September 24, 2015

The GOP vs. the rest of us: Labor

Yahoo - At a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, [Scott] Walker will propose eliminating unions for employees of the federal government, making all workplaces right-to-work unless individual states vote otherwise, scrapping the federal agency that oversees unfair labor practices and making it more difficult for unions to organize.

Jeb Bush opposes federal minimum wage

Republicans cut unemployment insurance


Scott Walker puts labor unions in same class as ISIS: "I want a commander in chief who will do everything in their power to ensure that the threat from radical Islamic terrorists does not wash up on American soil. If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world."

WV GOP senatorial candidate John Raese has come out strongly against the minimum wage.

Michigan GOP rams through right to work law in seven hours

New York Republicans block a minimum wage increase for 880,000 workers

Payoff for GOP's anti-government policies: 657,000 unemployed

State Rep. Carol McGuire (R-NH) believes
the federal minimum wage is too high. In a statement to reporters, she said she would like to repeal all minimum wage laws and have corporations pay workers whatever rate they desire.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker
signed a bill that bans local ordinances guaranteeing workers' paid sick and family leave.

Ohio’s Kasich Wants to Outsource Any Job Anytime—And Winner Pays No Taxes

GOP governor threatens to call out National Guard on state workers if they protest cuts in their rights. . .

GOP Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker achieved ending state employee collective bargaining rights as a budget cutting move

Asked about the tens of thousands of workers who would be unemployed if the GOP budget plan goes through, John Boehner said, "If some of those jobs are lost, so be it."

Republicans fail
in effort to abolish National Labor Relations Board

Republicans launch war on unions




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