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February 14, 2011

DNC 2012 Watch: How much union labor will be bussed in to NC?

With Charlotte, North Carolina being picked by the DNCC as the host city for the 2012 Democrat National Convention, pro-Democrat union “leaders” and supporters have been grumbling due to the fact that North Carolina is the least unionized state in the country – which, in their eyes means no political paybacks for the m/billions unions have given to local, state, and national Democrats over several decades. As always, the fine print must be read and understood. We’ll get to that in a minute. But first, here’s the Charlotte Observer’s write-up on the fears expressed by some local private-sector leaders regarding the possibility that union labor will be brought into the city at the expense of local temporary workers:.....   [Read More]

I’m back :) (OPEN THREAD)

Hey y’all! I’m back from CPAC. Had an *awesome* time. Since I was off several days last week, as you can imagine I’ve got a pretty full day ahead of me as I catch up on the workload, so I probably won’t be around much until late this afternoon (Lord-willing, of course) and even then I’m not sure how much blogging I’ll get done. Please bear with me as I get back into the blogging groove. I’m still exhausted from not getting enough sleep over the last few days (who can sleep when you’re in a city as beautiful and alive as DC?) and it’ll probably take me a few days to recover. .....   [Read More]