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See These Stories of Forced Union Membership and Political Contributions

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing to investigate allegations of “forced unionism” and different ways in which unions use collected dues to contribute to political campaigns.

In order to emphasize what many believe to be a serious and growing problem, the committee will release the personal stories of three union members who claim they have been denied a choice in joining a union.

The first video features Terry Bowman, a Ford assembly-line worker who spoke out before the House Oversight Committee about union leaders taking his dues in order to fund partisan politics that directly contradict his personal beliefs:

The second video features Claire Waites, a teacher from Daphne, AL., who joined the local teachers union to obtain liability insurance.

However, in order to obtain coverage, she was forced to remain a union member. Waites reported at a recent Oversight hearing that her union pressured her to contribute to a “children’s fund” that was actually a slush fund used to finance special interest groups and union agendas.

The third video features Sally Coomer of Duvall, WA., who is a homecare worker of her disabled adult daughter. Under the current law, she is forced to become a member of the SEIU, according to the Oversight committee.

“As a member, $95 a month is taken for union dues, which go to fund causes she does not support. That $95 could provide an additional 9 to 10 hours of care for her daughter,” the committee reports.

“I wrote about this last November, when both Michigan and Minnesota tried to extend this forced-unionism into day-care operations as well as home-care situations,” writes Ed Morrissey of Hot Air.

“There is no reason to force parents who receive Medicaid to care for developmentally-disabled children into unions, except to pick their pockets for the benefit of union bosses and political parties. It’s positively ghoulish, as I wrote at the time, and only the efforts of Republican-controlled legislatures in both states kept them from forcing babysitters into unions,” he adds.

As the problem continues to grow (or, rather, as things slowly come to light), the Oversight Committee pledges more investigations into forced unionism:

On February 8th, the Committee published a report finding that the Obama Administration and recent court cases have directly contributed to the loss of workplace freedom as well as worker rights violations endured by Ms. Coomer, Mr. Bowman and Ms. Waites.

As the federal government aids and abets these violations, union leaders spent more than $1.1 billion on partisan politics during the 2010 election cycle.  The Committee will continue to investigate the growing lack of accountability and transparency in how union leaders take dues money from rank-and-file members and spend that money on political causes many of their own members oppose.

See the full committee report here.

Comments (122)

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  • msaright
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:51pm

    Bravo to these people for speaking up! I wish more would explain it to the rest of the um.. sheep, I mean union members!

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    • HKS
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:22pm

      Who said Capone was dead? He is alive and well and running the Union and Democrats, made them an offer they couldn’t refuse and put them in his pocket. That old cliche, “too ornery to die” you got it”

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    • TXPilot
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:31pm

      Yet, another example of state sanctioned robbery

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:35pm

      My first job was a union job, I worked a few months and got laid off, then got called back only to go on strike a month later. Then I got laid off again, so I found another job. Another union job. I lost that job when the company went bankrupt six weeks later. Then I got a non union job and I’ve been working for the same company for 29 years, no lay offs, no strikes, just good steady work. Unions suck.

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    • jhrusky
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:41pm

      and we allow this to continue to happen.

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    • M 4 Colt
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:06pm

      If your state is not already a right to work state then you need to set about to changing your state to a right to work state. I worked for the United Auto Workers union and was lucky that the state i was in was a right to work state because it afforded me all the benefits of the contract without the union dues. Even though i was not a member of the union, that didn’t stop them from trying to force me to pay dues, and they had forced many other nonunion members to pay dues. This all came to a head when i made a big stink about it and pointed out to the company that the union didn’t have the authority to take dues from nonunion members in a right to work state. Needless to say i didn‘t make any friends with the local union business agent when i informed the company that per the law they didn’t have the right to take dues from me and i had the company stop sending MY MONEY to the unions bank account. Along with me the company also stopped taking dues money from all the other nonunion members, that brought out a big reaction from the union. They went on to try and use scare tactics on the nonunion members telling them that if the didn’t pay dues that they would not get all the benefits from the contract to try and fool them into telling the company to start up their dues again. I made it a point to set the story stright and told the other nonunion members that what the union was telling them was a lie, they were entitled to the full benefits if they were a union member or n

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    • TiredAmerican7
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:03pm

      I am a UAW member and I am really fed up with the Union and their sinister activities. I can’t have the dues totally stopped as I would like, but I did put the breaks on the portion that is going directly to political activities (Democrats!). I objected under Beck’s Law (nothing to do with Glenn) and now I pay less in dues. They were apply 27% of my dues to help strip my freedom away. It’s my little way of trying to DEFUND the Union. I am not funding my own demise and the demise of this country! No way.

