Sacramento: a union town?
Is Gov. Schwarzenegger right to say that Democrats put unions interests ahead of the peoples? Should public employee unions face tighter restrictions on political contributions? Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Assn., and SEIU Local 721 Executive Director John Tanner debate.
3:46 PM PDT, July 1, 2009
Dust-Up
Ending the employees vs. services battle
Today's topic: Is there another way to save money on public services besides cutting workers' pay or reducing availability?
3:46 PM PDT, June 30, 2009
Dust-Up
Spending member dues on political campaigns
Today's topic: Should the unions that represent employees paid with taxpayer dollars face tighter restrictions on political contributions, similar to what Proposition 75 supporters tried but failed to do in 2005? What about Proposition 75 did California unions find so unfair?
1:46 PM PDT, June 29, 2009
Dust-Up
Do unions have too much influence in Sacramento?
Today's topic: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said part of the problem with fixing the state budget is balancing the interests of unions with those of the people, with uncompromising Democrats putting labor interests ahead of the people's. Is he correct? Are the governor and Republicans targeting public employee unions too much?
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