tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54001840850993213702012-02-16T05:10:20.102-07:00Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.comBlogger222125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-61319702999582352532009-07-17T14:28:00.004-06:002009-07-17T14:56:55.559-06:00

It would make me wonder and perhaps ask questions.From the RTD 2008 Financial statement:Based on actuarial valuations performed as of January 1, 2008, the RTD Plan had no unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities, and the Union Plan had unfunded actuarial accrued liabilities of $39,461,146. The actuarial value of assets for both plans is determined by spreading gains and losses over a five-year

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-50368392678409387732009-07-11T10:47:00.008-06:002009-07-11T12:12:03.848-06:00

A short Independence Day vacation and we're back.Well, California is certainly in the news and we've read that banks will no longer accept California's IOU's after yesterday. Very, very bad news for California.No economist in this neck of the woods and we certainly can't begin to understand all the causes, which we're sure are very complex. I can use my simple mind to make simple comparisons that

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-27635462678297117302009-07-04T07:16:00.001-06:002009-07-04T07:20:00.181-06:00

JULY 4th, 2009

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H.R. 413 - PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE COOPERATION ACT OF 2009Yet another misnamed, blatant attempt to payoff the labor unions for the vast amounts of money "donated" to corrupt labor friendly politicos. The bill would force municipalities and special districts to recognize and negotiate with a police or fire department union.Forget states rights and any concept of home rule. Forget that the

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-36388213918702279592009-07-01T19:05:00.005-06:002009-07-01T20:51:14.440-06:00

This year's co-winners: democrat Senators Max Bracus of Montana and Ted Kennedy of the state with too many bridges, both now clearly representing Peter Pan, Tinkerbell and the other residents of Never NeverLand .Dating myself I know. The prestigious Flying Fickle Finger of Fate Award was a creation of the Rowan and Martin Laugh-In TV show from the sixties and was presented for dubious

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-64325069470702979312009-07-01T10:10:00.003-06:002009-07-01T11:35:41.649-06:00

I am, without a doubt, an avid supporter of First Amendment protection for every citizen of the United States and would extend that protection to everyone in the world if I could!A short while back, I called Legal And Safety Employer Research (LASER, Inc.) a fraud, not because I want to limit what they write but because LASER is a labor union (IRS 501 (c) 5) masquerading as a "public service"

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-3225815170508028732009-07-01T08:54:00.003-06:002009-07-01T09:04:50.961-06:00

Today's special guest is a visitor from McMahon, Berger, Hannah, Linihan, Cody & McCarthy"St. Louis' largest law firm dedicated to a labor and employment law practice".Welcome.If there's anything I can do for you, please don't hesitate.Ya'll come back now, ya hear.

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-67996314920843698762009-06-30T17:44:00.003-06:002009-06-30T22:29:32.117-06:00

Posted: 30 Jun 2009 10:19 AM PDTToday’s lesson comes courtesy of Bernadette Marso, president of the Leominster Education Association in Massachusetts. Her members just voted down, by a 305-47 margin, a five-year, $856,000 grant from the Advanced Placement Training and Award Program. The program, among other things, pays teachers of Advanced Placement courses bonus money “if they successfully

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-28134898296867723672009-06-30T09:48:00.002-06:002009-06-30T10:27:12.709-06:00

I just wanted to say "Howdy" to the folks at Baum Sigman, a Chicago based law firm representing labor unions "throughout the midwest". I'm a cooperative kind of guy and have no desire to cost the "union brothers and sisters" any extra money so if you made a paid visit to First Transit Employee Rights Blog, just let me know which union(s) you represent and I'll email you any post you might be

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-55317796727282543602009-06-27T10:38:00.003-06:002009-06-27T12:22:39.061-06:00

A short while back I did several posts on the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA), the National Education Association (NEA) imposed trusteeship and the bankrupt Indiana State Teachers Association Trust Fund (blog search ISTA if interested). I followed by posting a link to the Department of Labor Critical and Endangered Status Notice Page which list the Multi-employer Pension Plans (mostly

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-74827621448723135212009-06-26T21:43:00.006-06:002009-06-27T13:27:32.732-06:00

Back when I was a new and naive blogger (a few months ago) and just learning about all the corruption that exist in the labor movement, I would dutifully comb through the reports and post the stories of the latest union criminals.Now, as a grizzled veteran, I leave that task to the experts like Carl Horiwitz, blogging at the National Legal and Policy Center. It's still interesting but geez, I

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-29252713386560914112009-06-24T12:37:00.013-06:002009-06-24T17:48:44.376-06:00

In my 62 years on this planet, I have been through one union organizing campaign and belonged to one union, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1001.Thankfully, I'll never have to endure the ordeal again!I will NEVER again be forced to pay to pay tribute to a labor union and would turn down any job, regardless of how otherwise attractive, that required union dues as a condition of employment.