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    • banjarmon
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:10pm

      High priced Union Workers are great at sending AMERICAN JOBS to CHINA and DUMBING DOWN OUR KIDS!!!!!

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    • 4xeverything
      Posted on February 15, 2012 at 5:44am

      So, they‘re investigating but haven’t done anything about it. That is all that will ever happen. This makes me sick.

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on February 15, 2012 at 7:35am

      Nice thought Tired but if you think the reduced rate in your dues ends your association with the lack of freedom unions bring you probably believe your tax dollars don’t pay for abortions…..

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    • wolfinshdo
      Posted on February 15, 2012 at 1:30pm

      I am honestly surprised these people are still alive. Unions don’t take kindly to this type of behavior.

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  • Fried Okra
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:50pm

    My only introduction to Unions was when my brother-in-law (mechanic) got hired by a local small company (100 workers). They actually asked him if he wanted to join (not forced)… and he decided to join because of a friend there. He’s a dedicated worker and immediately after working for a week… the other union/co-workers started telling him to relax… he didn’t have to work that fast. But, he continued to work like that. The bosses noticed his hard work and wanted to promote him… but, they couldn’t because the unions had rules about seniority. Hard work does not pay off in unions.

    I’m just guessing, but I think that unions may have started off with good intentions giving workers rights…. but, now has progressed to unions strong-arming the company with high salaries and low poor production.

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    • neocon1
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:02pm

      fredorka

      I’m just guessing, but I think that unions may have started off with good intentions giving workers rights

      you guessed WRONG. they were communist agitators out to destroy Americas industrial base with the use of greed and class envy.

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:12pm

      My mother is a (unionized) postal worker. Oh the stories she tells…..!

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    • Fried Okra
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:18pm

      @Neocon1 There is no need to be rude here. I admitted that I didnt know much about Unions. Try to stay classy.

      oh…. I see now judging by your reply to “Fried Chicken and Grape Juice’: Comic‘s Controversial ’Black Face’ Video at BYU Goes Viral”

      Neocon1 said:
      “Long live the great HNIC big bro and da mammer jammers.”

      The “HNIC” wouldn’t happen to be “Head-Ni$$er-in-Chief”, would it?
      Again…. stay classy.

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    • notreally
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:32pm

      I was an apprentice carpenter as a high school kid. We were nailing shiplap (yeah, it was that long ago) for the roofing deck. I had my nail strokes down to one setting tap and one homing hit — I mean, I was smokin! Then this fat journeyman says to me, “Hey, kid, slow down. You’re making the rest of us look bad.”

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    • dissent
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:04pm

      I was UAW in a shop for all of a year and man was it awful. Never have I seen such lazy entitled people get to keep their jobs! If they were my employees, I’d have fired the lot of them, but the union, of course, protected their jobs. I busted ass, while they took extended breaks and stopped the line altogether if they hit quota for the hour “wouldn’t want them to expect more” they’d say with a laugh while standing around for upwards of 20 minutes. I go to work to WORK, and then go home, I can stand around at home if I want. I took my breaks exactly for the 10 minutes ordered, and ran the line alone while they had their thumbs up their butts. Needless to say, they didn’t appreciate this and did their best to make work so miserable, being generally mean and constantly complaining to the supervisor, that I quit in exasperation as soon as I could get a new non-union job. Now I bust ass as much as I want, get paid better, and have better bennys! It feels good to work hard and go home tired feeling like you got something done…dunno what these union jerks problem is.

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:10pm

      Funny. Takes me back to my first real job, working part time for the telephone company while I finished high school (years ago) When I graduated and went on full time, they called me off the board and began telling me I had to join the union! I asked why? Said: Why should I pay you to keep my job?
      I got a song & dance but kept my cool telling them I had no idea what the union could do for me that I couldn’t do for myself. They did that a couple of times and I balked each time.
      Finally, I transferred to a non union job. But I remembered reading how mean and hateful the unions were, and how they burned down buildings of non union jobs and reading that article in the Readers
      Digest ticked me off so much, I swore I’d never belong to anything like a union with their communist tactics. Over the years the Unions have gotten worse & worse and I still feel disgusted with them.
      I‘d wash dishes before I’d belong to a Union. Bad teachers keep their jobs because of unions, and I think it’s time to hire good teachers that are non union. Look what unions have done for our children.

