Need proof that unions have out lived their usefulness?  A local municipal employees union is considering filing a grievance because of an Eagle Scout project.
From the Morning Call:
In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an [...]

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Last Thursday, November 12th the powerful union SEIU 1199 paid to bus around 2000 union members to Albany for a protest AGAINST cutting government spending.  The Albany Times Unions covered the story which ran at 3:00 in the afternoon.  Here’s a photo from the protest. 

After reading the story and seeing this photo, two things stood out [...]

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Did you see that report on the front page of this morning’s D&C?  Those right wing extremists, Unshackle Upstate, are proposing reforms to the public employee pay system that is one of the main drivers of our state having the highest tax rates in the country.
According to the D&C article, Unshackle Upstate is actually proposing:
changes [...]

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This is a really big deal– late Friday the Obama Administration announced it was caving in to demands from big labor and imposing a tariff on tires imported from China. 
From the Washington Post:
During the campaign, he had pledged to “crack down on China” and “work to ensure that China is no longer given a free pass [...]

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It’s a little more clear to me why Dem. Rep. Eric Massa made such a foolish comment about voting against the wishes of his constituents and in favor of the federal government running health care – the labor unions have told him to or they’ll pull their support.
Eric Massa’s campaign was run by, staffed by, [...]

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There is a big controversy in Irondequoit — a union apprentice law that is sponsored by John Perticone — who happens to be an official in a local trade union.
Irondequoit resident Cheri Evershed sent a letter to the Irondequoit Post that sums up the issue:
At the July Town Board meeting there was a public hearing regarding [...]

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I don’t know if the Rochester City Council knew that by killing the Ren Square project they were effectively killing thousands of new jobs here – but that is exactly what they did.  Heck, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that they were acting on behalf of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter who said herself [...]

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Ray Kuntz, Jr., the guy who wrote the following letter in today’s Democrat and Chronicle:
I feel County Executive Maggie Brooks is a “true politician.” Her media grandstanding is not a surprise (July 2 story “County cuts Robutrad”). I know personally that there are good, honest workers still working in the Robutrad organization. Now they will [...]

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Monroe County’s decades-long relationship with Robutrad Corp. will end effective Aug. 1, County Executive Maggie Brooks announced today.
Robutrad, which provides trades workers to the county, is at the center of a federal and Sheriff’s Office investigation into possible corruption. In December, 14 trades workers, most associated with Robutrad, were arrested on charges they bilked taxpayers [...]

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What Robert Morone did is pretty bad.  In case you live under a rock, you can find the story here.  If it proves to be true he deserves to go to jail.
But overzealous hatemongers like County Leg Democratic staffer Joe Bizbo have been spreading misinformation about who has been involved in the scandal.  A few [...]

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