Indiana Democrats flee state legislature to avoid anti-union vote

X Factor said:

Bake sales

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Barbbtx said:

Gill would be a better worker because he wouldn't have to follow Union rules. If something broke and he knew how to fix it he'd go ahead and do it. He wouldn't sit on his ass waiting for someone in that pay grade to come do it.

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randel said:

for the millionth and one time....union dues are not spent on political activity...political contributions are separate and voluntary from union dues.

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It’s no secret that teachers unions spend heavily each election season, with almost all the campaign cash flowing to left-wing candidates and liberal causes.
And many conservative members of the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association have protested that their union’s spending is out of line with the teachers they represent, which are more evenly split politically.[/QUOTE

]“Imagine my chagrin when my friends and colleagues began showing me the awful attack ads against my husband which they had received in the mail,” Jade Thompson wrote in a letter to the Marietta Times newspaper. “Now imagine my dismay when I saw that those defamatory mailers were paid for by the Ohio Education Association – my teachers’ union. In effect, they are using my union dues to attack my husband! This is a new low, even for the OEA.”

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Gill said:

You should talk... You are the one drinking the kool aid.


National Right to Work: Are You Funding Your Union's Federal PAC (Political Action Committee) Unknowingly or Against Your Will? | National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation

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Indiana Democrats flee state legislature to avoid anti-union vote

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FilmFestGuy said:

All of you who are holier than thou...

February 2004

Indiana Republicans did the same freakin' thing in 2004 when Democrats who were in the majority in the House wouldn't let them amend the constitution to hate gays...

Back then, they called it proudly a part of democracy. Of course, they now say it "un-democratic" when Democrats do it.

Hypocrisy much?
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By the way: Scroll down to Feb. 23

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FilmFestGuy said:

All of you who are holier than thou...

February 2004

Indiana Republicans did the same freakin' thing in 2004 when Democrats who were in the majority in the House wouldn't let them amend the constitution to hate gays...

Back then, they called it proudly a part of democracy. Of course, they now say it "un-democratic" when Democrats do it.

Hypocrisy much?
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By the way: Scroll down to Feb. 23

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- In 1995, Democrats staged a two-week walkout during the 1995 session until Republican leaders withdrew a surprise proposal to redraw legislative districts for the 1996 elections and reduce the 100-member House by one Democratic seat. Democrats won back the House majority in the 1996 election as Democrat Frank O'Bannon was elected governor.


- In 2001, outnumbered Republicans holed up for two days, refusing to take the floor in protest of new legislative districts drawn by Democrats. But Bosma and Democratic leaders agreed to some minor changes that were just enough to break the impasse. Democrats kept their slim majority in the 2002 election.


- In 2004, Republicans blocked action for a week by staying off the floor because then-Speaker Bauer refused to let a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage even be debated. Republicans won a 52-48 majority in the 2004 election that also saw Daniels win the governor's office.


- In 2005, Democrats staged a one-day walkout that temporarily derailed a voter ID bill and other Daniels initiatives that later became law, leading to the governor lashing out at Bauer. Democrats regained House control in the 2006 election.

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liblady said:

you have some strange ideas about how the workplace functions when it's unionized.

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