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Labor Of Politics (AFL-CIO Cares More About Democrats Than Workers Alert)
Opinionjournal.com ^
| 03/04/05
| WSJ Editorial Staff
Posted on 03/03/2005 9:13:43 PM PST by goldstategop
Over the years, however, and especially on Mr. Sweeney's watch, they became much less interested in the creation of private-sector jobs.
Instead, they became part of the ideological left and its regulatory and high-tax agenda. So instead of favoring oil drilling in Alaska, which would create thousands of new middle-class jobs, Mr. Sweeney's shop leaned toward the rich liberals of the Sierra Club. And while many union members are cultural conservatives, the AFL-CIO has spent its scarce political capital fighting conservative judges. No wonder millions of workers look at union organizers and shrug.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aflcio; biglabor; democrats; johnsweeney; workers; wrongunionpriority
This paragraph says it all about why the AFL-CIO is in decline. When it catered to Democrats and rich liberals, it stopped listening to workers. No wonder union organizers are having a hard time organizing the workplace. The message working people are getting is Big Labor doesn't want to help create new high paying jobs, make health care more affordable or allow people to own their own retirement. After all the AFL-CIO's bosses have those swank digs in Washington. Reform? We don't need no steenken' reform. The middle class can go fend for itself.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
To: goldstategop
40% of those forced to join unions voted for Republicans, yet their dues goes to Democrats. The SCOTUS, if it were in its right mind, or the Congress if they had a backbone, would make it law that union political contributions must be collected separate from dues and it must be totally voluntary
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posted on
03/03/2005 9:57:34 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Condi will not be mistaken for a cleaning lady)
To: GeronL
Yep. To make matters worse, the dues members pay doesn't go to union organizing activities or to work related responsibilities the union is there for. When it goes to the Democrats - well who needs a forced political action committee subsidiary of the Democratic Party? If union members want to donate to a political party, that should be the subject of a separate fee. It would keep unions honest.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
03/03/2005 10:09:17 PM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
and another large funding source of liberalism is government... your taxes
They ain't getting their money voluntary
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posted on
03/03/2005 10:22:30 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Condi will not be mistaken for a cleaning lady)
To: goldstategop
The unions have become a subsidiary of the democratic party. The rank and file needs to take back the unions. John Sweeney, the head of the afl-cio is an unapologetic socialist. He seems to be on the ropes at the moment, but his potential predecessers don't look like they would be any improvement.
To: orangelobster
Now is the time for heavy duty enforcement of "Beck"!!!!!
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posted on
03/04/2005 8:09:48 AM PST
by
jmaroneps37
(In dealing with liberals remember When you wrestle with a pig, you both get dirty and he loves it.)
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