Posted on 09/11/2010 8:38:50 AM PDT by Mobile Vulgus
The Washington Examiner asks a few substantive questions about unions this Labor Day weekend. Why do they seem to have such an outsized power when their dues paying members are fewer than ever, when they work in fewer industries than ever, and when they have such money troubles?
Ah, but the answer is what we all know. They have a president in Washington that’s bought and paid for.
Here are just some of the favors that Obama has given to his patrons in Big Labor as the Examiner notes:
» Only 10 days after taking the oath of office, Obama signed three executive orders that, respectively, limited what federal contractors can say to employees during union organizing drives, made it harder to fire incompetent employees of government contractors, and directed federal contractors to insure that employees are aware of their organizing rights...
Read the rest at Publiusforum.com...
And when they don’t get all they want guess who will be taken for a ride,see Jimmy Hoffa.
yet he keeps attacking Bush for favoring the ‘rich’ and business.
Like he has no favorites which he ‘pays off’.
total sellout
SEIU is the Union of choice, as it’s members are die hard Obama voters, and work with ACORN to frauduletly pad the voter roll’s
Exactly!
That is right. The good thing is they really are in small numbers comparatively. The bad news is they are mostly a govt employees union and chock our govt to death with their corruption.
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