Union with Obama ties rents offices for Occupy DC

[theDoctorisIn]

Taxpayer money, which pays public sector union workers. A portion of their pay is taken for union dues, a portion of which is being used by union bosses to pay rent for The D.C. Occupy movement..."money laundering"

So when a public sector employee buys a hamburger for lunch, are "the taxpayers" paying for his hamburger?

Not to mention, SEIU isn't, for the most part, a "public sector" union...

The fact that it's not all taxpayer money really doesn't matter does it? Still taking union members’ dues and using them to pay expenses for Occupy. Who decision was this? Was there a vote? A meeting discussing this or did union bosses just decide to pay their rent?

Actually, none of it is "taxpayer money". It stops being "taxpayer money" the moment it became someone's paycheck.

And if you're upset about Union PAC money, you can thank Citizen's United.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Can't be, we are all suppose to know they are, grassroots..

Yeah, just like the Koch-sucker baggers.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

What "taxpayer" money?

There is none. Another fairy tale for the weak minded.

SEIU Tries to Grab Dues Money from Taxpayer Subsidies

In-home health care workers in Connecticut, like their counterparts in Michigan, may see so-called union dues deducted from paychecks they receive through a state subsidy for the poor . . . The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is trying to unionize in-home health care workers, based on the theory that they qualify as public employees because the money paid to them is subsidized by the state. “The only notice home health care workers receive concerning a union election is a nondescript mailing asking them if they wish to join the union,” says the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). “Under this process, the union only needs to receive a majority of returned cards—not a majority of all workers—to be recognized as those workers’ exclusive bargaining representative.”

The SEIU achieved this goal in Michigan, with the result that even low-income families who receive a Medicaid subsidy to take care of their adult, disabled children are losing $30 a month to the union. “Our daughter is 34 and our son is 30,” retired police officer Robert Haynes said of the Michigan unionization. “They have cerebral palsy. They are basically like 6-month-olds in adult bodies. They need to be fed and they wear diapers. We could sure use that $30 a month that’s being sent to the union.”

SEIU Tries to Grab Dues Money from Taxpayer Subsidies | The National Right to Work Committee®

Why would they get the money?

 

[Jroc]

Giving tax payer money laundered through the union directly to Occupy

What "taxpayer" money?

There is none. Another fairy tale for the weak minded.

SEIU is the second largest union of public service employees with more than 1 million local and state government workers, public school employees, bus drivers, and child care providers - including 80,000 early learning and child care professionals.

Fast Facts

 

[Luddly Neddite]

So when a public sector employee buys a hamburger for lunch, are "the taxpayers" paying for his hamburger?

Not to mention, SEIU isn't, for the most part, a "public sector" union...

The fact that it's not all taxpayer money really doesn't matter does it? Still taking union members’ dues and using them to pay expenses for Occupy. Who decision was this? Was there a vote? A meeting discussing this or did union bosses just decide to pay their rent?

Actually, none of it is "taxpayer money". It stops being "taxpayer money" the moment it became someone's paycheck.

And if you're upset about Union PAC money, you can thank Citizen's United.

heh - you beat me to it.

Thank you.

 

[Peach]

What "taxpayer" money?

There is none. Another fairy tale for the weak minded.

SEIU Tries to Grab Dues Money from Taxpayer Subsidies

In-home health care workers in Connecticut, like their counterparts in Michigan, may see so-called union dues deducted from paychecks they receive through a state subsidy for the poor . . . The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is trying to unionize in-home health care workers, based on the theory that they qualify as public employees because the money paid to them is subsidized by the state. “The only notice home health care workers receive concerning a union election is a nondescript mailing asking them if they wish to join the union,” says the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). “Under this process, the union only needs to receive a majority of returned cards—not a majority of all workers—to be recognized as those workers’ exclusive bargaining representative.”

The SEIU achieved this goal in Michigan, with the result that even low-income families who receive a Medicaid subsidy to take care of their adult, disabled children are losing $30 a month to the union. “Our daughter is 34 and our son is 30,” retired police officer Robert Haynes said of the Michigan unionization. “They have cerebral palsy. They are basically like 6-month-olds in adult bodies. They need to be fed and they wear diapers. We could sure use that $30 a month that’s being sent to the union.”

SEIU Tries to Grab Dues Money from Taxpayer Subsidies | The National Right to Work Committee®

Right to work=wages to low to live on!

 

[theDoctorisIn]

What "taxpayer" money?

