{"id":3825,"date":"2011-03-04T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T20:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3825"},"modified":"2011-03-04T18:27:21","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T23:27:21","slug":"lunacy-connecticut-town-ordered-to-pay-for-union-workers%e2%80%99-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/04\/lunacy-connecticut-town-ordered-to-pay-for-union-workers%e2%80%99-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunacy: Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers\u2019 Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2011\/03\/04\/connecticut-town-ordered-pay-union-workers-coffee\/\" target=\"_blank\">you&#8217;ve got to be kidding me file<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations.<\/p>\n<p>The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate \u201cDress Down Fridays\u201d for the union clerical and custodial workers.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute involved the town of Orange and the local chapter of the United Public Service Employees Union.<\/p>\n<p>The board determined the town retaliated against the union members for comments they made at a finance meeting in 2009.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m just a crank, but this incident should be the last straw. This is not the little guy  fighting the man, this is just flat out extortion. Do we really need any other examples of why public  sector unions need to go the way of the Dodo?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nhregister.com\/articles\/2011\/03\/03\/news\/aa1_morecofee030211.txt\" target=\"_blank\">Union coffee war in Orange percolates, taking fight to TV?<\/a> &#8211; New Haven Register<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/nation\/2011-03-01-1Apublicworkers01_ST_N.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Wisconsin one of 41 states where public workers earn more<\/a> &#8211; USA Today<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/blogs\/beltway-confidential\/2011\/03\/amid-wisconsin-battle-labor-secy-joins-union-planning-call-lets-k\" target=\"_blank\">Amid Wisconsin battle, Labor Secy joins union planning call: &#8216;Let&#8217;s keep fighting&#8217;<\/a> &#8211; Byron York, The Washington Examiner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the you&#8217;ve got to be kidding me file: A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations. The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate \u201cDress Down Fridays\u201d for the union clerical and custodial workers. The dispute involved the town [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,963],"tags":[209,1132,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-3825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"category-stuck-on-stupid","8":"tag-connecticut","9":"tag-orange","10":"tag-united-public-service-employees-union","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-ZH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1015,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/18\/cnsnewscom-union-workers-at-big-three-automakers-average-73-an-hour\/","url_meta":{"origin":3825,"position":0},"title":"CNSNews.com: Union Workers at Big Three Automakers Average $73 an Hour","author":"Jeff","date":"November 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The headline may be a little misleading but the article is worth reading: Union Workers at Big Three Automakers Average $73 an Hour By Pete Winn, Senior Writer\/Editor, CNSNews.com, Tuesday, November 18, 2008 Economists in Michigan, the long-time home of the auto industry, say they don\u2019t support the proposed multi-billion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3843,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/05\/weekend-briefing-%e2%80%93-saturday-march-5-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":3825,"position":1},"title":"Weekend Briefing \u2013 Saturday, March 5, 2011","author":"Jeff","date":"March 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm feeling a bit under the weather today and don't feel much like writing, but here's few must read articles from my stack of stuff: Greenspan Says Government \u2018Activism\u2019 Hampering U.S. Recovery - Bloomberg News Connecticut bill seeks to unconstitutionally restrict political and religious speech by employers - Washington Examiner\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Immigration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Immigration","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/immigration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3793,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/02\/thoughts-on-wisconsins-public-union-debate\/","url_meta":{"origin":3825,"position":2},"title":"Thoughts on Wisconsin&#8217;s Public Union Debate","author":"Jeff","date":"March 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm a little late getting to this, but I've been fighting a wicked sinus\/ear infection and trying to finish up project that's dragged on longer than it should have. Anyway, suffices to say I don't have a lot sympathy for those protesting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's proposal to reform collective\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2207,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/15\/reminder-were-done-with-dodd-rally-this-saturday\/","url_meta":{"origin":3825,"position":3},"title":"Reminder: We&#8217;re Done with Dodd Rally This Saturday","author":"Jeff","date":"May 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a quick reminder... The We're Done with Dodd Rally sponsored by by Connecticut Resistance is this Saturday, May 16th from 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. outside Senator Dodd's Office at 30 Lewis Street, Hartford, CT 06405 Town Hall Meeting on Health Care Reform Senator Chris Dodd and Congresswoman Rosa\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2573,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/08\/senate-ethics-committee-clears-dodd-conrand\/","url_meta":{"origin":3825,"position":4},"title":"Senate Ethics Committee Clears Dodd, Conrand","author":"Jeff","date":"August 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"As predicted the Senate Ethics Committee has cleared Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd of wrong doing in his dealings with Countrywide Financial: The Senate Ethics Committee on Friday dropped yearlong investigations into two powerful Senate committee chairmen, Democrats Christopher J. 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