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Union Goon To Get $500,000 a year pension

Yeah those unions are sure looking out for the working man aren’t they? Yo, Mr. Blue Collar Regular Working Dude, how much of a pension are you going to get from the union?

And some of you wonder why Gov. Walker cracked down on collective bargaining? Why most jobs go overseas because the unions price the labor out of the market? Union greed, baby!!! Check this out via MSNBC:

A labor leader in Chicago is expected to receive pension payments of nearly $500,000 a year, while another could get about $438,000 a year, according to reports Wednesday.

The Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV, which obtained information about union pension benefits during a joint investigation, said at least eight union officials in Chicago were eligible for what were described as inflated city pensions on top of union pensions for the same period of employment.

The news organizations said this was due to “a charitable interpretation” of Illinois law by officials representing two city pension funds.

“Can you name any place in the world where someone can get two pensions for the same job?” state Rep. Tom Cross, a Republican, told the paper. “Even by our standards here in Illinois, it’s beyond belief. It’s insane.”

Chicago and Illinois are facing financial trouble, in part due to pension shortfalls.

On Tuesday, state Sen. Mark Kirk released a report on Illinois’ debt that said it had the worst credit rating of any state and that its debt was rising, NBC Chicago reported.

Kirk said the state was nearly insolvent and said he doubted there would be any help from Washington.

Yeah, aren’t those unions wonderful? And a lot of the dipshits around the country hate “the rich” and call them greedy, etc… yet say nothing about the unions. Too many dumbasses in this country, that’s for sure.

AFL-CIO defends union violence as a legitimate union activity

All the more reason why the next president must crush every, single labor union in this country, no exceptions. If they want war, let’s give them war.

A little over a month ago, in a case that drew national attention, a man was targeted at his home, shot and injured, all because he dared to run union free business. Now, in Buffalo, New York, a case involving outrageous allegations of labor-racketeering and union violence aimed at non-union construction workers and company owners is proceeding through the judicial process. Its outcome, however, may have wide-ranging ramifications on a national level.

Forget for a moment that a man was stabbed in the throat, hot coffee thrown on non-union workers, sand put into gas tanks and a woman threatened with sexual assault. Forget the fact that the judge presiding over the federal racketeering case against Operating Engineers, Local 22, in Buffalo, NY ultimately rejected the AFL-CIO’s attempt to file a amicus brief, the sheer fact that the national AFL-CIO even attempted to intervene speaks volumes:

“We’re not condoning the allegations or arguing that union officials are completely immune from prosecution,” said Jonathan D. Newman, a lawyer for the AFL-CIO. “Instead, we simply want to make sure that the [federal law] is not interpreted in a way that could have a chilling effect on legitimate union activity.”

Like I said, time to elect union busters to congress, the senate and the White House. Big labor needs to be crushed.

Read the whole piece at Big Government