November 19, 2008
…s or liquidated. They all emerged from it smaller, slimmer and profitable. What happened then as a result of these bankruptcies and threats thereof? Simply put, the airlines were able to use the bankruptcy laws to force their unions to capitulate to substantial wage and benefit rollbacks. In fact, just the threat of a Chapter 11 filing allowed American Airlines to achieve rollbacks with the unions that many thought were impossible. This is what i…
Tags: Economy, unions
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October 27, 2009
…m industry in Michigan. I believe that if IATSE was doing the right thing in Michigan, the state of Michigan would be putting all of the other tax incentive states out of business. Producers would be running there in droves. Unions are supposed to be the mechanism to level the playing field for the working man. Their job is to protect the working man from “the man,” and to keep their members employed fairly. Isn’t employment what unions are real…
Tags: California, employment, Financial Core, IATSE, Michigan, Nu Image, SAG, Seymour Cassel, Supreme Court
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December 10, 2009
…tion against producers only within the boundaries of the USA. They are not recognized outside of the United States and hence have no controls. Many other countries such as the UK, Canada and Australia have their own actor’s unions which are considered sister unions of SAG. Because of this lack of jurisdiction, SAG cannot force producers to shoot movies outside the USA under its collective bargaining agreement. However, there is a clause in the…
Tags: Economy, Entertainment, Entertainment Industry, International, Labor Unions, SAG, unions
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January 24, 2010
… either state (and not always in that case either). In fact, we have shot films that take place in New York in Bulgaria on occasion. The major culprit in the destruction of this industry and in most others is, as always, the unions. The unions refuse to work with the producer to make shooting in America cost effective. The average independent producer has a fixed amount of money to make his movie. The pocket is not deep. Even studio films are lo…
Tags: Economy, Entertainment Industry, Independent Film, Thailand
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December 10, 2011
… crafted to vilify business owners and divide us based upon income level and class envy. Read between the lines and it has become painfully obvious that this president appears to be nothing more than a front man for powerful unions with global aspirations. Unions with bosses who believe they are the new, unelected policy makers and social architects. Just last week, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial written by ex-union boss Andy S…
Tags: Andy Stern, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac., GE, General Motors, Kansas, Obama, Occupy Wall Street, Remarks by the President on the Economy in Osawatomie, SEIU, Serious Materials, Solyndra, the tea party, unions
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January 21, 2012
… seemed on the superficial level to offer continuity, it was actually an ideological reversal, back to the Liberal wing of the Republican Party. Though he lambasted his opponent Michael Dukakis, tarring him with the “Liberal” label, which Reaganism had turned into a dirty word, Bush himself was every bit a Progressive. His admitted trouble with “the vision thing” prevented him from continuing with Reagan’s unfinished work: shrinking government, e…
Tags: Compassionate conservatie, Debate, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, nomination, Rick Santorum, Ronald Reagan
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March 31, 2010
… issues taken up by the NLRB. Is this really a cause for concern? Yes it is. The NLRB was established by Congress in 1935 to administer the National Labor Relations act. It is chartered for governing the relationships between unions, employees and private sector employers in a fair and unbiased manner. It guarantees the rights of employees to either accept or refuse unionization efforts. It also is chartered with resolving unfair labor practices…
Tags: Craig Becker, SEIU
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December 4, 2008
…or a private industry.” In fact, the situation is so dire from the automakers viewpoint, that the UAW is actually considering serious concessions in order to stop the potential bankruptcies. As stated in my prior article, the unions would suffer the most if the Big 3 were forced to file for Chapter 11 protection. And, right now, the unions are really scared. The UAW is the main the reason why American automakers have a higher per vehicle cost tha…
Tags: Economy, unions
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November 14, 2008
…ld. “No Child Left Behind” was a good start, but it didn’t go far enough. In order to remain competitive, education must be a key part of our policy and platform. This should be accomplished without caving in to the teacher’s unions. Teachers are not as underpaid as they would make it sound. It is just that the Democratic Party refuses to attack them because of their affiliation with unions and specifically, the teacher’s union. We cannot allow t…
Tags: Conservative, Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy, Obama, Republican
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October 20, 2011
…archy and to disrupt the functioning of major cities while protesting the powers that be. If the Tea Party represents the rule of law and return to the Constitution; the Occupy Wall Street is about mob rule with support from unions and the Democratic establishment. They are the shock troops, who create chaos while gaining empathy from the media since their goal is the Democratic Party goal and much of the media as well. Occupy Wall Street is t…
Tags: Democrat, Democratic Strategy, Tom Donelson
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