Qtec
09-07-2011, 12:49 AM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jim DeMint explained what the Republican Party's real issue with unions being involved in our politics is with the way he framed this question to Mitt Romney -- <span style='font-size: 14pt'>they support Democratic politicians. </span></div></div>
link (http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/mitt-romney-compares-unions-making-campaig)
De Mint is a POS and R is bought and paid for. Watching the two of them together spouting their verbal diarrhea is enough to make one puke. Un-Friggin-Believable.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mitt Romney has come under fire for his statements saying that right-to-work laws should remain a state issue, even though, as he reiterated here during Sen. Jim DeMint's GOP Presidential Forum, he said that he would sign a national right-to-work law if it came across his desk as President. Romney has also previously had some praise for unions, making similar statements to the one here where he said "unions play an important role in our country." Apparently Romney doesn't think much of that role if you're either talking about government worker's unions, or heaven forbid unions being allowed to have any influence over our politicians and making campaign donations.
<u>Jim DeMint explained what the Republican Party's real issue</u> with unions being involved in our politics is with the way he framed this question to Mitt Romney -- <u>they support Democratic politicians.</u> And of course with all of the <span style='font-size: 14pt'>corporate money pouring into Republican campaign coffers</span> these days after the Citizens United ruling, no one in the Republican Party wants to see anything remaining to balance that on the left.
Romney said he was concerned about anyone in union leadership being allowed to make decisions for their membership as to who they make campaign donations to, but he doesn't share that concern for the all of the workers in America of varying political affiliations that have their bosses and CEO's making decisions about which politicians to donate to, or that corporations being allowed to buy off our politicians might also be "almost like a form of corruption." No, that's just free speech in Romney-GOP world.
And his criticism of unions and closed shops of course does not address what open shops and these so-called right-to-work laws really are. <span style='font-size: 14pt'>They are nothing more than a way to bust unions financially </span>because when someone opts out of paying their union dues, those unions are still forced to represent those workers. <span style='font-size: 14pt'>They're allowed to reap the benefits of union membership without any of the costs for those protections</span>.
Republicans seem fine with the idea of democracy when it comes to electing our politicians and citizens who did not vote for those politicians having to live with the results of their actions. They don't think so highly of democracy in the workplace, where if a majority of the workers want to join a union, they get a union and once that union is in place, everyone contributes to pay for the benefits and wages that are negotiated for them. And where if they don't like the decisions or the actions of the leaders that their union puts in place, they're free to vote them out during the next election, just as we are when we don't like the way our politicians behave.
The GOP has decided that they were going to do an all out assault on labor unions this year, which isn't working out that terribly well for them in places like Wisconsin and Ohio. It appears Romney has decided that it's a good idea to follow their lead. Let's hope it doesn't play too well for him either if he does end up being their presidential nominee.<span style="color: #990000"> Given Romney's propensity for flip-flopping on issues when it suits him politically, I won't be shocked to see him try to backtrack from some of these statements later. </span></div></div>
Lets hope so, but I won't hold my breath.
Q
10 things to thank the Unions for.
1. The Fair Labor Standards Act, which protected minors against child labor.
2. The concept, if not the total reality, of an eight-hour work day.
3. Time and a half for working overtime.
4. THE WEEKEND.
5. Health insurance and other fringe benefits given by employers.
6. Sick days.
7. Minimum wage and living wage laws (and any increases to either).
8. Worker safety laws (and workers' compensation when you do get hurt on the job).
9. Social Security and Medicare (which unions both pushed for and spend their time defending).
10. The benefit for which unions get criticized the most: Protection from being fired for no good reason.
There are many more. link (http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/09/05/20-reasons-to-thank-labor-unions/)
...and all had to be fought for.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Every right that a worker has in the workplace is all because a union fought hard to get it. As Republicans continue to wipe out unions and weaken them, they also weaken us and our ability to fight back against unfair business practices. We are at risk of losing all the things that unions fought long and hard to secure. Even our jobs are at risk. Because of unions, many of the jobs Americans still hold, have not been outsourced overseas. Unions protect jobs in America and where there are unions, there are jobs. Because the private sector has largely wiped out unions, big corporations are able to lay off American workers and give those jobs to cheap labor overseas. If you want a job, or want to keep yours, organize or join a union and fight for your right to work. Unions fight for the American worker, therefore they fight for us. Anyone who says that unions are un-American only wants to get rid of the above list so that they can make ridiculous profits off the backs off a cheap labor workforce. If you support American workers, American jobs, and the continued prosperity of the American people, support labor unions. </div></div>
link (http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/mitt-romney-compares-unions-making-campaig)
De Mint is a POS and R is bought and paid for. Watching the two of them together spouting their verbal diarrhea is enough to make one puke. Un-Friggin-Believable.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mitt Romney has come under fire for his statements saying that right-to-work laws should remain a state issue, even though, as he reiterated here during Sen. Jim DeMint's GOP Presidential Forum, he said that he would sign a national right-to-work law if it came across his desk as President. Romney has also previously had some praise for unions, making similar statements to the one here where he said "unions play an important role in our country." Apparently Romney doesn't think much of that role if you're either talking about government worker's unions, or heaven forbid unions being allowed to have any influence over our politicians and making campaign donations.
