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Wall Street Theft, Courtesy of the Public Service Unions

I can’t believe I’m linking to a story by Mother Jones, but here it is. It describes in greater detail than previously reported the extent to which the Occupy Wall Street rallies are being hijacked by organized labor and other special interests. The teachers unions are there, so is 1199 SEIU, CSEA, AFSCME, the “Working […]

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New York’s Big Problem

A small story this weekend in the New York Post spells out New York State’s big problem.  City municipal unions are waiting out Mayor Bloomberg’s term to renegotiate their contracts.  They would rather wait for a union-friendly Democrat than deal with independent Bloomberg. Some of the unions are without contract now.  So how can they […]

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