But what about union members here?
The Militant reports that 5,000 “unionists and immigrant rights activists” rallied on the Mall by the U.S. Capitol demanding “legalization” of illegal aliens in the United States. Among the participants were labor contingents from UNITE HERE, Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the Laborers Union.
According to the Militant, speakers at the rally included “NAACP President Bruce Gordon; Janet Murguia, president of the National Council of La Raza; UNITE HERE President John Wilhelm; and Eliseo Medina, international vice president of SEIU. Several prominent Democrats also gave speeches, including Sen. Edward Kennedy, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee, and Congressman Luis Gutierrez.” And, “ Macrina Alarcon of Mexicanas Sin Fronteras (Mexicans Without Borders) spoke about fights against . . . anti-illegal immigrant city ordinances from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, to . . . Palm Bay, Florida.”
The Machinists’ Local S6 union issued an alert warning message from leadership on Thursday, saying that anyone who chooses to cross the pickets will be fined after the strike is over. It also included harsh references to so-called scabs, suggesting they should be drowned or hung.
Gary Jones Plea Deal: “The root of this corruption was compulsion. Federal law gives union bosses the power to force workers under their so-called ‘representation’ against their will, and in states without Right to Work protections to force them to subsidize their activities or else be fired. Those dual coercive powers are what put UAW tyrants in a position to begin with that allowed them to sell out the rank-and-file so they could live large.
Sixty-six Politicians From Right to Work States Join War on 14(b) Early this year, 224 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including 66 from Right to Work states, voted for legislation that would cut the heart out of every state Right to Work statute and constitutional provision that is currently on the books.