Tag Archives: Service Employees International Union

WSJ Plays the Stooge for Anti-Union Gunsel Rick Berman

As the hardtsking staff has diligently noted lo these many years, Rick Berman is a hired gun American corporations use to fight labor unions, public-health advocates, and consumer, safety, animal welfare, and environmental groups, according to Citizens for Responsibility and … Continue reading

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SEIU You, SEIU Me

Boston’s SEIU Local 1199 has been dope-slapping HealthBridge Management for – well – ever, eventually seeing the nursing home company file for chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year. But the labor union’s not done yet. A week ago Sunday, 1199 ran this ad … Continue reading

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Markey/Lynch People’s Pledge Gives Special Interests More Clout

Among any number of things former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown regrets about his loss to Elizabeth Warren last fall, quite possibly the biggest is taking the People’s Pledge – an agreement between the two candidates to discourage outside advertising by … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Boston SEIU-Turn Edition)

All politics is local? Sorry, Tip – nowadays all politics is vocal. Case in point: the Boston chapter of the Service Employees International Union, which has recently jumped into the 2012 campaign adstravaganza. From Thursday’s Boston Globe: Union dives into … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Gang Of Three Edition)

A trifecta tonight in the adstravaganza that is Campaign 2012. Exhibit A: TPay Ups the Ante in Iowa Tim Pawlenty (R-Can You Hear Me Now?) is the human Law of Diminishing Returns: the more resources he sinks into Iowa, the … Continue reading

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