Unions Eating Out the State of California

 

Hi Arthur, Something to remember or realize today is unions steal money from rightful owners (either private owners or the People) and use it to majorly fund Democrat politicians, the New Communists ruining everything in sight. Documentation:  IRS union gives 100% of PAC spending to Democrats (2022) 'Education union spent more money on political activities than worker representation' (2022) National Education Association teachers union proposes resolution to change 'mother' to 'birthing parent' (2022) Test scores show how teacher’s union head Randi Weingarten damaged an entire generation of kids (2022) Teachers union donations to Democrats spiked during pandemic (2021) California school unions are ramping up campaign spending (2018) Confirmed: 99% of union donations go to liberal-leaning causes (2017) Robbing the treasury: Transparent California government "pay and pension database" Action: Learn how to keep your job and resign from the union (your constitutional right): Opt Out Today | National Right To Work "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship." Attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler, Scottish judge and historian (1747-1813) SaveCalifornia.com is part of Campaign for Children and Families, a statewide 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working, leading, and fighting for your rock-solid values and hard-won liberties since 1999. Your confidential, tax-deductible gift of any size empowers our work for your family and other families, and reaches Californians with important facts the Big Media won’t report. Thank you for standing with us! DONATE | SUBSCRIBE | ABOUT If a friend forwarded you this, and you don’t want it, ask them to remove you from their list. If you received this email directly from us, but don't want it, scroll to the end to unsubscribe. If you forward this to your friends, someone might unsubscribe you (re-subscribe here).

Right To Work Foundation Launching Another Attack on Public Sector Union Bullying (Bierman v. Dayton)

Janus v. AFSMCE was not the silver bullet which I had hoped it would be.

The Supreme Court decision has outlined that public sector unions can no longer force people to pay into a union which they have not joined.

But now individual workers and their supporting organizations need to force these unions to comply with the ruling. They need to ensure that individuals can choose to join other unions as well as choose not to join a union at all.

Check out what they are working on now:

Arthur, this is incredible. 

The Union Bosses are trembling at the thought of your Foundation's next case reaching the Supreme Court. 

For the first time, one of Big Labor's most powerful lobbying weapons could be challenged at the Supreme Court. 

They call it "collective bargaining." 

But it's more accurately named monopoly bargaining, and this coercive scheme is used to divert government budgets into Big Labor's coffers, and raise your taxes to pay for it. 

Fortunately, that may be about to change. 

In just a few days, your Foundation can make history with a case asking the Supreme Court to, for the first time, examine the constitutionality of this scheme. 

A gavel landing on the right side of Bierman v. Dayton would free thousands of workers from union boss control, and even swing open the door to end public sector monopoly bargaining nationwide. 

With the union bosses' primary lobbying weapon off the table, their power to bludgeon politicians into backing Big Labor's schemes would dwindle away. 

So it's no surprise the union bosses are PETRIFIED. 

In fact, you can be sure they're already plotting to run every dirty trick in the book to halt your Foundation's effort to free tens of thousands of workers from union monopoly ranks and restore their First Amendment rights. 

That's why I'm coming to you right now. 

Will you chip in $25 to punch through Big Labor's roadblocks and see this case through to the Supreme Court? 

The first hurdle to cross is filing our writ of certiorari.

But with the filing deadline just days away, your Foundation is scrambling to ensure we have the necessary resources to guarantee our petition has the best chance of being granted. 

It takes an entire team of your Foundation's experienced attorneys to put forth the best legal argument for the Supreme Court to ultimately rule Big Labor's monopoly bargaining powers as incompatible with the First Amendment. 

And that's not all. 

A potential U.S. Supreme Court case of this importance involves thousands of hours of legal research, drafting of briefs, responding to union arguments, coordinating of amicus briefs, and staging multiple moot court hearings to polish the arguments to be presented to the Supreme Court Justices. 

Foundation staff attorneys are already working hard to make sure they're ready for anything union lawyers throw our way. 

But the expenses are soaring. 

We know from past experiences and victories that legal costs can skyrocket amidst a heated battle at the Supreme Court. 

In fact, we've seen federal judges rule the cost of attorney fees to be well over $1 million for similar cases. 

And now that the opening rounds of this Supreme Court showdown are being chambered and aimed, union boss lawyers are scheming to launch a slew of dirty legal tricks to encourage the Supreme Court to reject our appeal. 

