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• Taxing Benefits Instead Of Millionaires?

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:15am EST
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• The Truth is Out There. Whos Truth?

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  Image via Wikipedia More About: This post contains large amounts of a direct mailing from NUHW, the new, or rogue, labor Union, depending on your point of view. Even though they are 180 degrees opposed to what many SEIU members believe and support the coincidence in what was done by SEIU in [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:11pm EST
  by Thomas Maher

• The cop who saved the day is a black man, not a white woman.

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  The cop who saved the day is a black man, not a white woman. More military lies or just military incompetence? This just in from the Daily Kos http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/massive-media-fail-female_b_355600.htmlThe female cop who rushed into gunfire is no less a hero, for trying, but the truth is coming out.The real hero was a black [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 5:44pm EST
  by Thomas Maher

• Tell Limbaugh and Beck This is A Union Member

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  Sgt. Kimberly Munley Sgt. Kimberly Munley is a hero, she did her job with no hesitation and risked her life to stop a massacre. Thirteen Dead, thirty wounded at Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5. She walked into the scene and did her best, she shot the alleged assailant, Maj. Nidal [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:31pm EST
  by Thomas Maher

• Picket for Workers at Narraguagus Bay Health Care Facility

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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 6:54am EST
  by Thomas Maher

• Election scheduled at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital in California, SEIU agrees to election after community pressure

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  Image via Wikipedia Tuesday, December 3, 2009 After pressure from workers, religious leaders, and the local labor council SEIU agrees to elections. Santa Rosa, Calif.—Six months after trying to have Union elections the employees at Santa Rosa Memorial hospital get to choose between rival NUHW and SEIU-UHW or to have no Union. The [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 6:28pm EST
  by Thomas Maher

• Candidates talk with State Employees Union

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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 3:50pm EST
  by Thomas Maher

• Halloween Horrors vs Bureauracracy

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  The witching season is almost here. I have heard State Employees called names, but I bet they wouldn't call this employee names. Vampire Birth Certificate - watch more funny videos Enter your Email Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz Related articles by ZemantaHow Customer Makes Customer Service Impossible (howtospoter.com) ' [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 5:40pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Is It Time To Shoot the Dog?

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  The discussion forum copied after the highly successful AMG, http://unionmaine.informe.com, is probably in it's last days. I wanted to provide the same type of format that the right has found so highly successful and give "the good guys" a place to talk. There were some posts, there were a lot of [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 7:26pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Democrats trying early for Union support

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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 5:39am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• "Under Trusteeship," by Ellen Dillinger

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  Image via Wikipedia     SEIU has done a lot of good. Without SEIU I don't believe we would have ever seen unionized janitors or security guards in Texas. MSEA would never have reached out and formed Local 771 in Maine. MSEA has never focussed on anything beyond State Employees and the' [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 4:50pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• New Hampshire State Employees Facing Layoffs

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  Image via Wikipedia New Hampshire State Employees are facing lay offs. I am feeling the hurt for our New England brothers and sisters. Local 1984 is in action, offering help to those being laid off but what grabbed my attention today was the long term planning that has gone into their contract. [...]
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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 4:26pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• NUHW Admits Failure in San Francisco

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  Image via Wikipedia Some in our Union are calling to disaffiliate from SEIU, others are calling names and being hateful about what is an honest disagreement. If you want to condemn someone for their opinion then you have no place being in a Union and you have no idea of what a [...]
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  Posted: October 21, 2009, 10:15pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Did Republican Senators really Vote FOR rape?

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  Image via Wikipedia   Thirty Republican Senators are stood up bravely in defense of rape, in defense of the bottom line. 30 White, male Republican Senators are fighting against Sen. Franken's amendment because it will hurt the bottom line and change labor law. Jamie Leigh Jones was drugged, raped, locked up and denied [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 8:13am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Public Option finding support.

