Showing posts with label right to work. Show all posts
Showing posts with label right to work. Show all posts
Friday, July 15, 2011
Senator Jim Demint: collective bargaining for public employees "just doesn't make any sense."
Despite the fact that most unionized Federal public employees are not permitted by Federal law to bargain over wages and benefits which are set by the U.S. Congress, Senator Demint believes they should also not be permitted to bargain over working conditions.
Who owns Jim Demint? Do big corporate donations to his campaigns and PAC explain his anti-labor stance?
Demint cries foul in NLRB-Boeing dispute while company outspends union for lobbying and political contributions
Demint's anti-union stance trumps his concern for airport security
Hear Senator Demint lie about non-existent Federal laws that allegedly force workers to join unions
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Politico writer agrees: Jim Demint's Race to the Bottom is bad for South Carolina and the rest of the country
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has a new study touting his state’s “right to work” environment as a model of economic development. But the truth is DeMint is promoting policies that force hard-working Americans to compete against each other for low-wage jobs with scant benefits and no hope for a secure retirement.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Jim De Mint's South Carolina: 4th highest unemployment rate of all 50 States
As of September 2010, Jim DeMint's South Carolina has the 4th highest unemployment of all 50 States. Makes you wonder why DeMint voted against extending unemployment benefits.
Check the Bureau of Labor Statistics ranking here: http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
DeMint wants the rest of the US to adopt so-called right to work legislation that has contributed to the poverty in South Carolina. Hear him lie about non-existant federal laws that he claims force workers to join unions.
Conservatives like Jim DeMint want to get rid of unions and destroy the right of workers to organize. Their intent is to keep wages down. Low wages mean a wider gap between rich and poor, less purchasing power in the hands of the majority of middle class people and while short term profits rise, the long term economic forecasts seem bleaker with each government report because businesses neither hire nor invest unless there is demand for the goods and services they provide.
Furthermore, conservative resistance to spurring efficiency by replacing and repairing existing infrastructure like the Charleston, SC port and building new transit and communication systems will mean a continual downward spiral in both profits and purchasing power which will be exacerbated by even more calls for cut backs and austerity by Conservative elites like Jim DeMint.
Governor Haley's solution to South Carolina's jobless crisis: drug testing for the unemployed
Check the Bureau of Labor Statistics ranking here: http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm
DeMint wants the rest of the US to adopt so-called right to work legislation that has contributed to the poverty in South Carolina. Hear him lie about non-existant federal laws that he claims force workers to join unions.
Conservatives like Jim DeMint want to get rid of unions and destroy the right of workers to organize. Their intent is to keep wages down. Low wages mean a wider gap between rich and poor, less purchasing power in the hands of the majority of middle class people and while short term profits rise, the long term economic forecasts seem bleaker with each government report because businesses neither hire nor invest unless there is demand for the goods and services they provide.
Furthermore, conservative resistance to spurring efficiency by replacing and repairing existing infrastructure like the Charleston, SC port and building new transit and communication systems will mean a continual downward spiral in both profits and purchasing power which will be exacerbated by even more calls for cut backs and austerity by Conservative elites like Jim DeMint.
Governor Haley's solution to South Carolina's jobless crisis: drug testing for the unemployed
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