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The impression created by this chart is clear: Americans don’t get paid maternity leave.

Simply.

Not.

True.

What the United States doesn’t have is government-mandated maternity leave minimums, meaning if you may get pregnant at some point, you should take into consideration where you’re working and what’s available before you do so. Plenty of companies offer maternity leave, however, so the idea that you get ZERO in the US because the government doesn’t mandate it is so stupid it barely warrants a response.

Think Progress should be embarrassed for pushing out such an incredibly disingenuous piece of crap as an infographic.

(Source: llisbeth-salamanderr, via byulibertarian)

29 January 2013 ·

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N.J. Senate passes bill regarding hiring contractors in wake of Hurricane Sandy | NJ.com

Basically, a big sloppy wet kiss from the NJ State Senate to their allies in the labor unions.

21 January 2013 ·

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"On Thursday, the California Supreme Court upheld two state laws allowing labor unions to picket on privately owned property."

Translation: “On Thursday, the Court essentially said ‘fuck you’ to property owners and the right for them to be secure in their property and possessions in favor of allowing their buddies who paid for their political pals to be elected to do what they want on property they don’t own.”

CA Court: Special Protection for Labor to Picket on Private Property

2 January 2013 ·

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No More Twinkies, No More Wonder Bread

I understand unions working for higher wages for people. Really, I do. But when the company you’re negotiating with tells you that they’re going to shut down operations if you don’t give in, it’s time to negotiate, not stonewall. It happened with Stella D’oro a few months ago, and now it happened with Hostess.

Union leaders have to look past their desire for higher wages and look at a realistic picture of where the company is financially. Hostess’ problems were no secret, and forcing them to lay more out for salary simply wasn’t going to work. I’m stunned that they allowed this to happen because now, due to their stonewalling, Hostess is going to liquidate. Their only hope now is that Arnold / Bimbo / Entenmann’s moves in and buys the remaining assets.

You’d think the Teamsters would’ve learned, right?

16 November 2012 ·

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Utility crews from several states East of the Mississippi River hit the road this week to volunteer their time and talents in Northeastern states hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. But crews from Alabama got the shock of their lives when other workers in a coastal New Jersey town told them they couldn’t lend a hand without a union card.

Derrick Moore, who works for Decatur Utilities in Decatur, Ala., told WAFF-TV in Huntsville that crews in Seaside Heights, N.J. turned him and his crewmates away, saying they couldn’t do any work there because they’re not union employees.

As a result, crews from Decatur and Huntsville left the Jersey shore and headed to Long Island to pitch in.
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I’m sure all the people struggling to get back on their feet appreciate your union mafia bullshit, guys. Good job.

New Jersey town turns away Alabama volunteer utility workers because they’re nonunion | The Daily Caller

2 November 2012 ·

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"I wandered down to the New York Times building in Manhattan this afternoon to watch the walkout, and I spoke to a union representative. I asked him whether he was concerned by the gap between the Times’s treatment of its unionized staff, and the pro-union rhetoric of the paper’s editorial board. He told me, “We have a problem with that. We’ve realized that what we’ve said in the New York Times editorial pages is not what is being followed…they fly in the face of their own editorial board … it’s just money”:"

~ NYT Union Chief: Times Is Hypocritical about Unions - By Charles C. W. Cooke - The Corner - National Review Online

9 October 2012 ·