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  Posted: October 19, 2009, 9:24pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• As Maine Goes Bans Intelligent Discussion

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  Image by changecase via Flickr Scott Fish of As Maine Goes is (in my opinion) a thin skinned, cry baby, whining, hypocrite, on his good days. Scott, reinstate Gerald and I will make it a headline post. Today Gerald from DirigoBlue was banned from as maine goes. The thin skinned host was not [...]
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  Posted: October 17, 2009, 8:42pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• SEIU keeps up the fight for State Employees

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  This is cross posted from SEIU1000.org  There are a lot of stories about SEIU suing California, fighting for California, and getting Congress to do something for California. SEIU has had tremendous success and put in an amazing amount of effort and money into California.Read the rest of this post and [...]
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  Posted: October 13, 2009, 7:51pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• What is your pet peeve? Weekend break.

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  Image via Wikipedia I won't be putting up a post for a few days. I am taking a break and taking some guns to go target shooting. No, I don't put all of my targets on the right, but I can't help it if the Darwin award winners crowd to that' [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 12:36pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Was that a Fox Fair and Balanced Healthcare interview?

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  Image by geminicollisionworks via Flickr In an interview with Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Fox News's Shepard Smith argued FOR a public option. "Over the last 10 years health care costs in American have skyrocketed. Regular folks cannot afford it, so they tax the system by not getting preventive medicine," (Editor) Remember: Don't get' [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 8:58pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Should we Stay or Should we Go?

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  Members of MSEASEIU have put forward a resolution to disaffiliate from SEIU. (Defined as: to terminate an affiliation, tell them to piss off, or even break up and promise to "stay friends".  The Resolution comittee allowed this resolution on the ballot. Will the membership get a chance to vote? Will MSEASEIU go [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• York County Workers Need Our Support. Women laid off for Union Activity

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  I received this email tonight. We need to support our Union Brothers and sisters in York County. Surprisingly only active Union employees have been laid off. It must be a coincidence. Good Evening MSEA brothers and sisters: We need to share this web site with all MSEA members in York and Cumberland County. The [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• What Are State Employees And MSEA-SEIU Members Doing About The Economy?

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  Image via Wikipedia Union Employees in Maine live in Maine, pay taxes in Maine, and care about Maine. Any attempt to separate Union Mainers from the rest of the State is only an excuse to lie, and to deny the benefits of a good job with respect to the rest of [...]
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  Posted: October 04, 2009, 6:54pm EDT
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• EFCA, AFL-CIO, THEY WON'T GIVE UP

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  This is cross posted from an AFL-CIO E-mail. We are not alone, labor is strong and we will take this fight for our families and our friends to congress. Thank You, to the AFL-CIO for not letting Maine or the U.S. down.  BODY, P, TD, TD P, TD UL, TD BLOCKQUOTE, [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 10:23pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Republican Plan. Stay Well, Die Quickly

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  Posted: October 01, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 8:08pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• The Red Queen is Off Her Head

  Image via Wikipedia MSEA is holding a convention at the end of October. The rumor is that SEIU has troops in Maine. Is it to pat us on the back, support us, or is it due to the resolution that MSEA disaffiliate from SEIU. Some members feel that we will be [...]
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  Posted: September 27, 2009, 7:57pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• About This Site

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  Running for VP Since I became a candidate for Vice President of MSEA I have been asked why I am running. After writing this blog for over two years that many times disagrees with either our Staff or our officers it is not to tear anyone down, it is to build [...]
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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 9:33pm EDT
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• Congresswoman Pingree, the Way Government Should Be.

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  Image via Wikipedia For some time now I have been asking all of our Federal Representatives for information about what kind of health care they have. What does it cost? How much do they pay? How much do we pay for them? Congresswoman Chellie Pingree gave Mainers an answer! She responded and you [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 8:39pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• How Many Candidates for MSEA Vice Pres Job?

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  As of today there are a possible five candidates for the MSEA Vice President position. Ginette Rivard the current V.P. is running for reelection. Penny Whitney-Asdourian and other unconfirmed candidates. The Stater will have all of the candidates that made the cut off of September 4.......BUT..... There is at least one [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 6:01am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Health Care not Insurance company Care.

