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Union employees go on strike … against the union
hotair.com - 3/19/2009
Union employees go on strike … against the union
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In the Someone Left The Irony On Department, the SEIU has a new problem besides Democratic defectors on Card Check. A planned layoff has a union local filing a complaint with the NRLB over unfair labor practices and accuses the employer of bypassing union requirements by relying on temp and ...

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Deceiver.com:  Union Employees of the World, Unite! (Whaaaa?)

washingtonpost.com - 3/18/2009
Union Engaged in Labor Dispute With Laid Off Workers
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) Union Engaged in Labor Dispute With Laid Off Workers

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rasmussenreports.com - 3/16/2009
Just 9% of Non-Union Workers Want to Join Union
— rasmussenreports.com — Union members tend to believe that most workers want to join a labor union. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% of union members hold that view while only 18% disagree. But those who don’t belong to a union hold a ... (more) Just 9% of Non-Union Workers Want to Join Union

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heritage.org - 3/20/2009
Why the United States Should Not Join the Inter-Parliamentary Union
— heritage.org — The United States should not join the IPU. To do so would imply the IPU is a respectable international organization, not the friend of dictatorships and the enemy of liberal values and democratic sovereignty it has sadly become. (more) Why the United States Should Not Join the ...

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Union Employees of the World, Unite! (Whaaaa?)
Deceiver.com — ... Hot Air is (fairly, I think) slamming the union for outsourcing workers when they complain about “evil big business” doing the same thing all the time. One blog commenter has the quote of the day: ...

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