Crocodile Tears
Among the extreme Left, the fact that billionaire George Soros is sitting on his wallet is making them feel the pinch but it’s hard to feel too bad for them when the union bosses are coming in and using…
Among the extreme Left, the fact that billionaire George Soros is sitting on his wallet is making them feel the pinch but it’s hard to feel too bad for them when the union bosses are coming in and using…
During the health care debate, the union bosses of the AFl-CIO made bold threats to House Democrats -- vote against ObamaCare and we will sit on our hands during your re-election battle. As Miss Emily Letella on Saturday Night Live used to say, "Nevermind." With many of their congressional water carriers struggling for their political lives, the AFL-CIO backed of their threat putting power before principle. The Hill reports: The AFL-CIO released its first round of mailers in support of endangered Democrats this week. In it, the union sought to bolster Rep. Zack Space’s (D-Ohio) campaign with literature attacking his Republican opponent. Space was the lone Democrat from Ohio’s congressional delegation to vote against the healthcare bill, and his position enraged labor groups. But he’s not the only lawmaker who voted against the legislation to see union support trickle back his way.
The political pit-bulls of the AFL-CIO have unleashed two million pieces of mail attacking Pro-Right to Work Senate candidates Rand Paul and Sharron Angle — all funded with general treasury money which includes forced union dues from millions of workers.
Big Labor’s AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has visited the White House over 30 times, appears in Administration web pages, and works with the the President of the Party of European Socialist Poul Nyrup Rassmusen to add new taxes on all…
Big Labor’s AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has visited the White House over 30 times, appears in Administration web pages, and works with the the President of the Party of European Socialist Poul Nyrup Rassmusen to add new taxes on all…
The president celebrated Labor Day with AFL-CIO boss Trumka this year, leaving the 93% of private sector workers who are not members of a union with part of the tab. Obama and his Secretary of [Big] Labor, Hilda Solis, participated in an…
[stream provider=youtube flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D8ia-l1RASG8 img=x:/img.youtube.com/vi/8ia-l1RASG8/0.jpg embed=false share=false width=350 height=250 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false /] Michelle Malkin highlights the non-existent ethical standards applied to Obama Big Labor politcal appointees like SEIU/AFL-CIO lawyer Craig Becker who Obama appointed to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB): Everything you need to know about President Obama’s fraudulent ethics pledge can be summed up in four words: SEIU lawyer Craig Becker. It’s no surprise that Becker now refuses to hold himself accountable for the ethics pledge he himself signed in April. As the past two years have taught us, Team Obama’s operational slogan is: Rules are for fools. The contractual ethics commitment states: “I will not for a period of two years from the date of my appointment participate in any particular matter involving specific parties that is directly and substantially related to my former employer or former clients, including regulations and contracts.” Yet, Becker has participated in numerous NLRB cases involving the SEIU and its affiliates — and is parsing the definition of “former employer” by arguing that local SEIU chapters are “separate and distinct legal entities” that don’t fall under the ethics rules. The National Right to Work Foundation, which has fought both national and local SEIU officials in court on behalf of rank-and-file workers’ rights, eviscerates Becker’s lawyerly blather. SEIU’s own constitution considers local affiliates “constituent subordinate bodies” of the national union, the foundation notes. “Moreover, in 2009 over 85 percent of the SEIU’s receipts came from a per capita tax on the locals’ membership dues and fees. The national union even has the power to assume control over its locals if they do not conform to International policies.”
Maybe it is because he has the federally granted privilege of extracting money from workers as a condition of their employment that makes him oblivious to real world concerns but it’s time that AFL-CIO Boss Richard Trumka gets a reality…
Maybe it is because he has the federally granted privilege of extracting money from workers as a condition of their employment that makes him oblivious to real world concerns but it’s time that AFL-CIO Boss Richard Trumka gets a reality…