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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 8:01am EDT
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• Shut Down Day at the Hampden Rest Area

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  September 4 members of MSEA handed out leaflets and spoke to the public at the Hampden Rest Area. We told the Public that we wanted to be working for them, making Maine a better place to live and to visit. Many members of the public stopped your brothers and sisters to ask [...]
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  Posted: September 06, 2009, 10:29pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Does Congress think Public Option Is It Too Good For the Public?

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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 9:37am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• What does Senator Snowe want for her Vote for Health Care?

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  August 30, 2009 WASHINGTON - As Congress and the Democratic Majority run up against the clock. The public is demanding action and the Democrats are risking being laughed out of office if the majority folds to the Republicans on the most important legislation in decades. Senator Snowe thinks the Congressional Health Care [...]
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  Posted: August 30, 2009, 6:57pm EDT
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• Chellie Pingree Pulls Ahead, First Congress person to Respond

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  Image by samm4mrox via FlickrThis is the third part of a series testing how our elected officials in Maine respond to a question from a Citizen about their federal health care plans.Recap: Senators Snowe and Collins, Representatives Michaud, and Pingree were asked for copies of their health care policies and [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 12:03pm EDT
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• Health Care Reform. Part two. They don't get it.

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  Image via WikipediaIn part one of health care reform, I asked Senators Collins, Snowe, Michaud, and Pingree, for copies of their insurance policies and what the real costs and benefits are. How good are the plans, how much do they cost you and me?Snowe's office told me to go find [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 8:52pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• You think so, do you? Don't think about it alone, let everyone hear it.

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  Image by JasonTromm via FlickrGo ahead, click on the link at the bottom of the post. Trust me, I work for the Government.You won't win a mysterious lottery, start or stop growing hair. Healthcare, do you care? The latest State Employee Contract.....like it or hate http://unionmaine.informe.com/Loyal AMG reader? Left Wing' [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2009, 7:48pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Will Our Representatives Help a Mainer Who is Not Rich or a Lobbyist? Will They Even Answer Questions?

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  Unionmaine is taking on both the Democrats and the Republicans that represent Maine on the health care debate.  There are a lot of rumors going around, the “Obama will kill your grandmother” and “it’s unfair to health insurance companies” buzz so I have decided to get some facts. Continue reading at the [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 6:38am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Health Care Reform. They don't care who dies.

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  Image by Esthr via FlickrHealth Care Reform, Lies and Lies. They don't care who dies.The Republicans said Obama will come to your house at night and kill your grandmother.Half trained idiots led by the real death panel supporters are trying to shout down the voice of reason in town meetings' [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 1:44am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Nine Miles of Lazy, Dangerous Road Work

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  The first thing the public thinks when they see road work is the D.O.T. and lazy State workers. There are several miles of construction going on from Palmyra to the Pittsfield line and someone may get killed. It isn't D.O.T. employees. A report came in that Flaggers were in one case standing' [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 7:40am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Will OPEGA be Allowed to Stop Waste and Fraud?

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  Image via Wikipedia Will State Government ever stop fraud and waste in Privatization? August 16, 2009.As State Government seeks to enrich private interests with no concern for the taxpayer, public officials in other State and local governments are seeing outsourced contracts bleeding red ink and are starting to review "good" [...]
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  Posted: August 17, 2009, 6:43am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Friday Music Festival

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  This is a day off. If you like cats or not, this is all about the kindness and generosity of feline kind.Some humor, some great music and one of the best guitar pieces ever played, Cliffs of Dover.If you have never heard this piece it is over ten minutes long [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 7:40pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Chellie Pingree Defends Lobster Marriage

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  Who better than Colbert to expose the Democratic plan to let marriage equality lead to Mainers marrying lobsters?The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cBetter Know a District - Maine's 1st - Chellie Pingreewww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorMeryl StreepEnter your EmailPreview | Powered by FeedBlitz [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 11:35am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Senate President Mitchell to Run for Governor

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  Monday, August 10, 2009 Maine Senate President Elizabeth "Libby" Mitchell filed papers to join the crowd of Democrats already chasing the Democratic nomination to succeed John Baldacci, My spell checker tries to fix Baldacci, as Baldfaced.To get ahead in the campaign for Governor "Libby" is going to have to give [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 7:28pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• MSEA-SEIU Local 1989 President Hodsdon Steps on Rumors

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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 2:33pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• SEIU gets raises, SEIU on strike?

