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GOP Politicians banned from Wisconsin Labor Day Parades

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http://www.wsaw.com/politics/headlines/GOP_Politicians_Banned_from_Labor_Day_Parade_128541013.html
Mayor Tipple says because the city of Wausau pays for a portion of the parade's costs including liability insurance, the event is required to be non-partisan.
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Lol, even the Mayor can see how asinine this stunt by the Union thugs is.
Sorry, but if it's using tax payer dollars - the thugs can't block people they don't like.

Here is his statement
August 29, 2011- The City is a co-sponsor of the Labor Day parade event, because we provided the payment for the insurance premium for the event, and we agreed to erect a stage and provide city services at no cost to the Marathon County Central Labor Council.

The banning of a political party from participation at any event co-sponsored by the City is against public policy and not in the best interest of all the citizens of the City of Wausau. And therefore, we encourage the event organizer to invite all interested parties, or reimburse the city for other costs.
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BoberFett said:
/facepalm

It's funny when people like Ausm run around calling others hacks. Fool needs to take a long hard look in the mirror.
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If that were the case, I doubt if there would be anyone left in here to post that would pass your "smell" test INCLUDING yourself.
 
They were not banned they just weren't invited to participate in the parade.

Just like Rick Perry's Christian only prayer-a-palooza.
 
HomerJS said:
They were not banned they just weren't invited to participate in the parade.

Just like Rick Perry's Christian only prayer-a-palooza.
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Except it's not "just like"

You do realize that the Congressman who was banned has participated before - right? Hmm... but keep thinking people are asked or "invited" to be in a parade... sheesh.
 
BoomerD said:
Labor Day is not a family day...(or at least, it wasn't created to be a family day, any more than Memorial Day was created to be a family day.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day




All of you union haters should be sure to go to work on that day rather than show solidarity for those union parasites...
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I'll be taking the day off to show my support for unions in the private sector, especially trade unions which I think make valuable contributions toward advancing the trades, preserving wages in the face of rampant illegal immigration, and making sure quality isn't sacrificed for profit.
 
werepossum said:
I'll be taking the day off to show my support for unions in the private sector, especially trade unions which I think make valuable contributions toward advancing the trades, preserving wages in the face of rampant illegal immigration, and making sure quality isn't sacrificed for profit.
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I'm taking the day off because I have to and my customers will not be in the office(unless I use it as a travel day to a job site). It's a "holiday" that needs to go away IMO, replace it with something that actually means something.
 
CADsortaGUY said:
Except it's not "just like"

You do realize that the Congressman who was banned has participated before - right? Hmm... but keep thinking people are asked or "invited" to be in a parade... sheesh.
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Nothing stopping them from watching in the streets like everyone else. Crybabies!
 
CADsortaGUY said:
It's a "holiday" that needs to go away IMO, replace it with something that actually means something.
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So being based off a day that helped organized labor usher in the 8 hour work day is a bad thing.
Oops, had it confused with the Haymarket Stikes.

Labor Day was after some government thugs murdered striking workers during the Pullman Riots.
 
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CitizenKain said:
So being based off a day that helped organized labor usher in the 8 hour work day is a bad thing.
Oops, had it confused with the Haymarket Stikes.

Labor Day was after some government thugs murdered striking workers during the Pullman Riots.
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and? there are many events in our history - do we need a federal day off for all those?
 
I'm FOR PRIVATE UNIONS.
I'm AGAINST PUBLIC UNIONS.
I'm FOR Public union employees.

see the distinction? Unions are a good thing when both sides come together and find a mutually beneficial agreement. This doesn't happen all the time in the public arena. Politicians receive donations and other perks and they get votes! The problem is it's not THEIR money they agree to give away as part of the negotiations. It's tax dollars.
That and a lot of long term foresight is foregone in place of short term concessions...
 
Lithium381 said:
I'm FOR PRIVATE UNIONS.
I'm AGAINST PUBLIC UNIONS.
I'm FOR Public union employees.

see the distinction? Unions are a good thing when both sides come together and find a mutually beneficial agreement. This doesn't happen all the time in the public arena. Politicians receive donations and other perks and they get votes! The problem is it's not THEIR money they agree to give away as part of the negotiations. It's tax dollars.
That and a lot of long term foresight is foregone in place of short term concessions...
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Very well said.
 
Latest development - mayor says that if union organizers ban Republicans from participating, then the unions must pay for the cost of staging the parade, just like any other political rally. Good for him.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/30/us-labor-day-wisconsin-idUSTRE77T64220110830

(Reuters) - The mayor of a Wisconsin town said on Tuesday a local labor council would have to reimburse the city up to $2,000 for a Labor Day parade if organizers exclude Republican lawmakers from attending.

The move in Wausau, Wisconsin, came after a county labor official said last week that Republican politicians were not welcome at the event due to their party's stance against collective bargaining when state lawmakers voted to curtail it earlier this year.

Wausau Mayor Jim Tipple told Reuters on Tuesday that the decision to exclude elected Republicans "flies in the face of public policy."

"This is not a political rally, it's a parade, for God's sake," Tipple said, noting that taxpayer money is used by the city to pay for staging the event. Tipple's office is nonpartisan, and he claims no affiliation with either political party.

He said the annual cost of the parade, including insurance, setting up and taking down a stage, and police personnel, runs anywhere from $1,500 to $2,000 each year.
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Ausm said:
Because he doesn't believe in ANY worker rights. He is a Right to work backer.
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This may seem odd, but here in Right-to-Work states workers have rights too. But so does the employer; he can't be forced to retain someone, or to lay off on seniority rather than merit, and he has the option of hiring someone who will work to replace someone who won't work. (Just as the employee has the option of sitting down to negotiate terms of employment with his employer, or going to another employer if he is not satisfied with his present one.) Other than that we have pretty much the same rights as in other states, PLUS the right to work for a willing employer in spite of a union's wishes.
 
werepossum said:
This may seem odd, but here in Right-to-Work states workers have rights too. But so does the employer; he can't be forced to retain someone, or to lay off on seniority rather than merit, and he has the option of hiring someone who will work to replace someone who won't work. (Just as the employee has the option of sitting down to negotiate terms of employment with his employer, or going to another employer if he is not satisfied with his present one.) Other than that we have pretty much the same rights as in other states, PLUS the right to work for a willing employer in spite of a union's wishes.
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Up North here we call them the Right to work for less states or the Right to get fired hehehe

I should have clarified them as Union worker rights.
 
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