You see, every curveball Big Labor throws at the Foundation-backed Bierman case will drain more of our resources. 

That's why it's crucial your National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation reaches our Supreme Court Victory Fund goal of $120,000 by the upcoming Thursday night deadline. 

I hope you'll help us close the gap with a generous and tax-deductible donation of $15, $25, $50 or more right away. 

I really appreciate your support in this major Supreme Court case brought by your National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. 

So please contribute below: 

Pitch in $15 immediately >>> 

Pitch in $25 immediately >>> 

Pitch in $50 immediately >>> 

Pitch in $75 immediately >>> 

Pitch in $100 immediately >>> 

Sincerely, 

Mark Mix 
President, National Right to Work 


Public sector unions need to face pressure like never before. Their power is still unprecedented in a number of states, and the people who are footing the bills for their excessive privilege have a right to relief!

Big Labor Stealing Money From Caregivers

The National Right to Work Foundation scored an epic victory before the United States Supreme Court following the ruling on Janus vs. AFSMCE.

Unfortunately, Big Labor, especially in the public sector, will not concede until freedom fighters have won every battle that they can on every level.

There is so much graft, waste, and corruption in Washington DC, and Big Labor is still taking big advantages of all this largesse.

Medicaid funding is meant for the in-home caregivers. For years, however, the Service Employees International Union was skimming the money for itself, when the funding needed to go to the caregivers and their patients.

This is wrong.

We need to step up and stop all of it!

Dear Arthur, I'm furious. Medicaid is supposed to be for those who need it most -- not Big Labor fat-cats. But since 2014, over $1 billion of Medicaid funds have been siphoned from disabled individuals and their care providers and stuffed into the political coffers of union bosses instead. All because the Obama Administration -- as a gift to their political backers -- rammed through a new Medicaid regulation. The good news is, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare (CMS) is considering a rule to put an end to Big Labor's and the Obama Administration's scheme. But the deadline to weigh in is tomorrow. That's why I'm delivering comments from citizens like you before CMS' deadline tomorrow. Will you add your name to the top of the stack of comments? Tell CMS "Repeal the Obama-era Medicaid Ruling" Add Your Name Today >> The law is clear -- taxpayer-funded Medicaid money must go directly to healthcare providers, many of whom are caring for their own family members in their own homes. But that didn't stop the Obama Administration from skirting the law and helping Big Labor pocket over $100 million a year for their political allies. That's over $1 billion in taxpayer money that was intended for the care of disabled individuals, and instead fuels union bosses' political conquests. And with the midterms right around the corner, you know union bosses are scheming to thwart our efforts by flooding the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare with comments of their own. That's why it's vital you speak out now by signing a comment to be submitted to the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare (CMS) in support of their proposed rule to put an end to Big Labor's illegal skim. The National Right to Work Foundation has been on the front lines fighting to halt the scheme. You see, the Foundation's U.S. Supreme Court victory in Harris v. Quinn declared it unconstitutional for states to force home care providers paid through Medicaid programs to pay union fees in 2014. But despite the ruling by the highest court in the land, union bosses are still reaping the rewards of their political privileges. In Riffey v. Rauner, the Foundation has been fighting through layers of courts on behalf of over 80,000 victims of an Illinois Medicaid skim to seek refunds of union fees...fees that shouldn't even have been seized in the first place. And even more care providers in nine more states are trapped in similar schemes. The Foundation has been advocating for these care providers for years. In 2017, the Foundation sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services to bring their attention to the issue. And earlier this year, I personally raised the issue with Trump Administration officials at the White House. Right now, you and I have an opportunity to finally hold Big Labor accountable for its schemes. The CMS is proposing to end the exception that turned a blind eye to Big Labor's Medicaid skimming. The new rule would make it clear that states cannot allow union bosses to intercept tax dollars intended to care for those in need. Your Foundation will soon file comments to support the CMS’ reforms. And by adding your support, you can stand with the Foundation to halt union bosses’ abuses and bring an end to the Medicaid skim. But you must act now. The deadline to submit public comments is TOMORROW -- Monday, August 13th. So please, click here and add your name to this comment: End the ongoing and illegal diversion of Medicaid funds from personal care providers. Rescind the exception that currently allows Medicaid money to be siphoned off to fund politically powerful, private third parties such as unions. To stop the abuse of taxpayer dollars, issue a rule making it clear that Medicaid funds must go directly to the care of disabled individuals as intended. Take enforcement actions to end the states' unlawful policies and ensure that Medicaid funds are paid directly to personal care givers, not diverted into unions' political coffers. This comment, along with the names of the thousands of supporters choosing to speak for justice, will be submitted at the deadline. Remember that the deadline is TOMORROW, so you must add your name at once. After you've added your name, I hope you will consider chipping in with a tax-deductible contribution of $10 or more. Your contribution will allow me to contact even more Right to Work supporters and help provide the means to litigate cases like Riffey v. Rauner for home care providers to reclaim their unconstitutionally-seized forced dues. But most importantly, please add your name to support the CMS' proposed rule against the Obama Administration's ruling and to put an end to Big Labor's Medicaid scheme. Thank you, Mark Mix President, National Right to Work P.S. A billion-dollar Medicaid skim scheme has been diverting taxpayer funds from disabled individuals and their care providers and feeding the money into Big Labor's political warchest. Before tomorrow's deadline, please add your name to a comment supporting the CMS' proposed rule to end the scheme and ensure care providers receive their intended money. After you've added your name, I hope you will consider chipping in with a tax-deductible contribution of $10 or more. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization providing free legal aid to employees whose human or civil rights have been violated by compulsory unionism abuses.  The Foundation, which can be contacted toll-free at 1-800-336-3600, is assisting thousands of employees in nearly 200 cases nationwide. The Foundation's mailing address is 8001 Braddock Road, Springfield, Virginia 22160. Its web address is www.nrtw.org/. 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Victory! Oxnard Rejects Sanctuary City Status (Video)

