Scott Walker: I Took On Unions, I Can Take On ISIS

[Geaux4it]

Republicans Sure Love to Hate Unions

A paradox of American politics is that Republicans take organized labor more seriously than Democrats do.

The right sees unions as a mainstay of the left, a crucial source of cash, campaign manpower and votes.

“Unions are the largest player in American politics and they will be for some time,” Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, declared in March at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “Fourteen million Americans have to pay union dues. If they average $500, and that is a low estimate, that’s a $7 billion slush fund for the left.”

Republicans are willing to go to great lengths to weaken the union movement, especially at the state level. Even as the strength of organized labor as a whole declines, conservatives view unions that represent public sector employees, in particular, as anathema. They are desperate to gut the power of the 7.2 million organized government workers — who range from teachers, to clerks in the Department of Motor Vehicles, to social workers, public hospital employees, meat and poultry inspectors, road workers, property tax auditors and civil servants in general. These are the employees who populate the extensive bureaucracies that the right loathes.

But even with labor unions no longer the force they were — and in fact in part because of their decline — the pressure will fall on both parties to more effectively represent the interests and rights of economically struggling voters, who at some point will refuse to tolerate their eroding income and lack of opportunity.

More: Republicans Sure Love to Hate Unions - The New York Times

It is no secret why Conservatives hate unions.

Because unions are worthless

-Geaux

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Republicans Sure Love to Hate Unions

A paradox of American politics is that Republicans take organized labor more seriously than Democrats do.

The right sees unions as a mainstay of the left, a crucial source of cash, campaign manpower and votes.

“Unions are the largest player in American politics and they will be for some time,” Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, declared in March at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “Fourteen million Americans have to pay union dues. If they average $500, and that is a low estimate, that’s a $7 billion slush fund for the left.”

Republicans are willing to go to great lengths to weaken the union movement, especially at the state level. Even as the strength of organized labor as a whole declines, conservatives view unions that represent public sector employees, in particular, as anathema. They are desperate to gut the power of the 7.2 million organized government workers — who range from teachers, to clerks in the Department of Motor Vehicles, to social workers, public hospital employees, meat and poultry inspectors, road workers, property tax auditors and civil servants in general. These are the employees who populate the extensive bureaucracies that the right loathes.

But even with labor unions no longer the force they were — and in fact in part because of their decline — the pressure will fall on both parties to more effectively represent the interests and rights of economically struggling voters, who at some point will refuse to tolerate their eroding income and lack of opportunity.

More: Republicans Sure Love to Hate Unions - The New York Times

It is no secret why Conservatives hate unions.

Because unions are worthless

-Geaux

They only created the middle class ..what did you create ...a bunch of mustard gas......

 

[Dot Com]

CrusaderFrank Oldstyle

 

[Lakhota]

36 Reasons Why You Should Thank a Union

• Weekends
• All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks
• Paid Vacation
• FMLA
• Sick Leave
• Social Security
• Minimum Wage
• Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination)
• 8-Hour Work Day
• Overtime Pay
• Child Labor Laws
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
• 40 Hour Work Week
• Worker's Compensation (Worker's Comp)
• Unemployment Insurance
• Pensions
• Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations
• Employer Health Care Insurance
• Collective Bargaining Rights for Employees
• Wrongful Termination Laws
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
• Whistleblower Protection Laws
• Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee)
• Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS)
• Compensation increases and Evaluations (Raises)
• Sexual Harassment Laws
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Holiday Pay
• Employer Dental, Life, and Vision Insurance
• Privacy Rights
• Pregnancy and Parental Leave
• Military Leave
• The Right to Strike
• Public Education for Children
• Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work)
• Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United States

Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO - Thank a Union 36 Ways Unions Have Improved Your Life

I've worked both sides of the fence in my lifetime. There needs to be a reasonable balance between labor and management. Germany is a good example where they work well together.

 

[natstew]

Why does he hate working people?

Your question suggest that the only working people in America are union employees. I think it's quite the opposite.

I agree, check this out. Union tried to rig the vote three times, but lost anyway:
Fourth Time s a Charm for Alabama Workers Looking to Leave Union Washington Free Beacon

There was a non-union plant down the road where employees make more money than the union workers.

"The loss of representation in the factory could wipe out Local 1990, which has hemorrhaged members since its 2001 peak of 384. The union collected about $38,000 from workers in 2013. It spent $17,000 on staff, officers, and administrative costs. The majority of expenses went to the national UAW for per capita taxes."

 

[hadit]

36 Reasons Why You Should Thank a Union

• Weekends
• All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks
• Paid Vacation
• FMLA
• Sick Leave
• Social Security
• Minimum Wage
• Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination)
• 8-Hour Work Day
• Overtime Pay
• Child Labor Laws
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
• 40 Hour Work Week
• Worker's Compensation (Worker's Comp)
• Unemployment Insurance
• Pensions
• Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations
• Employer Health Care Insurance
• Collective Bargaining Rights for Employees
• Wrongful Termination Laws
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
• Whistleblower Protection Laws
• Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee)
• Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS)
• Compensation increases and Evaluations (Raises)
• Sexual Harassment Laws
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Holiday Pay
• Employer Dental, Life, and Vision Insurance
• Privacy Rights
• Pregnancy and Parental Leave
• Military Leave
• The Right to Strike
• Public Education for Children
• Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work)
• Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United States

Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO - Thank a Union 36 Ways Unions Have Improved Your Life

I've worked both sides of the fence in my lifetime. There needs to be a reasonable balance between labor and management. Germany is a good example where they work well together.