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  Image via WikipediaWeekend update, fun and the good news, bad news for SEIU State employee Union members. Don't forget the MSEA-SEIU contract votes will be counted on August 17.Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the holodeck! This story comes from the DailyKos. The tech in this story wouldn't make Mr. [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 9:32am EDT
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• Obama wants to Kill your Family

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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 9:15pm EDT
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• Julie Andrews

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  Image by elycefeliz via FlickrIt wouldn't be funny if it weren't so true... Julie Andrews starred in “The Sound of Music” when I was young and foolish. Not everything has changed, I am no longer young.Here are the updated lyrics for "My Favorite Things" from "The Sound Of Music."Maalox and [...]
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  Posted: July 31, 2009, 12:47pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Junk Email

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  This email has been everywhere in a lot of versions. At last the Governor has found a way to put a good face on State Government. I grabbed the first version from Eyeonthe503, a labor blog in Oregon. A quote from Eyeonthe503, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?All personnel will now be [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 8:29pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Is Baldacci planning lay offs?

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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 5:24pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Negotiations Team Reaches Tentative Agreement with State of Maine

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  The executive branch bargaining team has reached a tentative agreement with the State.A meeting will be held on Monday July 27 with all members of the C.A.T. (contract action team) all Stewards and Chief Stewards in the Executive Branch, Executive Board members, and others who have volunteered to be on [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 6:50pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• A Dream of Heaven for Right to Work States

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  This Post is from CrunchGear.comSomeone who hates Unions must have thought this one up. If the Japanese employees are willing to put up with this, how long before they try it here? RFID technoloyg is growing fast and the need to wear a company badge would take care of reading [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 12:39pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Have some fun, maybe lower your phone bill, Check out Magic Jack

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  Have some fun, maybe lower your phone bill, Check out Magic Jack No politics, just a short article on a toy we have all seen on TV, Magic Jack. Will the MagicJack work? Will it lower your bills? Yes and maybe. I am in the IT field and my job [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 1:44am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Palin Resigning, Won't Seek 2nd Term as Alaska Gov.

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  Posted: July 03, 2009, 9:59pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Union Seamen Too Expensive

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  Image via WikipediaThe American Union seamen tossed pirates off the ship.The sad truth corporate spokesman Bligh said is that the Union help was just too expensive.They cost too damn much what with expecting benefits, pay, and even funeral expenses if they were dumb enough to get killed! They just had [...]
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  Posted: July 02, 2009, 8:58pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• I'll Drink to that

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  Posted: June 28, 2009, 9:12pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• But Wait, there is no more.

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  Note: Late Post, I have no idea why this did not go out last week.Image by kowitz via FlickrSuperstar of the Infomercials Billy Mays died at his Tampa, Florida, home Sunday morning. [...]
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  Posted: June 28, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Optomism from Harold Shaw jr.