<u>Jim DeMint explained what the Republican Party's real issue</u> with unions being involved in our politics is with the way he framed this question to Mitt Romney -- <u>they support Democratic politicians.</u> And of course with all of the <span style='font-size: 14pt'>corporate money pouring into Republican campaign coffers</span> these days after the Citizens United ruling, no one in the Republican Party wants to see anything remaining to balance that on the left.
Romney said he was concerned about anyone in union leadership being allowed to make decisions for their membership as to who they make campaign donations to, but he doesn't share that concern for the all of the workers in America of varying political affiliations that have their bosses and CEO's making decisions about which politicians to donate to, or that corporations being allowed to buy off our politicians might also be "almost like a form of corruption." No, that's just free speech in Romney-GOP world.
And his criticism of unions and closed shops of course does not address what open shops and these so-called right-to-work laws really are. <span style='font-size: 14pt'>They are nothing more than a way to bust unions financially </span>because when someone opts out of paying their union dues, those unions are still forced to represent those workers. <span style='font-size: 14pt'>They're allowed to reap the benefits of union membership without any of the costs for those protections</span>.
Republicans seem fine with the idea of democracy when it comes to electing our politicians and citizens who did not vote for those politicians having to live with the results of their actions. They don't think so highly of democracy in the workplace, where if a majority of the workers want to join a union, they get a union and once that union is in place, everyone contributes to pay for the benefits and wages that are negotiated for them. And where if they don't like the decisions or the actions of the leaders that their union puts in place, they're free to vote them out during the next election, just as we are when we don't like the way our politicians behave.
The GOP has decided that they were going to do an all out assault on labor unions this year, which isn't working out that terribly well for them in places like Wisconsin and Ohio. It appears Romney has decided that it's a good idea to follow their lead. Let's hope it doesn't play too well for him either if he does end up being their presidential nominee.<span style="color: #990000"> Given Romney's propensity for flip-flopping on issues when it suits him politically, I won't be shocked to see him try to backtrack from some of these statements later. </span></div></div>
Lets hope so, but I won't hold my breath.
Q
10 things to thank the Unions for.
1. The Fair Labor Standards Act, which protected minors against child labor.
2. The concept, if not the total reality, of an eight-hour work day.
3. Time and a half for working overtime.
4. THE WEEKEND.
5. Health insurance and other fringe benefits given by employers.
6. Sick days.
7. Minimum wage and living wage laws (and any increases to either).
8. Worker safety laws (and workers' compensation when you do get hurt on the job).
9. Social Security and Medicare (which unions both pushed for and spend their time defending).
10. The benefit for which unions get criticized the most: Protection from being fired for no good reason.
There are many more. link (http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/09/05/20-reasons-to-thank-labor-unions/)
...and all had to be fought for.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Every right that a worker has in the workplace is all because a union fought hard to get it. As Republicans continue to wipe out unions and weaken them, they also weaken us and our ability to fight back against unfair business practices. We are at risk of losing all the things that unions fought long and hard to secure. Even our jobs are at risk. Because of unions, many of the jobs Americans still hold, have not been outsourced overseas. Unions protect jobs in America and where there are unions, there are jobs. Because the private sector has largely wiped out unions, big corporations are able to lay off American workers and give those jobs to cheap labor overseas. If you want a job, or want to keep yours, organize or join a union and fight for your right to work. Unions fight for the American worker, therefore they fight for us. Anyone who says that unions are un-American only wants to get rid of the above list so that they can make ridiculous profits off the backs off a cheap labor workforce. If you support American workers, American jobs, and the continued prosperity of the American people, support labor unions. </div></div>