Posted on 10/08/2026 1:49:49 PM PDT by Libloather
Employees at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago are unionizing over their working conditions, claiming their benefits have been cut and workloads are increasing just four months after the center opened in June.
Workers circulated a letter to staff Wednesday announcing their intent to unionize, complaining about “increasing” workloads “vague responses” from administrators to a list of complaints they’d raised, the Chicago Sun Times reported.
Some of the complaints suggested that the $900 million presidential center could already be facing financial trouble.
Such complaints have led to a “high turnover rate,” with exiting employees “taking with them their institutional knowledge and expertise.”
Just how vital those four months of “institutional knowledge” was remains unclear, but the letter cited recent halting of raises and promotions, an increase in their healthcare costs and a reduction of paid time off as being chief among their woes.
And the unionizers included an ace-in-the-hole: President Obama’s own glowing words endorsing unions in 2016.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
“And how many raises and promotions should one expect after four months?”
When I was interviewing recent black engineering graduates of FAMU, they expected to start at salaries we were paying people with years of experience. The idea of starting at the bottom, which was, in my opinion, too high, was unbelievable (shocking) to them. I was forced to hire some people for their melanin content because our government contracts tied award fee to melanin content.
Here’s the result of hiring people who can’t do the work at the same price you’re paying people who end up doing that person’s work for them with no extra pay. The good people start leaving. I pointed out this was happening, but the top people only cared about their bonus pay. Which ran into the millions at the top and hundreds of thousands a layer down. The company is out of business.
BHO’s former chef was unavailable for comment. 🙄
Yep, poor guy.
the long-term strategy for the obammy center has always been to have the taxpayers pick up the tab on expenses
Why doesn’t that place have any windows? Are all the children smuggled into the US under Biden working there ad sex slaves?
You don’t understand. They were tasked with polishing his ego.
How much “work” is there running a big gift shop?
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They want combat pay. They had to keep the Wookie from eating the candy shop when she visited. They have PTSD now.
“taking with them their institutional knowledge.....”
Institutionalized in a 🪨
First, the workers should demand some of Valerie Jarrett’s salary.
Second, little sympathy for you since you still believe Obama is your.savior.
Wake up.
Yet, similar to the CA high speed RR to nowhere.
Petard.
Did they ever pay the contractors?
Not sure. From Feb 2025 -
Obama Center subcontractor files $40M discrimination lawsuit against engineering firm for overruns
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/obama-center-subcontractor-files-40m-discrimination-lawsuit
Those are all GREAT. Thanks for keeping that collection for us. It’s hard to pick a best out of that bunch.
Well done, AW!
Aww, you guys!! It’s my privilege to dish out the memes! If applicable, spread ’em around!
Workers complaining? Organizing? How dare they! Remember what happened to the Obama’s’ private chef.
Reads like a Bee article..
Thanks for all the data. Politics is nothing more than BIG BUSINESS these days - as are ALL ‘Government Programs.’ Your Tax Dollars these days = Fraud, Waste and Abuse of those dollars.
Plan for you and yours accordingly...
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