IOW, unions are a victim of their own success. Everything they've fought for is now law, but they're acting like it's still 1952.

 

[JoeB131]

Is Jihadi Scott our new Sarah Palin?

Uh, no, he's probably more like our new Ronald Reagan, someone who the "Too Smart for the Room" liberal establishment always underestimated, and he always bested.

 

[JoeB131]

Mortality
All homicides

• Number of deaths: 16,121
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 5.1

Firearm homicides

• Number of deaths: 11,208
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 3.5

I said "Firearms Deaths". That includes Homicides, Suicides and accidents. I'm sorry you are so dense that you can't read simple english.

 

[JoeB131]

Scott walker hero...role model

I'm critical of Reagan on a lot of things, but repeating whacked out conspiracy theories doesn't help your point.

 

[EricJ]

Scott Walker is a gift for Democrats. His "only conservatives are patriotic and love America, and liberals are evil" attitudes will backfire. I seriously doubt he will make it past the primaries. He will do a lot of damage to the Republican party before he loses though.

 

[HenryBHough]

Y'know....maybe Walker could take on ISIS. Maybe he couldn't.

But the one thing we know for certain:

Obama WON'T​

 

[Lakhota]

Actually, since Dubya created ISIS - he should be the one to fight them. How about a proxy war between Dubya and Jihadi John? That could be poetic justice.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Actually, since Dubya created ISIS - he should be the one to fight them. How about a proxy war between Dubya and Jihadi John? That could be poetic justice.

Obama fucked up, therefore Boooooooooooooooosh

 

[Esmeralda]

36 Reasons Why You Should Thank a Union

• Weekends
• All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks
• Paid Vacation
• FMLA
• Sick Leave
• Social Security
• Minimum Wage
• Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination)
• 8-Hour Work Day
• Overtime Pay
• Child Labor Laws
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
• 40 Hour Work Week
• Worker's Compensation (Worker's Comp)
• Unemployment Insurance
• Pensions
• Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations
• Employer Health Care Insurance
• Collective Bargaining Rights for Employees
• Wrongful Termination Laws
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
• Whistleblower Protection Laws
• Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee)
• Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS)
• Compensation increases and Evaluations (Raises)
• Sexual Harassment Laws
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Holiday Pay
• Employer Dental, Life, and Vision Insurance
• Privacy Rights
• Pregnancy and Parental Leave
• Military Leave
• The Right to Strike
• Public Education for Children
• Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work)
• Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United States

Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO - Thank a Union 36 Ways Unions Have Improved Your Life

I've worked both sides of the fence in my lifetime. There needs to be a reasonable balance between labor and management. Germany is a good example where they work well together.

 

[Esmeralda]

36 Reasons Why You Should Thank a Union

• Weekends
• All Breaks at Work, including your Lunch Breaks
• Paid Vacation
• FMLA
• Sick Leave
• Social Security
• Minimum Wage
• Civil Rights Act/Title VII (Prohibits Employer Discrimination)
• 8-Hour Work Day
• Overtime Pay
• Child Labor Laws
• Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
• 40 Hour Work Week
• Worker's Compensation (Worker's Comp)
• Unemployment Insurance
• Pensions
• Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations
• Employer Health Care Insurance
• Collective Bargaining Rights for Employees
• Wrongful Termination Laws
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
• Whistleblower Protection Laws
• Employee Polygraph Protect Act (Prohibits Employer from using a lie detector test on an employee)
• Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS)
• Compensation increases and Evaluations (Raises)
• Sexual Harassment Laws
• Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Holiday Pay
• Employer Dental, Life, and Vision Insurance
• Privacy Rights
• Pregnancy and Parental Leave
• Military Leave
• The Right to Strike
• Public Education for Children
• Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 (Requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work)
• Laws Ending Sweatshops in the United States

Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO - Thank a Union 36 Ways Unions Have Improved Your Life

I've worked both sides of the fence in my lifetime. There needs to be a reasonable balance between labor and management. Germany is a good example where they work well together.

IOW, unions are a victim of their own success. Everything they've fought for is now law, but they're acting like it's still 1952.

If you don't continue to protect these rights, you will lose them. It is the same thing with democracy: if you don't vote, if you don't continue to protect your democratic rights, you will lose them.

 

[rdean]

Walker snapped under the pressure. He can't handle that then he surely can't handle the pressures of the WH where 44 is now

Three elections in four years, labor protest and one lawsuit after another, and Walker snapped? Seriously!

He is great at eliciting whining, only second to Reagan.

You're right. Reagan whined too. When he was lucid.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Scott walker hero...role model

I'm critical of Reagan on a lot of things, but repeating whacked out conspiracy theories doesn't help your point.

whacked out conspiracy theories...this is no theory my wing nut this is documented fact...Ronald"depend undergarment" Reagan traded arms for hostages with the Ayatollah

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Scott walker hero...role model

Best President in the last 55 years

-Geaux

Other than Freak43 there is no President I hold with more disgust and disdain that Reagan a brainless criminal murderous clown

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Reagan whined too. When he was lucid.

which was seldom

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

Because unions are worthless

-Geaux

Roanald Reagan was worthless and you,being a nut bag, claim he was great...that makes you an asshole in my book