reason.com - 10/28/2009
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Michael C. Moynihan | October 28, 2009 Huffington Post reporter Sam Stein points out that the Major League Players Association, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, is stumping for card check (or, to use the Orwellian nomenclature of our friends in organized labor, the "Employee Free Choice Act") with ...
metsmerizedonline.com - 27 days ago
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metsmerizedonline.com —
As I had mentioned in my previous post,
it has been nearly a year since the Mets...
acquired J.J. Putz from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for a bevy of players. When they acquired the hard throwing righty, the Mets envisioned having a proven closer that could fill in the closer’s ...
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Breaking Down The Mets Bullpen: J.J. Putz
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Buying Politicians
baseballmusings.com —
... would have to be from the district where the plant/office is located. (So Dunder-Miflin could give money to a rep from Scranton, but not one from Philadelphia.)
Of course, all this would go into a database so anyone could search and find out who was donating how much to whom.
Under this plan, MLB could still give money to both of a state’s senators, but they would be cut down to one or two representatives.
Update: While MLB is busy buying votes, the players are trying to take away the right to vote from other union members.
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Blue Heaven —
... The Major League Players Association, a member of the ALF-CIO, supports the Employee Free Choice Act. Did you know that the MLPA was a member of the ALF-CIO? ...
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