Business groups dominate list of legislative donors
From a article by Chase Davis, money and politics reporter at California Watch: Business groups have given more money to California legislative campaigns over the […]
Pete Hardin
Public Employee Unions and Management: Working together to solve budget problems
City leaders agreed to cut about $4.5 million from city departments and unions in an effort to close a budget gap for this fiscal year. The cuts approved Monday night included suspending a police department physical fitness program, using police helicopters less, having firefighters forego raises for the next 18 months, and increasing employees’ contribution to retirement funds. No full-time city staff members were laid off.
Public Employee Unions, not the problem but part of the solution
Unions are not all-powerful engines of rapacity. County workers have been struggling with layoffs and furloughs in the county, courts and cities. Unions and their members are addressing state and local government issues responsibly.
Corporate personhood, fascism, and Libertarian-Republican double speak
With the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday, CitiGroup, whose largest individual stockholder is a Saudi Arabian billionaire, can spend unlimited funds against any elected official who tries to regulate their activities. When they get in trouble again, legislators will simply give them another no-strings-attached taxpayer funded bailout, or else.
Supreme Court Rules in “Hillary, The Movie” case
By a 5-4 vote, the court overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said companies can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to produce and run their own campaign ads. The decision, which almost certainly will also allow labor unions to participate more freely in campaigns, threatens similar limits imposed by 24 states.
AFL-CIO President Trumka Visits OC on Listening Tour
In what Orange County Labor Federation Executive Director Tefere Gebre says is the first ever vist by a sitting AFL-CIO President, Richard L. Trumka paid […]
Collective Bargaining a threat to airport security?
Now I know it is expected that the GOP would be opposed to unionization, but this is just a bit over the top. Republican senator Jim DeMint used the attempted attack on a airplane bound for Detroit as an excuse to voice opposition to unions. He warned, “The administration is intent on unionizing and submitting our airport security to union bosses’ collective bargaining.”
Michael Steele wants to know….
The same geniuses who sent me the signed photo of John McCain and Sarah Palin last fall are at it again; I received a 2009 […]
Fourth Supes Race Getting Crowded – but it’s early
The Orange County Fourth District Supervisor race to replace termed out Supervisor Chris Norby has gotten a bit more crowded over the past week. Already […]