The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that despite his nomination being returned to President Obama, Louis Butler’s name will be resubmitted as the president’s nominee to fill a spot on the federal bench in Wisconsin’s Western District.
President Obama is set to meet with union leaders in the next few days in order to [...]
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Posted by Zach W on January 4, 2010, at 5:53 am
So much for the Republican Party being the party most concerned about keeping America safe: Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) blasted Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Sunday for delaying the confirmation of President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration due to concerns about unionizing the TSA. “This is the right guy for the job,” [...] Posted by Zach W on December 10, 2009, at 5:23 am
In advance of upcoming contract talks with Milwaukee County’s employee unions, Milwaukee County Board Chairman Lee Holloway shook up the membership of the board’s Personnel Committee yesterday, removing Supervisors Paul Cesarz, John Weishan, Marina Dimitrijevic, and Johnny Thomas. Replacing them on the personnel committee will be Supervisors Joseph Rice, Jim “Luigi” Schmitt and Joe [...] Posted by Zach W on November 16, 2009, at 5:59 am
union thug [un⋅ion thug] - noun Any labor union member who dares to voice an opinion which may run contrary to any belief held by conservatives. Posted by Zach W on October 30, 2009, at 8:03 pm
Remember when County Executive Scott Walker first ran for County Executive? Remember how he promised to give back $60,000 annually during his time in office? I remember, and I also remember Walker reneging on that promise last year. Walker’s yearly salary is somewhere in the area of $119,611, and he collects every [...] Posted by Zach W on October 9, 2009, at 5:45 am
If you’ve been paying attention to goings-on in Milwaukee County, you’ve no doubt heard Scott Walker’s plan for county workers to take a 3% across-the-board pay cut, in addition to a 5% employee pension contribution, higher health care premiums and a dozen furlough days for 2010 as a part of Milwaukee County’s 2010 budget. [...] Posted by Zach W on October 7, 2009, at 5:54 am
Found in my emailbox… As you may have heard, contract negotiations between the MATC administration and the part-time teachers’ union have recently broken down. We are in the midst of a public relations blitz in an attempt to get the word out regarding the lack of proper compensation for part-time faculty. The heart of our argument is [...] Posted by Zach W on October 5, 2009, at 5:41 am
From the Brewtown Gumshoe: Some, in arguing against unions, maintain that increasing union wages can only increase cost in the end because the companies paying higher wages will just pass on the cost. This opinion completely disregards the fact that maybe the executives and managers are overpaid. An equivalent decrease in executive pay alongside an increase [...] Posted by Zach W on October 4, 2009, at 9:00 pm
I’m just getting a report that thuggish supporters of Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker assaulted a union member who showed up to demonstrate outside the Americans For Prosperity-sponsored event. Earlier this evening, supporters of Scott Walker Tweeted that a Walker supporter was assaulted by union members, but it turns out the victim of the [...] Posted by Zach W on September 8, 2009, at 6:19 pm
So it appears Mercury Marine is staying put in Fond Du Lac after the union representing workers at Mercury Marine had a re-vote and voted to approve a revised contract that included even deeper concessions than those included in the union’s most recent labor contract with Mercury Marine. After union members originally voted against [...] |
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