A man of little intellect and loud voice speaks from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. He shouts at the camera from the hectic trading floor, with little knowledge outside of that arena but with monumental opinion. His name is Ric Santelli and while the market was collapsing and leaving us in the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'teachers'
State Debt Problems: Rich Teachers, Super-wealthy Firemen, Nurses, Cops!
February 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · Economics, Labor, Politics
Tags: arbitration·cops·firemen·John Kasich·nurses·public employee unions·Scott Walker·teacher benefits·teacher unions·teachers·union busting governors·Wisconsin teachers' strike·workers rights
Union-busting in Wisconsin
February 18th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Human Rights, jobs, Labor, Politics, Populism
There is a strong game plan abroad in the land to bust unions. Most unions these days are for government workers. So the new Neocon Republican governors are out to break those unions, in Ohio, and New Jersey and Florida, and most prominently in Wisconsin. Governor Scott Walker the Governor of Wisconsin only since November [...]
Tags: attacks on public employee unions·Charles Koch·Governor Chris Christie·Governor John Kasich·Governor Rick Scott·Governor Scott Walker·health benefits·Karl Rove·Koch Industries·Neocons·penalizing teachers and government workers.·public employee unions penalized·state deficits·teacher unions·teachers·union-busting