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  • crazyoz
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:45pm

    Hiel obama. Are we going to be required to ware arm bands.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:49pm

      Look for Obama to use the term “workers” a lot in trying to deflect from this.

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  • freedom4ever
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:43pm

    As a former union rep I saw what went on behind closed doors. It was mainly politics and telling people who to vote for and getting signs out in yards. Heck with the people who need the union to help them in their job – too busy kissing up to the politicians. When I left the union I hated it so much I didn’t want to pay dues. Well we HAD to – you of course had the options to pay full price and be a union member or pay full price and not be a union member. Where I worked the employer was not very trustworthy person so I had to belong. Too bad we don’t have good people running things and we then could get rid of the unions. It is a two sided sword out there but I feel the unions aren’t there for us but for themselves.

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  • perry1980
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:38pm

    Unions have been ruining America for 50 years now

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:12pm

      If someone takes your money against your wishes that is called robbery plain and simple you have a right to give if you wish but taking it is criminal.

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  • IMPEACHBHO
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:38pm

    NOBODY – NOBODY will ever force me to join a union. Unions today are so anti-American it is disgusting.

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  • girlnurse
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:28pm

    http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/Evils%20in%20America/Abortion%20is%20Murder/planned_parenthood_is_evil.htm

    http://www.lifenews.com/2011/08/16/planned-parenthood-vote-to-unionize-with-seiu-not-surprising/

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  • concealled9mms
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:14pm

    i have had 2 union jobs one in the teamsters one in ilwu they both companies went bankrupt nuff said it wasnt till i started a custom home constuction business that I felt good abut myself and retired at the age of forty years old .Now my wife works in a school district for nearly 15 years then came gray davis gov of cali says all must be in the union to stayed employed. so now she pays dues and come election time we will get endless mail from the unions telling her who she should vote for.well thats why we bought in jaco costa rica friends this country is in the toilet, Every american their and there are thousands have had enough of the overtaking of a once great country

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  • skimmer57
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:08pm

    Screw the unions! Let’s all work for 4 dollars an hour and cut taxes for the rich! We should work 60 hours a week with no vacations.Get rid of those pesky rules that keep workers safe, they just get in the way of a profit for the company owners.They took the risk to start the company and deserve huge amounts of money. Workers should just shut up and be grateful.

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    • concealled9mms
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:18pm

      Well if i had a business in some sort of production i would move to china before the union forced stuff down my throat and thats what happening now . Then their isnt even 4 dollar and hour jobs

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    • BernieKittyCat
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:22pm

      *yawn*

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    • ConservativeInOhio
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:23pm

      How about we ALL join unions and then sit and watch as All of our jobs head to Mexico and China. What a great idea.

      At lease we will be comforted with the fact that our dues are going to support the very politicians that are making the business environment in this country such that employers feel the need to pull out.

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    • rightwingheroes
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:25pm

      aahahaha dummy, keep believing your own lies. I don’t work for a union and neither does my wife, we both get paid more than minimum wage, have full benefits, vacations, sick and personal time.

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    • JRE
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:27pm

      Grow Up!!!!
      I work for a nationwide company, we have 72 divisions in all states and areas of the country. All but 15 are NON UNION. I work in a non union division in a right to work state and our pay and benifits are better than the same jobs in the union divisions.
      WHY??? Because the non union workers are more productive. The divisions make more money and pay the employees better. WHY, because they don’t want to deal with the unions so they pay non union employees better and the non union employees produce more. Ever Heard Of Win/Win.
      The age of low pay, dangerous working conditions and frankly the need for unions is long gone. Unions job is done, has been done for decades.
      In today’s market companies are competing for talent, looking for good workers. The days of abusing workers are gone, welll except union workers being abused by unions.

      Wake up and smell the coffee or take another drink of Kook Aid, doesn’t matter to me.
      Joe

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:31pm

      skimmer, I guess by your name you love to skim off the government and or someone elses hard work. 40 hour work weeks and minimum wages are federal law, so UNIONS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED. Companies realize that in order to keep the best (most productive (not union here) workers they have to offer competitive salaries and decent benefits. Unions rob employers and employees and the reduce production, quality, and profitability. If you can’t see that then well, like the rest of the pro-union morons, you are an idiot. If we ever hope to get this country back, UNIONS must go, all income levels, from $1.00 a year to 1 billion a year need to pay the same percentage of income tax, say 10%. That way ALL CONTRIBUTE FAIRLY. But people like you don’t get fairness do you? And yes, the wealthy pay the MAJORITY OF ALL INCOME TAX PAID IN THE US. So yea, they need a break and the rest of us need to pay our fair share, hence 10% for all no matter the income level and NO FREAKING DEDUCTIONS OR LOOPHOLES. Get over your brain deadness and get a clue.

