Obama NLRB Eliminates Secret Ballot Elections-Making Card Check Forced Unionism a Reality - Big Government
Outgoing NLRB Chair Wilma Liebman and the of the Obama Appointed NLRB Board members, Craig Becker & Mark Pearce, voted to eliminate secret ballot election protections.
Now, when employers make secrets deals with a union bosses agreeing to recognize a union without allowing his employees a secret ballot vote; employees no longer have the right to force an NLRB secret ballot election and allow workers to decide if they want the union or not.
Unable to pass EFCA, Card Check Forced Unionism, through a Democrat-controlled congress, Obama is paying off Big Labor through his handpicked NLRB Board.
He is doing all this at the expense of worker freedoms and worker paychecks.
And, the NLRB Decision is applied retroactively to bar even elections that have already been held but not counted.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Counties Still Ignore Pension Tsunam
Counties Still Ignore Pension Tsunami CalWatchDog
As the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management reported in October 2010, Kern County is facing a situation in the “best case” where 51 percent of its General Fund would have to be dedicated to paying pensions by 2019.
And in the “worst case” situation, 82 percent of its operating budget would have to paid for pensions by 2015:
Percent Municipal Revenues Consumed by Pensions
CountyBest Case
(2019)Worst Case
(2015)
Fresno County78%142%
San Diego Co.62%119%
L.A. County41%91%
San Bernardino County45%90%
Kern County51%82%
Ventura County38%76%
San Francisco34%74%
.
Kern County apparently is on track for the worst-case scenario.
But labor leaders are still true believers, just as Bernie Madoff’s investors were.
As the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management reported in October 2010, Kern County is facing a situation in the “best case” where 51 percent of its General Fund would have to be dedicated to paying pensions by 2019.
And in the “worst case” situation, 82 percent of its operating budget would have to paid for pensions by 2015:
Percent Municipal Revenues Consumed by Pensions
CountyBest Case
(2019)Worst Case
(2015)
Fresno County78%142%
San Diego Co.62%119%
L.A. County41%91%
San Bernardino County45%90%
Kern County51%82%
Ventura County38%76%
San Francisco34%74%
.
Kern County apparently is on track for the worst-case scenario.
But labor leaders are still true believers, just as Bernie Madoff’s investors were.
Chilling Free Speech in the Great White North
Articles: Chilling Free Speech in the Great White North
Americans aware of journalists Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn are likely also aware that these two were hauled before Canadian "Human Rights Commissions" for supposed speech-crimes.
Levant was pursued because he published the Mohammed cartoons, and Steyn, for, well, casting some Muslims in a bad light.
Both men had their cases dropped, probably because they were articulate, famous, and had relatively deep pockets.
Others who have been charged have not been so lucky
Americans aware of journalists Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn are likely also aware that these two were hauled before Canadian "Human Rights Commissions" for supposed speech-crimes.
Levant was pursued because he published the Mohammed cartoons, and Steyn, for, well, casting some Muslims in a bad light.
Both men had their cases dropped, probably because they were articulate, famous, and had relatively deep pockets.
Others who have been charged have not been so lucky
One in five US Muslims knows of extremist support in community
One in five US Muslims knows of extremist support in community - Telegraph
While the vast majority said that suicide bombings and other forms of violence against civilians to protect Islam were never justified, 19 per cent of respondents did not agree with this statement.
While the vast majority said that suicide bombings and other forms of violence against civilians to protect Islam were never justified, 19 per cent of respondents did not agree with this statement.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Certificate of Need, Citizens Research Council
Certificate of Need, Citizens Research Council [Mackinac Center]
Imagine a law that gave a government board the power to decide whether or not new grocery stores could be built, and whether existing ones could expand or install new equipment.
For example, a law that forced the Meijer’s near your house to go through a complex and lengthy bureaucratic process before it could add some new freezer cases, and prove the new capacity wouldn’t drive up overall grocery prices.
Sound nuts?
Welcome to the bizarre world of Michigan’s health care facility “Certificate of Need” law
Imagine a law that gave a government board the power to decide whether or not new grocery stores could be built, and whether existing ones could expand or install new equipment.
For example, a law that forced the Meijer’s near your house to go through a complex and lengthy bureaucratic process before it could add some new freezer cases, and prove the new capacity wouldn’t drive up overall grocery prices.
Sound nuts?