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  I mentioned Harold Shaw in another post. Harold is a State Employee and a very talented guy. While reading his blog I came across this optimistic piece that debunks some of the negative press that the right wing is trying to circulate about the president.If you write, take photos, or [...]
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  Posted: June 24, 2009, 8:09pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Before there were Unions Free Market Capatalism Was Free to Grow

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  I've got nothing tonight, but a civics lesson and a history lesson. Our tax dollars paid for the article below and it is free for all of us.Many some ones paid for our right to be free and to have a chance to organize and to try to earn a' [...]
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  Posted: June 23, 2009, 8:37pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• SEIU ---Union Success in Californeeyah

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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 9:30pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• No money, no hope and State Employees

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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 8:55pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Oregon Bill Bans Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings, Moves to the House

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  I want to be the 1st person through the door the morning after a local Wal-Mart Unionizes. I will wear my Union colors and call the "associates" brother or sister.It has been estimated that the cost of better wages and benefits for all Wally World employees could cost an extra [...]
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  Posted: June 18, 2009, 8:33pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Getting to 60 votes. EFCA NOW

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  Image by aflcio2008 via FlickrWe already have a majority in the House of Representatives and we have President Obama's promise that he will sign the bill. It all comes down to the Senate. The rumor is that by the end of the month AL Franken the Minnesota Senator, will be' [...]
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  Posted: June 17, 2009, 6:54am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Sen. Olympia Snowe has the vote that could swing the debate on Health Care. How will she vote?

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  Posted: June 16, 2009, 5:27am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Another State Employee Blog

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  Posted: June 14, 2009, 1:05pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• The EFCA is Gainiing Support

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  Image by aflcio2008 via FlickrThis article below is a cross post from the AFL-CIO. We are not alone, we have the votes. We will pass the EFCA.I want to be the first person through the door into a Unionized Wal-Mart.Nationally the Sierra Club has allied with labor to support working [...]
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  Posted: June 12, 2009, 6:29am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Zombie Donkey or Where are all the Democrats?

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  Where are all the Democrats? I know it is a pony, do you have any idea how hard it is to find a picture of a Zombie Donkey? [...]
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  Posted: June 11, 2009, 5:23am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Will the Presitdent add More Taxes on State Employees?

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  Image via WikipediaIs the president planning on taxing health benefits? What would that mean to State Employees that were just hit with a nearly $900.00 per year increase? Depending on what kind of tax and at what level State Employees could face from nothing to several thousand dollars a year [...]
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  Posted: June 10, 2009, 6:14am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Looks Like Socialism From Alaska

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  Image via WikipediaThis chart has almost gone viral. Huff Post and a lot more. For the rest of the story follow the credit link to Conor Clarke.Have you heard that the United States is headed toward socialism? Jonah Goldberg says says it is. Alabama Senator Richard Shelbysays it is. Phyllis [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 1:23am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• The State of the Unions

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  Posted: June 08, 2009, 5:08am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Is that collar getting tight?

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  No Cartoon, No jokes, this is too serious for humor.I must put in a disclaimer. I am not an attorney. I am not giving legal advice or counsel. This is not an official or unofficial Union communication. This is my opinion and my opinion alone.Ask a Union representative before implementing [...]
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  Posted: June 04, 2009, 8:47pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• 28 Laws Later

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  It is spreading all over the Country like the plague in Dawn of the Dead, where the Zombies returned to the Mall because they have no brains. The legislatures of States across the country instead of chanting “Brains! Brains!, are mindlessly chanting “Cut State employees! Cut services for the poor!Unable [...]
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  Posted: June 02, 2009, 8:47pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Nevada State Employees win Rights equal to Maine

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  June 1, 2009In Maine we used to think State workers had collective bargaining rights.A win in Nevada only goes to show how much we have lost.Nevada State Employees were given eome collective bargaining rights. After a 13-8 Senate vote over objections most Republicans, who said the bill doesn't fit with' [...]
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  Posted: June 01, 2009, 8:41pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• January 2010 They will be back

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  Maine State Employees are already facing cuts of as much as fifteen percent over the next two years. The legislature says the cuts will expire on June 30, 2011. I don't believe them and I don't know anyone who does.So far not a penny of the wasteful contracting in the [...]
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  Posted: May 31, 2009, 1:43pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• State Bargaining Update

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  The State Bargaining team needs to get out one message. Please pass it on.There have been NO concessions at the table. Anything that has been done has been done by the legislature, no talks, no terms, no respect.The executive Branch team members are returning to bargain on Thursday and Friday. [...]
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  Posted: May 27, 2009, 9:18pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• MSEA-SEIU Alert

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  Posted: May 22, 2009, 4:11pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• NUHW fight with SEIU still going strong

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  Cross Posted from the NUHW web site. The NUHW is the new Union breaking away from the SEIU in California.The NUHW feels that SEIU has denied Union representation to the members and given up on good contracts in favor of growing the Union at all costs. SEIU says that all [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2009, 8:19pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Bwarrraarghhh!!!

