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Morning Briefing
For November 18, 2013
1. Boeing Bombshell: Machinists Union Bosses Negotiated Secretly Behind Local Members’ Backs
With the news last week that Machinists’
union members employed by Boeing in Puget Sound overwhelmingly rejected a
proposed contract that would have meant years worth of work on the new
Boeing 777X, much of the attention was focused on what it would mean for
union members’ future and where the work would go following their
rejection.
As the
long-term contract they voted down had numerous concessions, it is
understandable that it would have been a hard sell to get the members to
accept it. Yet, that hard sell by local union leaders did not take
place.
In fact, the proposed contract was torn up by
IAM District 751 President Tom Wroblewski, who called the contract a
“piece of crap.” . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
2. Why Are VW’s German Union Bosses Backtracking On Their Expansion Ultimatum Now?
There
really is only one way to describe the rather sudden reversal of
position among VW’s German union bosses on the potential expansion of
VW’s Chattanooga plant… . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
3. ‘Free as the Wind’: The True Cost of Wind Energy
Green activists preach about renewable energy
sources, using words like ‘holistic’ and ‘sustainable’. Wind energy is
one of their favorites; nothing is as free as the wind, n’est-ce pas?
If we
truly consider the holistic environmental impact of wind turbines on the
environment and the economy, it’s not a pretty picture. Nor is it
sustainable. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
4. Rep. Ann McLane Kuster (D, New Hampshire) sneers at the American people!
And not just the people of New Hampshire’s Second District. Kuster has a problem with all of us . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
5. Seattle’s ‘Universal Preschools’ Include ‘Strong-Arming’ Pre-K Day Care Providers Into Unionizing
Seattle
Mayor Mike MkGinn, a former community organizer whose wife was arrested
earlier this month for taking part in a union-sponsored protest that
stormed GOP offices, has been attempting to ‘strong arm’ Seattle’s
preschools and child care providers into unionizing, according to the
Seattle Times.
Announcing
his Universal Preschool plan in late September, many may not have
realized that his second bullet-point item to “[s]tabilize the
pre-kindergarten teacher profession to ensure more children thrive in a
stable environment for learning and care” meant that he wanted to
unionize pre-kindergarten teachers. . . . please click here for the rest of the post →
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