Tag: republicans

“Have you no decency” Mitch McConnell?

McConnell doesn’t care about the truth LTE in the Hartford Courant — 10/4/20 It’s no surprise that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would announce his plan to quickly fill the new vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, within hours of…

TOP REASONS TRUMP IS BAD FOR WORKERS!!!!!!!

50 reasons the Trump administration is bad for workers President Trump has said he would ‘protect’ and ‘fight for’ workers. Instead, his administration has systematically done the opposite. EPI Report • By Celine McNicholas, Lynn Rhinehart, and Margaret Poydock • September 16, 2020 The Trump administration’s…

SIGNED LEGAL CONTRACT? What Contract.

NLRB makes it easier for employers to change labor contracts without union permission –by Sean Higgins  | September 10, 2019 — Washington Examiner — The National Labor Relations Board, the main federal labor law enforcement agency, issued a ruling Tuesday that will…

Workers Are Screwed If They Go To The Labor Board

At the NLRB, GOP Board Members Show How to Play Hard Ball Published December 21st, 2017 – ANDREW STROM — OnLabor.org — While the media was focusing on the drama over the Republican tax bill, last week the new Republican majority on the…

The Attacks on Workers and Unions Accelerate

GOP lawmakers introduce bill to require union recertification by Sean Higgins | Nov 9, 2017 – Washington Examiner — The legislation would allow workers to petition their union to hold a recertification vote whenever its membership has had more than 50 percent turnover from…

Short Sighted Republican Higher Education Cuts

UConn pushing hard to avoid GOP budget cuts  PHOTO | PETER MORENUS, UCONN –PATRICIA DADDONA – Hartford Business Journal – As UConn and Republican leaders do battle over what the university has called “unprecedented” proposed GOP budget cuts to the university,…

This Is Why — The Budget is Out of Whack

Union ad casts GOP leaders as ‘protectors of billionaires’ –By: KEITH M. PHANEUF | July 20, 2017– CT Mirror — The state’s largest healthcare workers’ union took some jabs Thursday at the top Republicans in the legislature, charging them in a new ad…

So THATS Where The Money Is: Lobbying is EXPENSIVE!

$25 million and counting for political lobbying in Connecticut By Christine Stewart, CTNewsJunkie Lobbyists spent $25 million this year trying to push their issues over the legislative finish line, according to reports filed with the Office of State Ethics. While…