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  I have nothing on my own tonight. I received a comment from another blogger, one with some real talent thanking me for saying something nice.So in total ingratitude I am going to use another snippet from one of his posts to leave you hanging with no where to go but [...]
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  Posted: May 20, 2009, 9:48pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Thank Your Legislator.

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  And for 19 more days for the next two years.Thanks Ron, Maybe these signs should be put up on every shut down day.Enter your EmailPreview | Powered by FeedBlitz [...]
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  Posted: May 19, 2009, 10:13pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• State Employees Fund Budget Again

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  Ten shut down days each year, around holidays, a two year freeze on merit raises and longevity, and a hit on health care (go to MSEA site for details after 11:30 pm) Tuesday night.Tthere will be three levels of cuts initially. Bad, worse and even worse, with the possibility of [...]
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  Posted: May 18, 2009, 10:33pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Cutting State Employees and Raising taxes is called Savings

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  I am older that I want to admit but tonight I am being educated. Listening to the appropriations committee discussing both raising taxes for all Mainers and cutting pay and benefits for all Mainers. Both scenarios are called "acheiving savings". Representative Millet wants to discuss the "savingss" achieved by going [...]
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  Posted: May 18, 2009, 7:43pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem

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  Editor:I am on the negotiations team for the next contract for the Executive branch of State Government.For two years many of us have been asking members to email legislators, put on a silly looking purple shirt and show up at the legislature for hearings. Now that the legislature is acting [...]
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  Posted: May 16, 2009, 2:54pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• A letter to Senator Diamond. State Employees are Mainers too

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  Scott Austin is a 20 year State Employee and a member of the MSEASEIU board of directors. If you have something to tell the Senator, click on the link at the bottom and send him your thoughts. Please remember to be polite no matter how you feel as yelling and [...]
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  Posted: May 15, 2009, 8:46pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Committee Votes State Employees Get Cuts

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  This came in late last night. One party in the legislature could not stop eating once they had stolen our lunch. The ability to bypass bargaining and pass laws to punish went to their heads.Our Union leadership spent every minute at the legislature and the very worst was avoided. Please [...]
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  Posted: May 15, 2009, 6:49am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Ginette Rivard at Appropriations Live

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  Posted: May 14, 2009, 11:02pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Live Blogging from the Appropriations committee

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  'They are looking for cuts. Commissioner Lowe says the Holiday take away is not fair to all and will cost money. The shut down days may not work. Several members are pushing for an across the board pay cut but let employees negotiate the savings. Across the board cut keeps' [...]
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  Posted: May 13, 2009, 10:16am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• State Employees are Calling Libby Mitchell

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  Libby Mitchell has been a friend of labor and her district has a LOT of State Employees. If you call or email remember that she thought she was doing the right thing for all State Employees with her package. Be polite and clear when you contact her. From the Senator's' [...]
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  Posted: May 13, 2009, 7:34am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• The Voice of Cockroaches in the morning.

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  Recently a WVOM talk show host inferred that all State employees are cockroaches when ranting about names of State Employees being published. He isn't concerned that the information can be used by former abusers to find their victims. He does not care who gets hurt. It is still illegal in' [...]
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  Posted: May 12, 2009, 6:16am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Bargaining Updates Bargaining team and Contract Action Team meet to make tough decisions.

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  AUGUSTA - Members of MSEA-SEIU The State's largest union met Saturday to debate a State proposal for benefit cuts that would mean thousands of dollars out of employee's pockets for the next two years and possibly forever. The State legislator says the cuts in benefits, that amount to 24 unpaid [...]
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  Posted: May 10, 2009, 4:50pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• EFCA on the move again.