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-91757543360825440742009-06-23T08:14:00.004-06:002009-06-23T10:55:54.901-06:00

The line, of course, is from the diatribe delivered by anchor Howard Beale (Peter Finch) in the 1976 film "Network". Replace the bogeyman reference to the Russians with "terrorist", add the internet and the Beale rant seems amazingly prophetic:"I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-8069804453286496612009-06-22T17:11:00.007-06:002009-06-22T17:43:31.087-06:00

I found the following comment on my June 5th Safeway, King Soopers -Poised to "Bust" The Union post and it's so well stated I decided it deserved a post to immortalize it: 1 comments:Anonymous said...The author is a true nazi in training, I'll bet this piece was written by adolph hitler himself!June 22, 2009 1:30 PM Bravo! Three stars. One minor criticism: Nazi, Adolph & Hilter should be

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-44714578266523347752009-06-22T11:06:00.012-06:002009-06-24T08:34:47.468-06:00

I.R.S. code 501 (c) 5 "provides for the exemption from federal income tax of labor, agriculture and horticultural organizations" Hence the common reference to a "501 (c) 5 non-profit". On March 31st, 2002, the I.R.S. recognized 58,962 organizations under the code. Any bets that the number is considerably higher in 2009 and that very few have anything to do with agriculture or horticulture?The

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-87672319655176251522009-06-20T13:15:00.009-06:002009-06-20T20:52:44.969-06:00

Under the guise of "public service", Mr. Wilson, President of the labor funded non-profit Legal And Safety Employer Research, Inc., may have earned at least a part of his "30 pieces of silver" when the Franklin Board of County Commissioners, Ohio, first awarded then withdrew a contract to low bidder non-union TP Mechanical and instead gave the work to the unionized W.G. Tomko, Inc.The contact in

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-39743161382430385762009-06-18T11:07:00.012-06:002009-06-19T12:13:50.860-06:00

Can you believe that it's June 18th already? Yup, getting closer to the July date where I can quit messing around with Amalgamated Transit Union International and the boys over at the local in Westminster. I suppose it's time to take the gloves off and make a statement:The officers of ATU Local 1001 have filed fraudulent documents with either the IRS, DOL or both! I am well aware of the libel

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-58352188852996802062009-06-18T08:56:00.007-06:002009-06-19T09:30:09.976-06:00

It's only 8AM in California and I've just gotten some horrible news; someone sent me the Legal And Safety Employer Research, Inc. 2007 form 990! James Wilson took a 24% (union) salary hit between 2004 and 2007. I know it was tough to live on $72, 608 and we feel your pain. The only good news is that his LASER (union) pension contributions went up to $1220 a month.Filed under "I'm Amazed"I've

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-43326729581391075192009-06-18T06:44:00.003-06:002009-06-18T10:07:04.732-06:00

LASER, Inc.654 Kentucky St.Gridley, CA 95948ON THROWING STONES IN GLASS HOUSESWhat is LASER, Inc. and what goes on in the nondescript building at 654 Kentucky St., Gridley, California? For that matter, where the hell is Gridley? Never heard of it and and maybe you can't even get there from here! As I learned, Gridley is a small town (population 6250) 60 miles north of Sacramento. I've heard of

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-21765836122425188822009-06-16T11:09:00.004-06:002009-06-16T13:35:17.151-06:00

I spoke with Mr. McMahon, VP of Business Development at Miller & Long Concrete Construction and he gave permission to reprint his article in it's entirety.I'm an outsider with no ties to Miller & Long and in fact, never heard of the company until a couple of days ago. The Internet is a wonderful thing and information is at everyones fingertips. What about Miller & Long?First, you can Google "

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-52400993687314796132009-06-15T12:28:00.008-06:002009-06-15T13:47:28.937-06:00

Sorry, there is no update on the contact arbitration between Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1001 and Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) - local President Holman Carter insisted on secrecy.Given that fares account for less than 20% of the RTD operating budget and that the other 80%+ comes from the public trough federal/state funding and an RTD District sales tax, one might think

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-62623190638400942322009-06-15T08:41:00.008-06:002009-06-15T10:18:55.370-06:00

In the wake of the Indiana State Teachers Fund Insurance Trust failure, it's time to turn our attention to the union/employer management of many multi-employer pension funds; pensions that thousands of union members are depending on for some security when they're no longer able to work (or perish the thought, perhaps even "early" retirement).Department of Labor regulations require that the trust

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-68877944184559592802009-06-13T00:57:00.004-06:002009-06-13T02:06:15.455-06:00

"No one receiving a check has missed a payment and because of this partnership, no one ever will," said ISTA President Nate Schnellenberger.Rich Van Wyk: Eyewithness News June 8th,2009It's an interesting story being reported but is it correct? I believe it's correct to report "former ISTA president Nate Schnellenberger........" Ed Sullivan, NEA trustee is running the show these days and it's

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-28077352243564552752009-06-12T13:53:00.006-06:002009-06-12T16:15:13.799-06:00

State teachers union vows to end disability paymentsThe 650 Indiana disabled teachers receiving disability from Indiana State Teachers Trust (ISTA) are in trouble! journalgazette.net out of Ft. Wayne has reported that Trustee Ed Sullivan has sent a memo saying the trust could not meet it obligations and that the July payment would be the last.Indiana State Insurance Commissioner Jim Atterholt is

Larry Sealenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400184085099321370.post-68034263192185221872009-06-11T12:40:00.005-06:002009-06-11T13:02:21.460-06:00

I am always honored when a large law firm visits the humble blog. Today's special guest:Meyer, Suozzi, English & Kleincoming in strong via an ISP out of Garden City, New York.Just to show everyone I'm a nice, cooperative guy:Tell me what unions, besides ATU 1181 you're interested in; I'll do a little research and let you know. That should save some time and you will not ever have to come back.

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