Wait - they supported obama and obamacare!
I worked for a public employee union before and during obamacare. The unions are the ones that had that tax pushed back to 2018; they figured most policies would be that much by then or it would be dropped, and if not, since they were gov’t employees, the taxpayers would have to foot the bill.
The reason they wanted nationalized healthcare to begin with is it would mean more gov’t workers and therefore more union members.