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Big Labor Safeguards Its Big Stake in Obama
Pajamas Media ^ | August 27, 2008 | Jennifer Rubin

Posted on 08/27/2008 2:11:27 PM PDT by AJKauf

First Amendment? Secret Ballots? Fuggetaboutit!

Labor unions have a lot at stake in 2008. The AFL-CIO’s PAC is spending $53M to help elect Barack Obama. More is being spent on behalf of Democratic incumbents and challengers in House and Senate seat races. There is nothing dearer to the hearts of Big Labor than securing the White House and a filibuster-proof Senate majority to help them obtain their number one legislative priority: the Orwellian named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA). And Big Labor will stop at nothing, not even the First Amendment, to achieve their aims....

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2008; aflcio; campaignfinance; democrats; efca; electioncongress; electionpresident; elections; electionussenate; employeefreechoice; nobama08; unions; unionthugs

1 posted on 08/27/2008 2:11:27 PM PDT by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

The AFL-CIO’s PAC is spending $53M to help elect Barack Obama. More is being spent on behalf of Democratic incumbents and challengers in House and Senate seat races.

And there’s the rub....the’re all communists or socialists!
They collect dues from members to finance this clown?


2 posted on 08/27/2008 2:25:00 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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