Nikki Haley, another garden variety a**hole Republican governor

[marmar]

Nikki Haley Pushing to Make South Carolina Worst State in the Country for Workers


Just days after the South Carolina primary became a referendum on which GOP candidate could hate union workers the most, deeply unpopular Governor Nikki Haley (34 percent approval rating in December, worse than that of Mark Sanford when he was on his way out after being caught bailing on his duties to have an affair in Argentina) is looking for a way to smack organized labor around a bit more.

The State newspaper reports that Haley and Republicans in the state legislature are pushing a bill that would require employers to display a poster in the workplace telling workers they don't have to be union members to work (a right already in the state's law), increase civil penalties for violation of the "right-to-work" law that forces unions to represent workers who don't pay dues, allow workers to resign and stop paying dues without the waiting period required in current law, and require unions to file financial information with the state.

Not content with less than 5 percent union density in the state (the seventh-lowest in the nation), Haley wants to get rid of them entirely. “Unions are not needed, wanted or welcome in South Carolina,” she said at the press conference unveiling the new bill.

She also issued an executive order last week prohibiting striking workers from receiving unemployment benefits. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/766478/nikki_haley_pushing_to_make_south_carolina_worst_state_in_the_country_for_workers/

[Angry Dragon]

1. Satan is strong in this one

Everyday more and more republicans are inviting Satan into their souls

[BiggJawn]

2. No! Indiana calls dibs on the textile mills!

And I'll bet the lumpenproles in SC are cheering this like they are in Indiana.