Tag: Collective bargaining
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100 Days of Less than Little
Yesterday, TN Gov. Bill Haslam celebrated his first 100 days in office with, what else, a snazzy press release. This first 100 has been busy folks, not so much for the Governor, who has been more than willing to sit idly by as the more firebrand members of his party run the state from the…
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The “Anything But Jobs” Legislature
There’s been a whole lot of stupid coming out of Nashville this year, but based on what bills are flowing through the General Assembly, we’ve only seen the appetizer. First on the list is Representative Debra Maggart. Following a line of Republican led disenfranchisement legislation, Maggart believes that your voter ID card, a document that…
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Rep. Womick Lets the Cat Outta the Bag
Republican State House member Rick Womick doesn’t want you to think the Tennessee Republican Party is out to get teachers. Oh no, not at all. As a matter of fact, he thinks the teachers of Rutherford Co. are fantastic, as for the rest of you yayhoos, who knows. Womick wants to reassure teachers that Republicans…
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Republicans Strike Out Against Ronnie’s Idea of Freedom
“Where Free Unions and Collective Bargaining are Forbidden, Freedom is Lost. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” – Ronald Reagan Republicans in Tennessee are trying to ensure we lose as much freedom, as defined by conservative icon Ronald Reagan, as possible. Their method, ending the very thing that Reagan himself said…