultimately destroyed Hostess and its 18,000 jobs. […] November 23rd, 2012 | Tags: AFL-CIO, Bakery Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM), bankruptcy, Frank Hurt, Hostess Brands, Richard Trumka, Teamsters | Category: Uncategorized | Comments are closed
Remember: Cockroaches. Twinkies. H/T At Least I’m Honest Click on the link to see the full-sized image. Twitchy 11/16/2012 Bloomberg is reporting tonight that C. Dean Metropoulos & Co., an Irving, Texas private equity firm that owns Pabst Brewing Co., has expressed an interest in purchasing Hostess, which today announced plans […] November 16th, 2012 | Tags: "Atlas Shrugged", "Twinkie the Kid", Ayn Rand, Bakery Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' International Union, C. Dean Metropoulos & Co, Hostess Brands, Pabst Brewing Co., Richard Trumka, Twinkies, Twitter | Category: Economy, unemployment, Unions | Comments are closed
Robert Frank CNBC 12 Nov 2012 For many of the wealthy, 2012 is becoming a good year to sell… …If the Bush-era tax cuts expire, taxes on capital gains would revert back to its previous rate of 20 percent from its current 15 percent. Another 5 percent may be added from health-care levies and changes […] November 13th, 2012 | Tags: "fiscal cliff", Bush tax cuts, capital gains tax, dividends, John Podesta, Marc Faber, Mark Levin, MoveOn.org, real estate, Richard Trumka, stocks | Category: Economy, George Soros, Politics, Socialism, Taxes, Unions | Comments are closed
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