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Insanity reigns at union HQ

Posted on August 25, 2009 @ 7:25 am by David Esrati

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Albert Einstein said that the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. The AFL-CIO did just that- endorsing the incumbents instead of the challengers- or not endorsing at all. The Dayton Miami Valley AFL-CIO Regional Labor Council has endorsed Rhine McLin for a third term as Dayton Read More

Unions in politics: quid pro quo?

Posted on March 11, 2009 @ 1:30 pm by David Esrati

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Unions and politicians are usually tied closely together come election time. The Democrats have the labor unions and the Republicans have the public safety unions- at least in Dayton. Weigh this out- the Dems get a lot more union “juice” because  AFSCME covers a lot more workers than either the IAFF (firefighters) or the FOP Read More