Posts Tagged ‘UFCW’

So what does tens of thousands of dollars buy you with Thornton City Council?  Judging by the actions of some on council Tuesday night, it gets you payback in the form of granting unions inroads to city employees. City council members that have received significant campaign contributions from organized labor managed to pass a resolution [...]

A couple months ago we wrote about an investigation channel 7 had done exposing the corruption and shenanigans at United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local (UFCW) 7.  It was interesting for sure but also hardly surprising as these things happen every day with unions.  Somehow though, workers continue to pay their union dues without [...]

It’s Election Day across the county today.  Here in Thornton there are city council races in every ward and we also have Adams County Issue 1A on the ballot.  Historically voter turnout in off-year elections is pretty dismal – around 30% or so.  This is truly sad and disappointing.  It is my firm belief that [...]

We recently wrote about how much money had been raised by the people running for the four open Thornton City Council seats.  This was done as an exercise in understanding not only how much it costs to run for local office but also where that money comes from.  In looking at the candidate contribution reports, [...]

Thornton City Council candidates posted their contribution / expenditure reports this week (click here to view them).  In looking at them, they provide some insight into how much it costs to gain one of the eight coveted seats – four of which are up for grabs right now.  It is also interesting to see who [...]

Unions certainly had their time and place and they accomplished a great deal and helped move the country away from sub-standard pay and hazardous work conditions.  That was nearly 100 years ago though and in the time since, unions have become a hotbed of corruption.  They do little for their members other than to steal [...]