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  Arlen Specter may be the key to passing the EFCA in the same way he was an intestinal blockage the last time it came across his desk as a Republican. Arlen Specter, the freshman Democrat has realized he can't get elected unless the nearly 1,000,000 Union workers in his state' [...]
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  Posted: May 10, 2009, 3:49pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• A Union at Wal-Mart? If not now, when?

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  Posted: May 02, 2009, 12:41am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Wal-Mart Stoners

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  Walmart doesn't like Unions, hires stoners to deliver Prescription Drugs Couriers Arrested For Speeding, Smoking Wal-Mart loves us. They want us to have cheap drugs, just like the people they hire to deliver your medicine.Ahhhh.....Drugs made by masked and gowned trained employees in clean rooms, guarded and protected for your' [...]
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  Posted: May 02, 2009, 12:15am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Proposal Deadline

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  MSEASEIU 1989 is engaged in contract bargaining with the State. All proposals will be on the table by May 1 at 5:00 pm.We don't know if there will be any surprises. Maybe the State feels they don't have to do anything but say no, and let the legislature do the [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2009, 10:36pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• U.S. trades Texas

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  25 April 2009 Obama trades Texas to Mexico WASHINGTON - With the clock ticking down on his final 100 days in office, President Barack Obama made one final big decision that many believe will help shape his Presidency. Following hours of give-and-take negotiations, Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed [...]
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  Posted: April 26, 2009, 9:27pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• State Employee? Do you think you have Seniority?

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  Bumping Rights for Maine State Employees stink and you can't put lipstick on that pig.In the right kind of seniority system, the rights of workers with greater seniority whose jobs are abolished to replace (bump) workers with less seniority so that the worker who ultimately loses a job is not' [...]
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  Posted: April 26, 2009, 5:16pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• What would you do for $1000.00 a second?

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  Sean Hannity, is acting as if he is a lying, cowardly, dirtbag, without the stones to back up his own lies. He goofed the other night and claimed he would be willing to be waterboarded for charity, for the troops.Keith Olbermann offered to take him up on it. Offered Hannity, [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2009, 1:19pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• 4 -20

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  New Hampshire Pot Is Medicine: Let the Ill Use It Editorial Staff April 16, 2009 Union Leader Marijuana use can produce lots of outcomes that are not socially desirable. It also can alleviate horrible symptoms of numerous chronic illnesses and, recent research is showing, actually fight some types of cancer. [...]
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  Posted: April 20, 2009, 4:49pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• We have lost a Friend

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  Members of SEIU 1989 recently lost one of their own. One of our long term field reps, one of the best, was hired by our the State's Human Resources Dept, A.K.A. "The Dark Side", the same group your negotiations team and your stewards sit across the table from. Someone who [...]
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  Posted: April 11, 2009, 9:22am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Email from a Union Buster

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  I get on the wing nut mailing lists on purpose. This bunch doesn't think Unions are bad, they think they are great! Without Unions they would be out of work although they could find work replacing sewage cleaning services while using bendy straws.Any comments in BOLD have been added, and' [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 7:17pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• Union Members Kick Pirates Off Their Ship

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  Union Members fight off Pirates on the pirated ship, the US Maersk. Bravery and Union training credit get the credit.Yesterday the crew of the pirated US Maersk Alabama regained control of their ship. Aboard the ship were UNION MEMBERS, you know, the do nothing, Union thugs that only know how [...]
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  Posted: April 09, 2009, 11:29am EDT
  by Thomas Maher

• I am voting Republican

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  An oldie but a goodie. One of the best "Vote Republican" ads I have seen.We may have won the election, the troops are starting to come home but all the other issues are out there. The Party of No will block everything that doesn't benefit the rich and cut taxes' [...]
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  Posted: April 08, 2009, 7:28pm EDT
  by Thomas Maher