There is none. Another fairy tale for the weak minded.

SEIU is the second largest union of public service employees with more than 1 million local and state government workers, public school employees, bus drivers, and child care providers - including 80,000 early learning and child care professionals.

Fast Facts

It's still not "taxpayer money".

Just like it's not a companies money anymore, after it's put into a worker's paycheck.

 

[Jroc]

There is none. Another fairy tale for the weak minded.

SEIU is the second largest union of public service employees with more than 1 million local and state government workers, public school employees, bus drivers, and child care providers - including 80,000 early learning and child care professionals.

Fast Facts

It's still not "taxpayer money".

Just like it's not a companies money anymore, after it's put into a worker's paycheck.

So states aren't going broke because of Public Sector union pension plans? Who's money is it if not the taxpayers?

 

[theDoctorisIn]

Fast Facts

It's still not "taxpayer money".

Just like it's not a companies money anymore, after it's put into a worker's paycheck.

So states aren't going broke because of Public Sector union pension plans? Who's money is it if not the taxpayers?

When you go to to the store and buy groceries, are you spending your money, or your bosses?

 

[Jroc]

It's still not "taxpayer money".

Just like it's not a companies money anymore, after it's put into a worker's paycheck.

So states aren't going broke because of Public Sector union pension plans? Who's money is it if not the taxpayers?

When you go to to the store and buy groceries, are you spending your money, or your bosses?

My customers don’t have their money forcefully taken and given to me against their will.

 

[theDoctorisIn]

So states aren't going broke because of Public Sector union pension plans? Who's money is it if not the taxpayers?

When you go to to the store and buy groceries, are you spending your money, or your bosses?

My customers don’t have their money forcefully taken and given to me against their will.

So now you're claiming that the janitor at the capitol is "forcefully" taking taxpayer money, against "the taxpayers" will?

 

[Peach]

What "taxpayer" money?

Taxpayer money, which pays public sector union workers. A portion of their pay is taken for union dues, a portion of which is being used by union bosses to pay rent for The D.C. Occupy movement..."money laundering"

So when a public sector employee buys a hamburger for lunch, are "the taxpayers" paying for his hamburger?

Not to mention, SEIU isn't, for the most part, a "public sector" union...

A demand for government control of how EARNED wages are spent. All the extreme right cares about is stifling liberty at this point.

 

[Jroc]

When you go to to the store and buy groceries, are you spending your money, or your bosses?

My customers don’t have their money forcefully taken and given to me against their will.

So now you're claiming that the janitor at the capitol is "forcefully" taking taxpayer money, against "the taxpayers" will?

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks with reporters in his office at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, Jan. 12. Quinn defended a massive increase in state income taxes passed by lawmakers Wednesday and promised to quickly sign the measure to help heal the state's ailing finances.

Seth Perlman/AP

 

[Jroc]

Taxpayer money, which pays public sector union workers. A portion of their pay is taken for union dues, a portion of which is being used by union bosses to pay rent for The D.C. Occupy movement..."money laundering"

So when a public sector employee buys a hamburger for lunch, are "the taxpayers" paying for his hamburger?

Not to mention, SEIU isn't, for the most part, a "public sector" union...

A demand for government control of how EARNED wages are spent. All the extreme right cares about is stifling liberty at this point.

Wow.... I thought you brighter than that. The union spent the money, not the workers. They didn't get the workers approval. That’s just the opposite of liberty

 

[thereisnospoon]

What "taxpayer" money?

Taxpayer money, which pays public sector union workers. A portion of their pay is taken for union dues, a portion of which is being used by union bosses to pay rent for The D.C. Occupy movement..."money laundering"

So when a public sector employee buys a hamburger for lunch, are "the taxpayers" paying for his hamburger?

Not to mention, SEIU isn't, for the most part, a "public sector" union...