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    • I.Gaspar
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:33pm

      You’re an idiot…and not very useful, skipper.

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    • skimmer57
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:37pm

      That stupid Henry Ford tried to pay his workers a decent wage figuring they could then buy his product. What an idiot. Just looked up welfare stats. for states with Right to Work and just as I suspected they lead the nation in recipients. Again please give the rich more TAX breaks.It’s been very rough for them. You do what they say!

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:39pm

      There are laws now. Unions are no longer protecting anyone but themselves and their candidates.

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    • deeberj
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:40pm

      Unions were needed once-upon-a-time, if only to get some laws on the books so little children could not be forced to work and people weren’t abused by their employees.

      They aren‘t needed now for that so don’t even bring that up.

      And there certainly should not be forced membership. My parents were teachers and HAD to join. Had to. And my friend in state gov‘t didn’t actually have to join, but she did have to pay the same fee as if she had joined. So she basically still had to pay for something she did not want. This is so wrong.

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    • schmamebah
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:46pm

      Wow, you’ve really thought this thru.. congratulations…

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    • sWampy
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:48pm

      Unions were never needed, it damn sure wasn’t the unions that got child labor laws, OSHA, and minimum wadge passed, it was the screams and cry’s of voters.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:56pm

      You’re right screw the unions. Employers should have the right to hire efficent workers and fire slackers. No they should be forced to not only keep the slackers working they should be forced to give them annual raises reguardless of how crappy their work is.
      And even if the deem an employee use safe for their position they should be forced to dend those employee to rubberrooms and give them full pay not to work.
      And employer damn sure should be able to make a profit and grow a business that can hire more workers he77 no all profits should be divided equally based on time served in the company again reguardless of the quality of work.
      Yeah screw the union american tax payers should be forced to pay to 4 more than any other country to get students that rank 13th in the entire world. Yeah screw the union tax payers should be forced to subsidize federal agencys collapsing under pensions and benefits packages or just plain don’t make any money in the first place

      You know what on second thought screw you

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    • skimmer57
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:23pm

      This sure is a classy web-site! Since I posted, I’ve been told to get screwed, I’m a dummy, grow up, brain dead, and I am an idiot. Shall we quote a little Scripture? Do onto others as you would have them do unto you. Now back to that fascinating article about that half goat and half human.

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    • ZeroOff4impact
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:34pm

      or go find another job genius.

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:39pm

      Skimmer, the “rules” you refer to are law. Unions serve no purpose any more except to fund the demoncrat agenda. Unions suck the life out of everything, Unions suck big time.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on February 15, 2012 at 8:11am

      skimmer wrote,
      This sure is a classy web-site! Since I posted, I’ve been told to get screwed, I’m a dummy, grow up, brain dead, and I am an idiot. Shall we quote a little Scripture? Do onto others as you would have them do unto you
      Shall I quote a little Declarations for you
      We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness
      Why should a citizen of a “free” country be forced to pay a union in order to be gainfully employed.
      It goes against the very foundation onwhich this country was built. More over why should a supposed union boss have the right to use dues collected from the members the propmote his ideology.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on February 15, 2012 at 11:54am

      SKIMMER57/`, if you take offense at the statements sent you way, it seems that you are parroting the things that MRMOLOTOVECOCKTAIL has said here so often. Can’t accuse you of being him since you do have a grasp of the English language and an ability to spell. haven’t seen him here in a few days, so his parents must have pulled his online privileges again. Regarding the comments directed at you, how do you suppose the rest of us would be treated at, say Huffpo making conservative claims. I would think the response would be far, far nastier. If you can’t take the mild heat here making you statements, get out of the kitchen.

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    • RetiredSF
      Posted on February 15, 2012 at 10:37pm

      If you get paid 4 dollars an hour, you are worth 4 dollars an hour.

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  • RedneckJim
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:04pm

    “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” Benjamin Franklin

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    • GeorgieJo
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:20pm

      WISCONSIN should secede from the USA and move to Russia.

      OMG in 2012

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  • Marine 1
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:01pm

    The unions are not about helping America any longer. They are about money, power and controlling those that are forced into their respective organizations.

