Tag: labor unions

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

More Elect Socialists you get Socialism

By: Diane Benjamin Bloomington Committee of the Whole agenda for tonight: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/4a82862a-5bc1-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-d854eb82-3702-4140-9de6-ac3a8e3f379d-1720798851.pdf See this item for discussion: Presentation and discussion on the use of Project Labor Agreements Pandering to funders of local campaigns and get out the vote efforts: It gets worse, DEI is proposed to advance businesses based on skin color and gender. No, […]

Written by Diane Benjamin - editor

It’s not a workers rights amendment

By Diane Benjamin Remember when we defeated the Progressive Income Tax amendment? Amendment 1 will be on the November ballot, it must be defeated too. This Amendment hands power to government unions that shouldn’t exist at all.  They shouldn’t exist because they elect people to negotiate their own contracts.  We just get the bills. Amendment […]

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County Board: Organized Crime Family

By: Diane Benjamin This story is Part 1 on the County Board meeting this week. Part 2 is tomorrow. Know who this guy is? That is Democrat County Board member Jim Rogal. Rogal talked the Board into delaying a vote on a new solar farm for only one reason: He wants to force (intimate) them […]

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Prevailing Wage – Really?

By:  Diane Benjamin Who runs this state?  It isn’t the people paying the bills! See this site:  https://www.illinois.gov/idol/Laws-Rules/CONMED/Pages/Rates.aspx This link shows how much government if FORCED to pay in McLean County for labor:  https://www.illinois.gov/idol/Laws-Rules/CONMED/rates/2015/january/MCLEAN99.htm It is the law in Illinois that any project funded by taxpayers has to pay the prevailing wage rate.  Try that […]

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Fly on the Wall: Prevailing Wage

Illinois has a law – union labor only needs to apply for construction contracts.  Of course, they call it paying “prevailing wage” and require apprentice programs. Tonight Bloomington wants to require union labor for construction in TIF districts – like a new hotel downtown.  Free market labor NOT welcome. Can anybody think of a union […]