Welcome to the bizarre world of Michigan’s health care facility “Certificate of Need” law
Solyndra to Declare Bankruptcy
Solyndra to Declare Bankruptcy NBC Bay Area
Solyndra, a major manufacturer of solar technology in Fremont, has shut its doors, according to employees at the campus.
"I was told by a security guard to get my [stuff] and leave," one employee said. The company employs a little more than 1,000 employees worldwide, according to its website
....The federal government offered $535 million in low cost loan guarantees from the Department of Energy.
Solyndra, a major manufacturer of solar technology in Fremont, has shut its doors, according to employees at the campus.
"I was told by a security guard to get my [stuff] and leave," one employee said. The company employs a little more than 1,000 employees worldwide, according to its website
....The federal government offered $535 million in low cost loan guarantees from the Department of Energy.
Detroit People Mover seeks first fare hike
Wayne County Detroit People Mover seeks first fare hike The Detroit News
Weeks after the City Council trimmed the system's $4.4 million annual subsidy by $1 million
2.9 mile mass transit bliss?
Weeks after the City Council trimmed the system's $4.4 million annual subsidy by $1 million
2.9 mile mass transit bliss?
Central Falls receiver cutting pensions further
Central Falls receiver cutting pensions further Rhode Island news projo.com The Providence Journal: CENTRAL FALLS — The state-appointed receiver has sent a second round of letters to 141 retired police officers and firefighters informing many of them that their retirement pensions will be slashed further than he first proposed at a public meeting at Central Falls High School last month.
It can happen here if our county leaders refuse to face the issue of pension and health care underfunding.
It can happen here if our county leaders refuse to face the issue of pension and health care underfunding.
Pending Legislation in California: “The Law to Eliminate Employment of Babysitters in the State”
CARPE DIEM: Pending Legislation in California: “The Law to Eliminate Employment of Babysitters in the State”:
"How will California parents react when they find out they will be expected to provide workers' compensation benefits, rest and meal breaks, and paid vacation time for…babysitters?
Dinner and a movie night may soon become much more complicated.
"How will California parents react when they find out they will be expected to provide workers' compensation benefits, rest and meal breaks, and paid vacation time for…babysitters?
Dinner and a movie night may soon become much more complicated.
U.S. Exports to China Grew 4 Times Faster Than Exports to the Rest of the World from 2000 to 2010
CARPE DIEM: U.S. Exports to China Grew 4 Times Faster Than Exports to the Rest of the World from 2000 to 2010
China is the third largest export market for the United States ($92 billion in 2010), behind our NAFTA partners #1 Canada ($248 billion) and #2 Mexico ($163 billion), and head of #4 Japan ($60.5 billion) and #5 U.K. ($48.5 billion).
If you "hate" China, they may just hate you back!
China is the third largest export market for the United States ($92 billion in 2010), behind our NAFTA partners #1 Canada ($248 billion) and #2 Mexico ($163 billion), and head of #4 Japan ($60.5 billion) and #5 U.K. ($48.5 billion).
If you "hate" China, they may just hate you back!
The Anti-Science Smear
The Anti-Science Smear - Rich Lowry - National Review Online
The last time Republicans were roundly condemned as anti-science, it was for their resistance to destroying human embryos for stem cells.
Their crude religiosity supposedly blocked imminent leaps ahead in medical progress.
Then-vice-presidential candidate John Edwards went so far as to predict in 2004 that because of “the work we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk, get up out of that wheelchair, and walk again.”
In other words, as a major figure in the self-styled party of science, Edwards made an outlandish assurance worthy of a faith healer
The last time Republicans were roundly condemned as anti-science, it was for their resistance to destroying human embryos for stem cells.
Their crude religiosity supposedly blocked imminent leaps ahead in medical progress.
Then-vice-presidential candidate John Edwards went so far as to predict in 2004 that because of “the work we will do when John Kerry is president, people like Christopher Reeve are going to walk, get up out of that wheelchair, and walk again.”
In other words, as a major figure in the self-styled party of science, Edwards made an outlandish assurance worthy of a faith healer
House of Chan, one of Muskegon's oldest restaurants, closing Sept. 6
House of Chan, one of Muskegon's oldest restaurants, closing Sept. 6 MLive.com
Joe Chan, who took the reins of the restaurant from his grandfather, Gin Chan, in 1968, said the sluggish economy was a factor in his decision to shut down on Sept. 6.
Sad on so many levels.
Joe Chan, who took the reins of the restaurant from his grandfather, Gin Chan, in 1968, said the sluggish economy was a factor in his decision to shut down on Sept. 6.
Sad on so many levels.
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