At the July 25th, 2017 City Council meeting, The Oxnard City Council discussed a motion to consider turning, or rather labeling, Oxnard a Sanctuary City.

Organized promoters showed up, but men and women who support the rule of law and our President also showed up.

Here is the poster from one sanctuary city proponent:

Here was my message:

The Oxnard City Council provided two options for a resolution.

Item E 1. provided the outlines and presentation of facts to look over the issue:

Agenda Item (Click for larger view)

Oxnard's Mayor was conveniently absent. He offered a tepid excuse to Citizen Journal editor George Miller by claiming that he had another commitment, and the city council advanced this agenda item without him.

A trained group of frequent agitators in the Oxnard area showed up to push this agenda, as expected.

Most of the signs are paid for by the SEIU--the public sector union Service Employees International Union, all pushing for sanctuary cities. 

Carmen Ramirez, the Mayor Pro Tem, ran the meeting. She is a diligent La Raza activists, fully in support for Sanctuary State Senate Bill SB 54.

Here are the other three councilmembers, who did attend the meeting:

Residents informed me that Carmen Ramirez and Oscar Madrigal were fully committed to turning Oxnard into a sanctuary city.

Their discussion and final decision, however, ended up not going as planned.

Oxnard Police Chief Scott Whitney rejected sanctuary city status. Councilman Bert Perello was vocally opposed, and even read an extended set of remarks, which he published at his expense and shared with the audience:

Councilman McDonald offered up a third resolution, which would recognize Oxnard as a "Safe" city, indicating a clear commitment to safeguarding all residents, but making little or no mention to a commitment to protecting illegal aliens. The language in the revised "Third Resolution option" was so hastitly written and hard to follow, however, that it is all but meaningless.

After an extended presentation and discussion, the public voiced either vocal support or opposition to the proposed sanctuary city resolution. Residenst from within and outside of Oxnard outlined the detrimental effects of sanctuary city policies: financially, legally, and morally.

I urged the city council to adopt Resolution E.1.4.a --with a crucial amendment, to recognize the contributions of law enforcement and LEGAL immigrants. Through their most desperate efforts, the SIEU-funded pro-sanctuary faction and La Raza Brown Supremacists continue to blur and ultimately remove the distinction between legal immigrants and illegal aliens.

Members of the council announced that they had received little notice about this proposed sanctuary city resolution. Audience members commented privately, and some shared on my Facebook Live feed that the council should have simply tabled the motion until another time--specifically, when the mayor had returned.

Instead, the city council proceed to support the "Third Option" from Councilman MacDonald to deem Oxnard a "Safe city".

The Brown Supremacists who had attended the meeting claimed victory:

But the truth is bluntly quite different:

We the People celebrated our stance to put pressure on the left-leaning Oxnard City Council.

Check out Deborah Baber, aka Based Lady Liberty!

