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Re: Hagan received $199k from unions

GrayJ — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:06:44 -0500

If Hagan wanted to bring unions to the state she chose the wrong job. Actually her old job as a state legislator would be where she could influence union laws in NC.

Re: Hagan received $199k from unions

mrcrosby — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:23:47 -0500

Hopefully she will help bring unions into the state so the workers here can start getting a fair shake. The workers in NC have been abused far too long with no one to turn to for assistance. The main problem is, they don't even know how they have been getting bent over.

Re: Is it any wonder why NC remains so democrat oppressed?

Gosh — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 08:42:11 -0500

Not for big oil, big drug and NRCC lack of trying.

Shall we play the who spent more here game?

Re: How much did labor spend in '08?

FFC1304 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:09:19 -0500

Is it any wonder why NC remains so democrat oppressed?

Well, Gosh

scharrison — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:55:06 -0500

That's even more confusing...

scharrison, who cares how you add?

Gosh — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:20:15 -0500

You post on BlueNC.

This is DOME.

Re: UNITE HERE spent $12k in '08 races

scharrison — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:23:31 -0500

Okay, let me preface this by saying, "I went to a county school", so on the off-chance I'm wrong you might feel pity for me, but...wouldn't that be $16,000?

Am I missing something? I mean, you don't even have trains traveling towards each other at different speeds, or Sally selling some apples at various prices and giving away others out of her basket.

Ryan, please stay after class.

Re: How much did labor spend in '08?

tangoz — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:07:57 -0500

And these Unions all believe in the public check card instead of secret ballots. Oh that reminds me, why is it ok for Democrats in Congress to choose their members by secret ballot but not ok for American workers to select whether to have a union by a secret ballot?

Re: UAW gave $9k in '08 races

include_all — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:23:16 -0500

Goodwin AND Atkinson.

Re: How much did labor spend in '08?

PoliticalJunkie — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:36:29 -0500

Ryan,

Is the red clay number wrong?

$4 million from workers Red Clay?

Gosh — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:03:31 -0500

Gosh, it's almost like people that work for a living in NC can now compete with the corporate stock holders of our companies that live in NYC and hostile nations like China.

Good.

Re: How much did labor spend in '08?

cthayes75 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:24:10 -0500

If you don't want to wait for Ryan to finish adding it up, I've already done it.

http://redclaycitizen.typepad.com/redclay/2008/11/labor-spending-in-2008.html

Re: Teamsters spent $334k in '08

PoliticalJunkie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:02:47 -0500

So Unions own the Democrats. Who do Republicans get there money from?

Re: SEIU gave $1.2m to Democratic Party

PoliticalJunkie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:15:08 -0500

why are what you report as donations and red clay different?

There is something strange going on where candidates report getting money from the PAC but the PAC doesn't report getting it.

Stay on this it looks like something fishy is going on.

Re: SEIU spent $410k on state races

cthayes75 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:21:13 -0500

Actually, the total is in excess of $1.5 million.

http://redclaycitizen.typepad.com/redclay/2008/11/seiu-spending.html