Posted on 03/06/2011 7:02:39 PM PST by Nachum
President Barack Obama's Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, is backing labor unions in their campaign against plans to cut collective bargaining from government workers.
Like the President himself, Solis has an history with both the Communist Party USA and Democratic Socialists of America, two of the main groups backing recent nationwide labor protests.
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| Hilda Solis, D.S.A. Nat. Convention, Los Angeles, Nov. 2005 |
From the Communist Party USA's Peoples World
"Labor is planning a mass mobilization nationwide on April 4 to support workers' rights, specifically the right to collectively bargain.
The decision was reached at the AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting in Washington, March 1-2, according to a nationwide conference call of activists. But the council did not formally announce it.
Instead, the word was passed to activists from the Communications Workers, the Teachers, other unions, allied student, civil rights and environmental groups and others.
They were asked to dream up events at work places to show solidarity with workers who are standing up for their rights, notably public workers in Ohio, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Indiana and other states.
Suggestions for solidarity include vigils at houses of worship, wearing red pro-worker clothing, and demonstrations and marches on city halls and state capitols...
The workers' cause, though not the specific protest, was joined by Obama administration Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, who spoke on the conference call.
"I'm proud of all of those who went down to Wisconsin, and I try to provide support and empowerment" from her cabinet post "for middle-class people who must be at the table" when their futures are decided, Solis said.
"Public workers - nurses, police officers, fire fighters - are willing to make sacrifices," the secretary added, alluding to the excuse GOP governors have used to demand that state and local workers take large pay and pension cuts and pay much more for health insurance. "Budget sacrifices are one thing, but demanding people give up their voice on the job is another.""
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If the workers of Wisconsin want go pay to work for the STATE, why don’t they move to Cuba? They believe in collective bargaining for the workers...uh...don’t they? I’m not sure anymore.
On Friday, I heard Michael Medved claim that there were no extremists in Obama’s cabinet and that they were ALL moderates. Apparently, he never heard of Solis.
Heck, even Cuba is laying off 500,000 government workers!
Raul is encouraging them to start their own small businesses.
Too bad that Lenin has shucked off his mortal coil...he would be SO proud of his followers.
A Freeper recently put forth the idea that there should be a Taxpayers Union, so that WE can collective bargain. I don’t remember the Freepers name.
Not a bad idea. The whole system not even a true capitalism, it is more a socialist/commie system. We should call it what it really is. There hasn’t been capitalism in this country for quite a while.
(target rich environment...?)
Of course I don’t mean that anyone should get violent with these - creatures. I mean go and thumb noses at them!
Well boys and girls, we just have to watch and listen, and when the dirty busturds plan something, we show up - just like before!
I may go in blackface and carry a Billyclub ..................................... FRegards
The TEA PARTY IS what I consider to be our UNION....
and...there is THIS....National Taxpayer’s Union....http://www.ntu.org/
Nooooo....daayem....it’s MY BIRTHDAY....(and also the day Martin Luther King was assassinated, btw)
Eagles Up
People can get their Union Dues Refund here:
http://www.unionrefund.org/index.asp
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