WorkplaceChoice.org http://workplacechoice.org Liberating Labor. One Worker At A Time. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:42:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Workplacechoiceorghttp://feedburner.google.com Why Government Wastes Money But Small Business Does Not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Workplacechoiceorg/~3/C6aJwZNQL2Y/ http://workplacechoice.org/2013/06/19/why-government-wastes-money-but-small-business-does-not/#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:42:04 +0000 Temp_WPC http://workplacechoice.org/?p=35773 By William Dunkelberg, Forbes

It is easy for a small-business owner to explain the continued wastefulness of government spending:  There is no “bottom line,” no accountability but government employees get “credit” for giving money away.

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The state teachers union plans to make a $1 million campaign contribution Wednesday to jumpstart a political campaign to pass a 2 percent business tax on the 2014 ballot.

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Wal-Mart is suing labor union that has protested at stores around the country this year.

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A proposed government transformation commission to overcome Congress’ budget stalemate so agencies could proceed to reduce inefficiencies and redundant programs is either “a chance for Congress to do something for the American people” or an “offensive” scheme to allow corporations to win more government contracts.

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Unions representing federal employees are gearing up for a battle against government contractors after the revelation that the National Security Agency leaks came from a 29-year-old at Booz Allen Hamilton.

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It is one of the longest festering labor disputes in the city: Cablevision Systems Corp. CVC +0.26% and a group of hundreds of newly unionized workers can’t agree on a new contract, a fight that has drawn attention from mayoral candidates and a sharply worded complaint from the National Labor Relations Board.

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As a mother of three who has struggled to stick to a family budget, I know the frustration parents feel as they watch children grow out of brand new clothes seemingly overnight.

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Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis had some sharp words Tuesday over the funding of public schools.

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The National Employee Freedom Week (NEFW), which the Workforce Fairness Institute (WFI) strongly supports, is a nationwide campaign aimed at educating employees about their statutory and constitutional right to not be a union member.

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“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” So it was for Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III. So too it is today for former union members in Indiana.

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