Here are other members of the audience rejecting sanctuary city status

Former SEIU Promoter Now Teaches Home Healthcare Providers to Quit

This press release was the best news yet that I had read from the Freedom Foundation.

More home-care parents are rising up against the SEIU's bullying, forced coercion for membership because of the Medicare funding which parents receive to care for the children with multiple disabilities.

Check out the efforts of Benjamin Olsen, a former union cheerleader who now fights the union which is robbing him:

Benjamin Olson has seen the issue from both sides and he knows which is telling the truth.

That's why these days he's working to inform other home-based healthcare providers like himself of their right to opt out of union dues and fees.

Home-based healthcare should be free from government wrangling and union pilfering.

Parents taking care of sick and disabled children should not have to fight with bureaucrats, too.

Olson, featured in a new series of television ads running on local cable systems in the Seattle and Puget Sound region starting this week, used to see things differently. In fact, he was such an enthusiastic supporter of SEIU 775, which represents Washington homecare providers in collective bargaining talks with the state, that the union deployed him to persuade other providers to sign their membership cards.

This kind of story scares unions more than anything else.

When leaders and promoters start to realize that unions do not care about their members, but only care about themselves, they try to stifle, shame, then marginalize these opponents.

Let's face the facts: unions stopped caring about their members the moment that they force prospective employees to join them.

It's doubly shameful that unions want to take down a family man who is fighting to get the best care for his son,

That all changed, however, when SEIU 775 included him on a bus trip to Olympia to lobby Washington state lawmakers on behalf of the union's political agenda.

He was struck by how little of what the union spends its time doing had anything to do with the issues he and his wife Tammy faced every day caring for their son Sean.

How about that?

Of course, those of us who have been attacking this corrupt underbelly of labor unions have known about the abusive misuse of membership dues for years.

Years!

Then he heard from the Freedom Foundation about a 2014 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said home-based healthcare and childcare providers were not state employees in the conventional sense and could no longer be compelled to join a labor union.

Bingo!

With the Freedom Foundation's help, the Olsons opted out immediately … then started helping others do the same.

The move saved the family $2,000 a year in dues.

"Having the union take our money was a real hardship on us," Tammy Olson says during the TV spot.

Isn't that terrible?

Unions which claim to respect the needs of the members and their families were more interested in taking their money for their own special interest entitlements!

And power

"Now we use it on things that matter to our family," Benjamin Olson explains, "like groceries, gas and medical bills."

"The union hasn't helped us, and we're better off without them," Tammy Olson said.

I want that line broadcast all over the country. End forced unionism, and end the corruption of Big Labor robbing working families.

"Benjamin and Tammy's story is so powerful, and yet it's typical of what we hear from care providers every day," said Freedom Foundation CEO Tom McCabe.

It's powerful and moving. Unions are supposed to help workers, not hinder them. They are supposed to build up team membership and support their families.

Instead, unions misappropriate their funds.

"All they want to do is take care of their loved one," he said, "and under Medicaid, the state allocates a bit of money to money to help defray their costs. But when the union sees a pile of cash, it doesn't care what it was intended for. All that matters to the union bosses is how they can cut themselves in for a piece of it."

Since 2014, more than 10,000 caregivers in Washington and Oregon have opted out of the union, and that number grows every day as more and more of the barriers erected between the unions and their members are eliminated.

May their numbers increase. This is how states in otherwise liberal regions break the stronghold of corrupt special interests.

"When people hear the truth, they want no part of the union," McCabe said. "That's why the union is so desperate to keep these people in the dark, and why Benjamin Olson and the Freedom Foundation are so determined to tell them the truth."

Amen to that!

More Reasons for a Happy New Year: Big Labor Thugs Cutting Back

Two weeks ago, I wrote about the imminent bankruptcy of the Service Employees International Union ... in Texas.

I wish the California branch was going bust, too, but that did not happen.

Or is the head of the serpent about to go bust, too?

CBS/Bloomberg news reported the following drastic finanical blow hitting the Purple Taxpayer Eating Machine:

Report: Powerful labor union plans massive budget cuts inwake of Donald Trump victory

The Service Employees International Union, perhaps the single most politically powerful labor union in the country, is drastically cutting its budget in the wake of president-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.

Great news! To see the demise of public sector unions, that was my biggest reason for supporting Scot Walker for President first.

