pinko

"I own a commodity production business" What does this business produce?

Nor should there be. The Republican Party is moving the USA toward a one party state much like many of the tyrannical states they have supported in the past. The labour movement can and must fight this assault on the fundamental right of collective bargaining in the USA in conjunction with a concerted effort on the part of the Democrats to distinguish themselves in a material way from the Republicans. It would be helpful if the American president would be more forceful in challenging his Republican adversaries rather than kow tow to them as he has done to date.

Should I be impressed, hotshot? Where did you say you went to school?

The teabaggers are, by and large, idiots.

Nice to see you aspiring to a job at Tim Hortons. You must lack initiative. Whereb did you say you went to school?

Young Pliny is fairly articulate so I have considered that he may be a young adult.

Who knows maybe mom and dad provide the beer.

Maybe young Pliny lives in his parent's basement.

Most major advanced democratic countries honor collective bargaining rights of public employees. International law on the right to bargain collectively applies in both private and public workplaces. The United States championed the International Labor Organization's 1998 Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, under which the US pledged "to promote and to realize... fundamental rights" defined in the declaration, the first of which is "freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining." The United States is also a party to and bound by its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which guarantees everyone the right to protect his or her interests through trade union activity. As the Human Rights Committee has made clear on multiple occasions, that includes collective bargaining. Denying the right to collective bargaining would violate this international treaty, Human Rights Watch said. Most major advanced democratic countries honor collective bargaining rights of public employees. For example, all EU countries allow public sector workers to bargain collectively. In a 2008 case, the European Court of Human Rights found that Turkey's restrictions on public employee bargaining rights violated the European Convention on Human Rights. In 2007 the Supreme Court of Canada ordered the province of British Columbia to restore collective bargaining agreements nullified by legislation. By contrast, many undemocratic countries restrict or prohibit collective bargaining by public employees. For example, the Egyptian government has prohibited public sector collective bargaining. It allowed public employee unions to exist, but in name only, favoring government-controlled unions and quashing any attempt to bargain collectively. http://www.straightgoods.ca/2011/ViewArticle.cfm?Ref=187

Even if leave is granted a unanimous decision at the lower appeal court will have some influence at the Supreme Court level.

Suddenly -- and not only in Canada but internationally -- inequality has emerged as a major social and economic issue. More importantly, no longer is it the sole concern of the left. Such stalwarts of the economic right as the International Monetary Fund, the World Economic Forum and the British magazine The Economist are sounding alarm bells over the damage and cost inflicted on societies by wide gaps in income and wealth. "Now the focus is on inequality itself and its supposedly pernicious consequences," The Economist said in a Jan. 20 editorial. "One strand of argument, epitomized by The Spirit Level, a book that caused a stir in Britain, suggests that countries with greater disparities of income fare worse on all manner of social indicators, from higher murder rates to lower life expectancy... Several prominent economists now reckon that inequality was a root cause of the financial crisis: Politicians tried to counter the growing gap between rich and poor by encouraging poorer folk to take on more credit. A third argument is that inequality perverts politics, with Wall Street's influence in Washington often cited as Exhibit A of the unhealthy clout of a plutocratic elite." http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/inequality----thy-name-is-revolution-117223113.html

As a pinko I am concerned about the trend but having said that the only poll that counts is the one on election day. The key in any election is to motivate your base to get out and vote.

An extremely well articulated position. This Pliny fellow should be grateful that you are providing him with the education he sorely needs.

Part of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting agenda is including a "right to work" rule for public-sector employees. Several other Republican governors are considering similar measures for both the public and private sectors. Insofar as they succeed, these right-to-work measures will seriously weaken the bargaining power of workers. "Right to work" is a great name from the standpoint of proponents, just like the term "death tax" is effective for opponents of the estate tax, but it has nothing to do with the issue at hand. It is widely believed that in the absence of right-to-work laws workers can be forced to join a union. This is not true. Workers at any workplace always have the option as to whether or not to join a union. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dean-baker/right-to-work-representat_b_829180.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=030111&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily+Brief

I called the AFGE office (http://www.afge.org/Index.cfm?Page=ContactAFGE). From what I could gather from the woman I spoke with federal civil servants in the USA enjoy collective bargaining rights not unlike those in Canada. According to the person I spoke with there is a process similar to our dues checkoff provisions in both federal and provincial spheres here in Canada. As for contract administration there is a grievance arbitration procedure available for the enforcement of rights and interpretation of the collective agreement. I am hoping to speak with someone in the a/m organization conversant with the pension scheme for federal employees in the USA.

Good morning Jim. Does the Wisconsin governor have a quorum yet? Do you belong to the New York Law Society?

You are mistaken. Federal employees have collective bargaining rights with certain caveats. I might check with one of the public sector unions down there to get a better idea of the manner in which those rights are enforced.

The link you provided confirms the right to collective bargaining for Federal Government employees subject to statutory law on certain terms. I acknowledge these rights are limited.

I sense some animosity towards school teachers.

The jobs are in third world countries as well as corporate funds deposited offshore.

Thanks for the prediction. When is Armageddon?

Which truths are you wishing a response to? My generation (babyboomers) will be gone within the next few decades. The issues you describe in your preamble are there for the subsequent generations to resolve.

Americans oppose weakening the bargaining rights of public employee unions by a margin of nearly two to one: 60 percent to 33 percent. While a slim majority of Republicans favored taking away some bargaining rights, they were outnumbered by large majorities of Democrats and independents who said they opposed weakening them. Those surveyed said they opposed, 56 percent to 37 percent, cutting the pay or benefits of public employees to reduce deficits, breaking down along similar party lines. A majority of respondents who have no union members living in their households opposed both cuts in pay or benefits and taking away the collective bargaining rights of public employees. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/us/01poll.html?_r=1&hp

As a Christian why don't you get off that self righteous ass of yours and go fight the Muslims wherever it is they are seen as a threat to you.