Expanded free trade has not been accompanied by an increase in U.S. jobs, according to an analysis by the website Business Insider.

Tony appeared on the September 18, 2011 episode of WADL’s television show, “Detroit Wants 2 Know”

For the many of you who have asked the link is to a PDF of the Rite Aid Union stores in the Metro Detroit area.  If you want a list for those out-state please send me an e-mail and I will send it to you.  Make sure you tell them you are patronizing them because [...]

As I look to union leaders like Mary Kay Henry, or James Hoffa, Jr., or Bob King, or Roger Robinson, or Kevin Moore, or people like Richard Trumka, I really do believe that a new paradigm in organized labor is being defined even as I type these words.

I am an American worker – but I work in Hong Kong
I should’a seen it comin’ – should’a known it all along
That you would devise a way to – outsource me

How is it ladies and gentlemen, how is it that just over 7 months into a new Michigan legislative body that we have been able to ignite so much passion and so much purpose by so many people? The answer is really quite simple, it is because there are more of us than there are of them and we have finally had enough.

LYRICS: Raise da debt ceiling! Raise da debt ceiling! Raise da debt ceiling! Raise da debt ceiling! 14 trillion in debt but yo we ain’t got no qualms droppin $100 bills and million dollar bombs spending money we don’t have that’s the name of the game they call me cumulo nimbus because you KNOW I [...]

Think about any other business that would be stressed, torn, and tattered, for so long and so strenuously as has organized labor over the last 5 years. How have they responded? Brilliantly! Eloquently! Compassionately! Bravely!

Tony Trupiano, host of First Shift with Tony Trupiano, and Eric Baerren, editor of Michigan Liberal

Aaron Sorkin gave us choices. Real politicians don’t anymore. And that’s just the sad truth.

A Day in the Life of Joe Republican

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised.
All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer’s medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance – now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe’s bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. 

In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.
Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks on the government-provided sidewalk to subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor. Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe’s employer pays these standards because Joe’s employer doesn’t want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he’ll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn’t think he should lose his home becaus
e of his temporary misfortune. It is noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe’s deposit is federally insured by the FSLIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe’s money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe also forgets that his in addition to his federally subsidized student loans, he attended a state funded university. Joe is home from work. He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards to go along with the tax-payer funded roads. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the th
ird generation to live in the house financed by Farmers’ Home Administration because bankers didn’t want to make rural loans. The house didn’t have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn’t belong and demanded rural electrification. He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn’t have to. Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn’t mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: “We don’t need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I’m a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have.”

Don’t you just hate those Liberals?

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Tony Trupiano hosts rally to recall Gov. Snyder

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New Poll Shows Democrats have work to do for 2012 Election Cycle

First Shift & MichiganLiberal.com Commission a poll of Democrats and how they see Democrats and their future, click here to see the Detroit Free Press article.

Wisconsin Worker Uprising

The documentary, This is What Democracy Looks Like: Wisconsin’s Worker Uprising is now available for sale through the Labor Radio website.  I recommend you click through and order your copy today as it serves as a reminder of what passionate and committed citizens can accomplish when they work together in solidarity toward a common good.  I cannot recommend enough how important and critical this documentary is to the entire cause of Democracy and your making an effort to support the people of Wisconsin and Labor Radio by purchasing a copy is important.

Although we have our struggles here in Michigan, this documentary will serve to motivate and inspire you as it has inspired me.  Please consider ordering your copy now right here.

Thank You,

Tony Trupiano,

Host, First Shift

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Guests on May 27, 2012