If Donald Trump can deliver the same results, and right away, I will be more than happy with is Presidency. There is no other interest group that I know of which enables illegal immigration and the amnesty agenda more than labor unions.

Stop Big Labor, build the big, beautiful wall, and watch We the People take back our government.

Mary Kay Henry 

According to an internal memo obtained by Bloomberg Businessweek, SEIU president Mary Kay Henry said the union must “plan for a 30% reduction” in its budget by the start of 2018. That number includes a 10 percent budget cut by the start of 2017.

Ouch! The labor unions are running out of money--our money!

It's about time, that's what I say!

The massive SEIU currently has an annual budget of $300 million. It is America’s second largest union, and represents nearly 2 million workers in the public and private sector.

At least the larger media conglomerates are reporting something about the blowblack from We the People against the wasteful, profligate labor unions. Are they starting to realize that if they want to be treated seriously, they need to report the truth rather than cheer-lead for the Left?

According to Henry, the cuts are a direct result of Mr. Trump’s victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton in November’s election, along with the GOP’s continued control of Congress. With Mr. Trump and his Senate Republican allies poised to nominate dozens of judges, including a new Supreme Court justice, the SEIU fears its ability to collect dues from members will soon be significantly curtailed. 

You bet it will!

No question about it. The biggest reason I was so crushed about the death of Justice Scalia, aside from the fact that  he was one of the wisest as well as most outspoken jurists on the Supreme Court, is that his death would delay a welcome ruling for Friedrichs v. California. The teacher from South Orange County was taking the lead on ending forced union dues against individual employees, arguing that such takings violated the First Amendment.

Point of fact, it does. A new Justice and a new opportunity to stop extortion against American workers.

The SEIU recently spearheaded the “Fight for $15” movement that organized workers behind a higher minimum wage. Numerous Democratic lawmakers endorsed the proposal for a $15 minimum wage, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presidential primary runner-up. The SEIU backed Clinton in the primary.

What they really endorsed was a policy to put more people out of work, to force businesses to close and/or force consumers to spend more money to buy the same products. I visited a new grocery store in South Gate, and there are now fewer employees because of the high labor costs. The whole store model runs on hiring fewer employees.

Among the biggest worries for the SEIU and other labor unions is the possibility that Republican judicial appointees will expand “Right to Work” laws nationwide, which would prohibit unions in both the public and private sector from demanding their members pay dues.

Even if the courts do not expand right to work, the states already are! Kentucky, Missouri, and New Hampshire are GOP trifectas, and right-to-work is at the top of their list.

“Right to Work” laws have already proven to be a serious blow to labor union’s ability to flex political muscle in states like Wisconsin and Michigan, two longtime Democratic bastions that voted for Mr. Trump last month.

That is exactly what I have been talking about! Exactly!

“Because the far right will control all three branches of the federal government, we will face serious threats to the ability of working people to join together in unions,” Henry, the SEIU president, wrote in the internal memo.

Isn't it great! Scott Walker deserves the bulk of the credit, since he invited the international hordes of Big Labor into his state, and beat them down three times in four years. His victories ensured that more states would enact labor reforms, to make consumers and taxpayers the leading force in their state and cities.

“These threats require us to make tough decisions that allow us to resist these attacks and to fight forward despite dramatically reduced resources.”

How about just shutting down entirely?

Final Reflection

Labor unions are learning that their free ride on other people's money is coming to a dramatic, necessary, and yet late end.

These reforms could have happened ten or twenty years ago. Perhaps Republicans starting paying attention as soon as Barack Obama was elected, and Congress was toying with passage of card-check, which would have removed federal oversight over labor elections, then shut down individual employee opposition to a collective bargaining unit.

Obama's arrogance and overreach ensured that Republicans would sweep state legislatures across the country. Then the Right-to-Work Movement pounced to enact necessary reforms. Wisconsin was the first major battleground. What an exciting time for conservatives it turned out to be.

Check out the Wisconsin State Senate maneuvering here:

Then the Wisconsin State Assembly here:

It's important to note how desperate the union-bought Democrats were, and how they through temper tantrums like little children who did not get their way.

This kind of rioting within the state legislature was a point of distinct concern for other states who wanted to avoid the harangue within and the protests without.

Look what happened in Indiana when right-to-work passed in 2011:

Here's what happened on the Indiana House Floor:

Check out what happened in Michigan, too:

States are taking on the labor unions.

And now the national unions are cutting back!

This is looking good for everyone!