About the same, but they get to pay dues for it.

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I'm no big fan of unions, but I smell that fishy argument stronger than the water treatment plant on Ashe Rd.

Ah, yes.  One of the most common (and professionally unbecoming) spelling errors: "looses" instead of the correct "loses."

If you want to commit journalist-grade errors, try the even more common "reign in" instead of the correct "rein in."

For those wanting to see what the bill says:

http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/...

It *ADDS* an additional right to farm workers.

NAWER is a rightwing front group funded by Grover Norquist and the National Association of Manufacturers.

http://tinyurl.com/26dqwn

http://tinyurl.com/2mnq2r

From GRP's link:

I did a little more research, and found out who specifically registered the site on the web. WHOIS, a company that keeps a database on who buys domain names and administers web sites, lists both the registrant and the technical contact of NAWAR's web site as a David Kralik. Okay, this David Kralik must be our hero, our disgruntled factory worker who one day decided to take matters into his own hads and speak out against labor unions!

Nope. Wrong again.

David Kralik is actually an employee of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). In the company directory, he is listed as "Manager, Internet Programs & Web Content Editor."

In case you are not familiar with NAM, it is the nation’s largest industrial trade association, representing small and large manufacturers in every industrial sector and in all 50 states. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the NAM has 10 additional offices across the country. The NAM's mission is to "...enhance the competitiveness of manufacturers by shaping a legislative and regulatory environment conducive to U.S. economic growth and to increase understanding among policymakers, the media and the general public about the vital role of manufacturing to America’s economic future and living standards."

Not a peep about advocating for workers.

In fact, on just some of the issues that involve the health and/or welfare of workers, here is where NAM stands:

• Retirement Security Issues: The NAM believes that our nation’s voluntary, private pension system plays a critical role in ensuring a secure retirement for American workers. Manufacturers traditionally have provided generous pension benefits for their employees ... we need to avoid imposing unreasonable restrictions and funding obligations on employers....
  
• American Jobs Creation Act of 2004: In October 2004, Congress approved landmark legislation that repealed the export tax provision and provided the most significant tax relief for businesses in more than a decade. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who did not vote on the bill this week, called it the "worst example of the influence of the special interests I have ever seen." Will it create new jobs? "Jobs for tax professionals, yes," says Bob Scharin, editor of RIA's Practical Tax Strategies.
  
• Asbestos: There is broad and bipartisan agreement that asbestos litigation needs to be reined in. There are simply too many people who are not sick taking money...and financially ruining companies with little or no liability. There are at least 8,400 active defendants, more than 70 bankruptcies caused by asbestos litigation...These stark statistics call for Congress to “do something.”
  
• Health Care - Patients’ Bill of Rights: The Patients’ Bill of Rights debate (a.k.a. managed care reform) was one of the biggest health care fights...In reality this fight was not about patients but instead was about trial lawyers and their efforts to encourage workers to sue their employers for claims denied by their health plan....The NAM led a number of successful efforts to defeat the Patients’ Bill of Rights through the years, helping to prevent its enactment into law despite Congress passing several versions. The NAM will again oppose this unnecessary and dangerous legislation as introduced in any form in future years.
  
• Health Care - Prescription Drugs: The NAM ... oppose[s] efforts to apply price controls to pharmaceuticals or other health care services. We also oppose efforts to facilitate the importation of prescription drugs, which would ...in effect, import foreign price controls into the United States.
  
• Clean Air - Mercury: ...The NAM's goal is to defeat any regulation of mercury emissions at levels beyond what can be achieved as a “co-benefit”....
  

That's not a trout. That's to ugly to be a trout!

Poor country club farmer. 

Maybe we need another Farm subsidy bill.

Hey! What's with the racial insults toward Indians?

This really is the dumbing down of America or is it California?

Don't know, NAWER.  Which one do you live in?