How Unions Help The Economy

Reuters columnist David Cay Johnston breaks down how federal business regulations on labor unions can result in a lack of jobs and damage the economy. FedEx is the perfect example.

http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/12/19/how-unions-help-the-economy?videoId=227133640&videoChannel=1003

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Alta Dena Dairy Workers Ratify Strong First Contract

269 Teamsters Secure Wage Increases, Pension Contributions, Workplace Protections
http://www.teamster.org/content/alta-dena-dairy-workers-ratify-strong-first-contract

from ltlboards.com on FedEx forum

http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/news/column-the-corporations-that-occupy-congress-johnston

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Some of the biggest companies in the United States have been firing workers and in some cases lobbying for rules that depress wages at the very time that jobs are needed, pay is low and the federal budget suffers from a lack of revenue.

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Federal Express spent $25 million lobbying to protect a rule that makes it virtually impossible for its express delivery workers to unionize. That's 67 percent of what it paid in taxes.

FedEx says it was "educating lawmakers" about a proposal "that would cripple competition in the express delivery industry and hinder our nation's future economic success."

The Teamsters, who represent drivers at United Parcel Service, say FedEx was protecting a special interest rule that shorts workers. UPS pays its unionized drivers 53 percent to 104 percent more per hour than FedEx does.

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Hoot_Owl

• Ok, since the teamsters say it is so you obviously believe it because you post it.... However, you worked at FXF and you KNOW that the 53 to 104 percent claim is bogus and absolute bullshit, yet you still post it here..... WTF?

JOE NUNO

• Re: Federal Express spent $25 million lobbying

Originally Posted by Hoot_Owl

[Ok, since the teamsters say it is so you obviously believe it because you post it.... However, you worked at FXF and you KNOW that the 53 to 104 percent claim is bogus and absolute bullshit, yet you still post it here..... WTF?]

A U.P.S parcel driver total scale $33 an hour for labor, plus they also get $9 an hour for the pension plan and last $7 an hour for health and welfare, so when they retired, they have medical retirement.
Add all together, is $49 an hour…
A FedEx courier driver total scale $24 an hour for labor, plus 31 cent an hour for the pension plan and last no medical retirement when they retired.
Add all together, is $24.31 an hour… minus 3% .81 cent an hour for your contribution to 401k=$23.50

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Don't Blame the Unions

Non-union companies lie to employees about union companies that are in distress or that have gone out of business. They typically will tell the employee that union demands cripple the company and that union bosses make business decisions for the company. So the union is the sole cause of the a company going under. Of course, it is not true. As in the case of YRC. Corporate greed, risky investments and incomprehensible financial decisions are what has put YRC in the hole they find themselves in. Their executive pay and bonuses didn't help matters either. The union didn't make them purchase other companies nor did they write the checks at YRC. Unions have served a great purpose for all workers in general. It is thanks to unions that we have a better standard of living, a minimum wage, a forty hour work week, benefit packages, and retirement plans. The company will have you believe that they give you all this out of the goodness of their heart. The reason they give you this is to keep up with unions so that the workers won't feel the need to go union. Many labor leaders and union members have lost their lives fighting for all that workers have today.

wall streets failed 1934 coup

http://www.counterpunch.org/2011/12/02/wall-streets-failed-1934-coup/

Between 2008 And 2010, 30 Big Corporations Spent More Lobbying Washington Than They Paid In Income Taxes

By Zaid Jilani on Dec 7, 2011 at 10:35 am

General Electric spent more lobbying the government than it did in federal income taxes between 2008 and 2010.

Today, thousands of 99 Percenters will march on K Street in Washington, D.C. as a part of an action called “Take Back The Capitol,” taking aim at the lobbying firms that corporate interests use to influence the federal government.
A report released this month by Public Campaign demonstrates just how important it is for Americans to battle corporate special interests and reclaim our democracy. The group’s research finds that thirty big corporations actually spent more money lobbying the federal government between 2008 and 2010 than they spent in taxes. For example, General Electric — one of the top 10 most profitable companies in the world — got a net tax rebate of $4.7 billion during this period. Meanwhile, it spent $84 million lobbying the federal government.
Here’s the full list of the 30 corporations identified and what they paid in federal taxes as opposed to lobbying:

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CBS Early Show: How Some Employers Skirt Paying Benefits

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CBS Early Show: How Some Employers Skirt Paying Benefits

The news segment discusses questions such as ‘when is an employee not an employee’. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis talks about how classifying employees as independent contractors hurts communities as well as the employees.