Since taxpayers fund 100% of public worker salaries and benefits, the answer to your question is YES.
1/3rd of SEIU members are public employees.
SEIU has been indicted or charged with several crimes or violations of law.
Service Employees International Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In January 2011, The National Labor Relations Board issued a report finding that SEIU unlawfully threatened Kaiser Permanente employees with loss of wages and benefits if a rival union won the election and that SEIU had engaged in various acts of physical force and violence against supporters of a rival union.[37]
In April 2010, The National Labor Relations Board regional office in Winston-Salem, North Carolina issued a federal complaint against a local SEIU chapter for maintaining an “annual objection” policy designed to force nursing home workers into full union dues payments against their will.[38]
In June 2003 SEIU was found guilty of violating security workers' rights and ordered to pay back dues and fees to over 400 workers.[39]
In December 2010, SEIU agreed in a settlement to stop trying to prevent workers who do not support its activities from coming to work at Morehouse College dining venues operated by Sodexo. The settlement also forces SEIU to post notice that it will not "restrain or coerce" Sodexo employees.[40] According to Sodexo, SEIU leads a smear campaign to spread misinformation about Sodexo in an attempt to drive out UNITE HERE and other unions that have historically operated within the food service industry.[41]
Sodexo USA filed a civil lawsuit against SEIU under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act on March 17, 2011. In the complaint, Sodexo alleges that SEIU engaged in blackmail, vandalism, trespassing, harassment, and lobbying law violations, referring to the "Clean Up Sodexo" campaign as "old-fashioned, strongarm tactics" and SEIU behavior as "egregious" and "illegal."[42][43] This suit was settled in September 2011; the parties withdrew their respective charges and lawsuits and SEIU terminated its public campaign focused on Sodexo.[44]
During a drive to organize 10,000 healthcare workers in November 2009, SEIU was accused of ballot rigging and using intimidation to persuade workers to vote in SEIU instead of the National Union of Healthcare Workers as their representative.[45][46]
Aramark employees from Johns Hopkins University, Towson University, Morgan State University and Coppin State University, as well as students from all four universities, participated in a protest alleging SEIU was acting to prevent a fair employee representation by the union of their choice.[47]
The SEIU's tactics were featured in a book entitled The Devil At My Doorstep chronicling the 3 year battle between the union and an Indiana based building services company [48].
Supreme Court Reviews SEIU Political Fundraising Scheme | National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

 

[thereisnospoon]

My customers don’t have their money forcefully taken and given to me against their will.

So now you're claiming that the janitor at the capitol is "forcefully" taking taxpayer money, against "the taxpayers" will?

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn speaks with reporters in his office at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, Jan. 12. Quinn defended a massive increase in state income taxes passed by lawmakers Wednesday and promised to quickly sign the measure to help heal the state's ailing finances.

Seth Perlman/AP

Most state tax increases , in big union states are to keep the public worker unions happy and to keep giving wage increases to workers.
IN big union states, public workers enjoy about a 35% advantage in wages over their private sector counterparts. In these states property taxes are the highest in the nation.
In these states, governments are at best, broke.

 

[jillian]

Public sector union money...I mean union member's money....I mean tax payer money

labor union with strong ties to President Obama is helping make the Occupy Wall Street movement a more permanent fixture in the nation's capital, moving Occupy DC into office space the group can use to organize and grow through the presidential election.

The Service Employees International Union, one of Obama's most vocal supporters among labor groups, is paying $4,000 a month for three offices the Occupy protesters will use for at least the next six months to plan future demonstrations, organize and host workshops.

The offices are at the Institute for Policy Studies, a nonprofit progressive group headquartered at 16th and L streets NW, amid the major law firms, trade groups and lobbying shops that Occupiers have spent the past seven months denouncing. The offices are just a short distance from the tent city Occupy DC established in McPherson Square in October.

Occupiers moved into their new digs Monday. The SEIU will pay the rent for six months, said John Cavanagh, director of the Institute for Policy Studies.

Union with Obama ties rents offices for Occupy DC | Washington Examiner

And?

 

[Jroc]

Public sector union money...I mean union member's money....I mean tax payer money

labor union with strong ties to President Obama is helping make the Occupy Wall Street movement a more permanent fixture in the nation's capital, moving Occupy DC into office space the group can use to organize and grow through the presidential election.

The Service Employees International Union, one of Obama's most vocal supporters among labor groups, is paying $4,000 a month for three offices the Occupy protesters will use for at least the next six months to plan future demonstrations, organize and host workshops.

The offices are at the Institute for Policy Studies, a nonprofit progressive group headquartered at 16th and L streets NW, amid the major law firms, trade groups and lobbying shops that Occupiers have spent the past seven months denouncing. The offices are just a short distance from the tent city Occupy DC established in McPherson Square in October.

Occupiers moved into their new digs Monday. The SEIU will pay the rent for six months, said John Cavanagh, director of the Institute for Policy Studies.

Union with Obama ties rents offices for Occupy DC | Washington Examiner

And?

Read though the thread you'll figure it out