Jun
2014 6
2014 6
OMGodwin: PA State Senator Compares Unions to Hitler and Putin
While debating a bill, Pennsylvania State Senator Scott Wagner achieved a hyperbolic double whammy of oppressive proportions, comparing labor unions to both Adolf Hitler AND Vladimir Putin. Naturally, the verbal “flourish” sparked outrage from organized labor across the state. As if being under attack from one of the worst…
May
2014 2
2014 2
Proposal to Reverse Citizens United, McCutcheon Introduced by Top Dems in Senate Hearing
During a Senate Rules Committee hearing New York Senator Charles Schumer said that the Senate will vote on a constitutional amendment to effectively reverse the Supreme Court’s Citizens United and FEC v. McCutcheon decisions. The hearing fell victim to predictable partisan divide with no compromise in sight, but Schumer spoke out in…
May
2014 1
2014 1
Small Gov’t, Big Salary: Tea Party Groups Using Paltry 5% of Funds They Raise on Candidates
An article in last weekend’s Washington Post showed that while the Tea Party Patriots have been amassing large donations on behalf of candidates who share their ‘vision’ of smaller government, they have actually spent very little money on the candidates’ campaigns. Instead, much of the money has been used to pay D.C….
Apr
2014 17
2014 17
Welcome to Wyoming, ALEC’s Idea of a World-Class Melting Pot and Business Mecca
ALEC’s annual Rich States, Poor States “report” came out last week, wherein the conservative front group ranks each state’s “economic competitiveness” using their dubious take on free market economics. The report is compiled by economist Arthur Laffer, a former Reagan administration official who other economists…
Mar
2014 26
2014 26
WI DMV Official Likens Immigrants to “Satan.” Gov Walker Lies About Firing Him. Official Sues Gov.
Among Gov. Scott Walker’s reasons for enacting Act 10 was that collective bargaining made it too hard for him to hire and fire the right people. But Walker is now facing a situation in which he cannot shake his administration of a bad employee, Act 10 or not. The former employee, Steve Krieser, [&hellip…;
Mar
2014 19
2014 19
Shameful Anti-Union Walmart Indoctrination Video Makes the Rounds Online
A Walmart orientation video making the rounds on Reddit shows that from the time an associate is hired they are indoctrinated with the company’s anti-union policies. As the narrator states in the video, “Every job has its ups and downs and a union can’t change that fact.” As you can see, Walmart associates are [&hellip…;
Mar
2014 11
2014 11
REPORT: Of Discouraging $110B in Corporate Welfare, $88M Goes to Koch Industries
A new report from Good Jobs First, “Subsidizing the Corporate One Percent,” provides detail on our ‘corporate welfare state’ and the way large corporations benefit from programs being sold to the public as beneficial to American citizens. In total, state and local governments have handed out $110 billion in corporate…
Sep
2013 25
2013 25
TODAY IN DUH: States With Higher Union Membership Have Stronger Middle Class
Income inequality is trending topic in the national political conversation, and not just because of hashtag trickery. It’s a serious problem. But new numbers from the Center for American Progress Action Fund (CAPAF) show that union density can act as a buffer for the middle class. In comparing census data with union membership rates…
Aug
2013 1
2013 1
Governor’s Crony Gift-Giving Comes to Light in PA
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett can’t seem to catch a break. Every time he renegs on a campaign promise, denies rights to citizens, or sidesteps a controversial issue, everyone just seems to notice. It’s hard to be a borderline criminal when you are constantly in the public eye. Perhaps this is why the Citizens for [&hellip…;
Jul
2013 31
2013 31
How I Spent My RNC Mandated Summer Vacation
A new Republican National Committee memo has hit the Internet and is drawing unwanted attention. The document acts as a step-by-step guide for GOP congressmen to pretend that they care about the issues affecting the demographics they are failing to reach. There is nothing surprising about this, though it is shocking to see such [&hellip…;
Jul
2013 29
2013 29
The Emperor’s Old Clothes: False Recovery Being Masked by Everyone Looking at Wrong Numbers
On the Washington Post wonkblog, Dylan Matthews recently took a dive into depressing new Century Foundation research that suggests when the number of people retiring or dropping out of the workforce is considered, unemployment remains exactly where it was at the height of the recession. In the Daniel Alpert study in question, low-wage…
Jul
2013 10
2013 10
Pair of Dutch Pension Managers Yank Funds from Walmart Because of Questionable Labor Practices
Dutch pension managers PGGM and Mn Services have pulled their investments in Walmart due to the McRetailer’s anti-union positions and questionable labor practices. The pension funds join Netherlands’ largest pension fund, ABP, which divested from Walmart last year citing their inability to follow the United Nations’…