Posted on 02/24/2011 6:51:57 AM PST by jmaroneps37
“…. the events in Wisconsin, and other states, unfold it is instructive to consider who is orchestrating the actions of the unions as they fight to keep their stranglehold on our economy.
Investigated for terror ties
Although you might not have gotten it from the old media, last September the FBI raided the homes of several people in the Midwest including those of two current or former Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73 Executive Board members. The FBI is investigating the SEIU’s Chicago local (a Barack Obama favored union), for its ties to terror organizations bent on the destruction of America and Israel. The SEIU Board members are Joe Iosbaker and Tom Burke.
Who are Tom Burke and Joe Iosbaker?
While available sources don’t contain much information about former Board member Tom Burke other than he is a “stay at home dad” who liked to travel at union expense, much is known about Iosbaker.
Joe Iosbaker’s ties to America hating organizations are clear
He has a long history of working to undermine America. He was with the early founders of the New Wave Party which disguised itself as a spinoff political party, but was in fact the incubator for America haters like Barack Obama.
Iosbaker delivered a speech to the International Communist Seminar in 1998, and he signed letter supporting unrepentant terrorist William Ayers because he was being “demonized.”
Iosbaker spoke a last December’s annual Communist “People’s World” banquet (People’s World is the name the old Daily Worker is hiding under these days). His remarks included praise for the Communists that were exposed by Joe McCarthy.
These two highly placed Democrat SEIU officials are suspected of working with … Hamas the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) …. the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC….
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They hate us 'working class' personally, but Jeesh!, do they love our money.
Speaking from experience anyone who things that the Unions aren’t controlled by the Communists are wishing in one hand and $hitting in the other to see which one fills the fastest. My facts are based on the UAW and it started in the 30’s.
Public Service Unions use collective bargaining to corrupt the proper function of a democracy. We deserve better.
Public servants already start off with a huge advantage: they get to elect the person who cuts their paycheck. Why should they get the additional coercive power of collective bargaining to improve their economic situation?
When elected officials and unions “negotiate” they both benefit by giving more taxpayer money to unions. The elected officials get votes and campaign contributions. Unions get more money. The only loser is the majority of taxpayers who never get a seat at the negotiation table. A minority is benefiting at the expense of a majority. This is not how democracy is supposed to work.
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