    As evidenced by the testimony of the individuals in the videos the unions are lying to their members to support liberal and extreme liberal causes. These fine folks do not want to be manipulated or coerced by the unions they belong to support causes they deem detrimental to their respective lifestyles, opinions or to the nation.

    Unions are much of the problem in politics today so much so that most Dems are influenced in one way or another by some union. If we conservatives are not careful and fail to take a stand against such activities the unions and illegal voters will put Obama back in office. That‘s the plan and you can bet it’s going to happen if we don’t do something about it.

    For starters — get involved in local, state and national politics. Make your voice heard. Stand with others to fight the tyranny which exists today in this nation.

    By all means let’s get rid of BHO and his minions via the ballot box in November. he has got to go!

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    • turkey13
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:13pm

      Tell Clair that you can get teachers liability insirence for 1/10 of what NEA’a insurence cost. My wife did right after we got married 35 years ago and I was paying biolls and came across this bill for $129.00 and I found out it was for just a quarter. I found this same insurence $100.00 a year.

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  • MTNative
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:01pm

    The unions will soon negotiate all americans out of jobs. If we don’t want “our” jobs going overseas, then we had better have a competitive wage. I don’t mind there being a union, or several unions, but I do mind them forcing others to live by their rules.

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  • Bruce_Almty
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:59pm

    Forced Union Membership??? Wow, this story is about 80 years old.

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  • girlnurse
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:57pm

    Ummmm it’s called Kalifornia and if you work for the state they automatically take out union dues (SEIU) whether you like it or not! They took 95 dollars a month out of my check! Now multiply that by 500,000 (or whatever the # is now)!! I could not do it in good conscience….I REFUSE to feed the beast! This has been going on for some time but I see now they are passing new laws to creep into our homes and every aspect of our lives! Lord help us! No wonder we have a community organizer in chief in the whitehouse! Look at ALL the money these unions have to spread their evil!

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    • DrFrost
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:03pm

      Democrats fund their special interests groups WITH GOVERNMENT MONEY who then turn around and dump a good portion of that into democratic election campaigns. The GOP is slightly better on this score but decide for yourself. Regardless, if we don‘t figure out how to get money out of politics then we’re going to lose what little control we have left.

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  • summersmom
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:52pm

    here I go again……ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!?

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    • LIBSALWAYSLIE
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:15pm

      Liberal Insanity. One example after another. I’ve been saying it for over 20 years, Unions are criminal and suck the life out of everything. Liberals, and their policies, are pathetic.

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:52pm

    What happened to FREEDOM and LIBERTY???

    Hey, let’s start a country where we can all be FREE and where we get our rights from GOD, not from some self-serving political hack who passes laws to benefit those who donate money to their campaigns, and who award earmarks to their family and friends.

    That would be a fantastic experience, to be FREE !

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:51pm

    It is a miracle how fighting fire with fire will end Union problems.

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  • Ghandi was a Republican
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:50pm

    UNION FAT CATS and Backroom political deals, ‘in pocket’ politicians. Alinsky radicals and Marxist progressives. Slave labor!

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  • lodgerat
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:48pm

    Legalized theft…plain and simple

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:48pm

    I worked at a place once that Union membership was mandatory. I was in it for a while.Then one day I got in a little diffference of opinion with the hierarchy. They wanted me to see it their way but their way was wrong and I stuck to my guns. There was strong rumors that I was going to get beat up for not falling in line. I am a pretty good sized man…(not fat) and I took Karate for years. I am not saying that I could not get my azz whipped but I can guarrantee it would not be easy. I went straight to the president of that group and told him if anything happened to me or my family and I lived, I would go to his house and kill him and his whole effing family. After that…things got a lot better. I did not let my guard down but I did win my argument. I left that place later…;with no union problems.

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  • RagingJudge
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:48pm

    Look for the union label… that big branding mark on the rear. They own your @$$…

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  • CatB
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:46pm

    This is tyranny … and it is only getting worse under Obummer.

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  • ShyLow
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:46pm

    There may be a way to set up shadow-unions…build another union beside the existing one,then have all members switch over and tell the old-one that they don’t represent anyone anymore

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  • pap pap
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:41pm

    Unions need to be driven into the ground they are ridiculous. I applaude all these members that are speaking out.

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  • oldguy49
    Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:39pm

    if you had been pay attention you would have know this some time ago

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:48pm

      In PapPap’s defense, the internet was limited to the truly liberal and elite in the 30′s…not like nowadays.

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