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AFL official blasts SEIU
Politico.com ^ | 3/3/09 | Ben Smith

Posted on 03/03/2009 6:19:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge

EIU chief Andrew Stern's backing of a divorce for UNITE HERE, and his offer to merge with that union, has provoked off-record grumbling on the HERE side of the divided union. Today, it brought an an on-record shot from a division of the AFL-CIO, which SEIU and UNITE HERE left to form Change to Win.

"A guiding principle of American trade unionism is and always has been that one union or federation of unions must not interfere in the democratic processes of another union or federation," said Building and Construction Trades Department President Mark Ayers in his memo. "The fact that one large international union has chosen to insert itself into the affairs of UNITE HERE is deplorable and arrogant."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: afl; blasts; seiu; unitehere

1 posted on 03/03/2009 6:19:43 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

hahahahahaha....


2 posted on 03/03/2009 6:23:59 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: NormsRevenge

As a former SEIU member I was hoping he had used napalm. I Guess “blast” is figurative in this instance.


3 posted on 03/03/2009 6:26:10 PM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: NormsRevenge

NEVER forget that SEIU IS ACORN!


4 posted on 03/03/2009 6:32:09 PM PST by WellyP (obama must go!)
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To: NormsRevenge

If the SEIU consolidates and controls American unionism, it is the end.


5 posted on 03/03/2009 6:35:57 PM PST by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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To: NormsRevenge

Stalin vs. Trotsky


6 posted on 03/03/2009 6:43:37 PM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88

“Stalin vs. Trotsky” - Right.


7 posted on 03/03/2009 6:49:04 PM PST by Lou Budvis ( 'Benjamin Franklin and Jefferson are rolling in their graves.')
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To: WellyP

This is the street arm of the “Obama Family”.


8 posted on 03/03/2009 9:05:14 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
"A guiding principle of American trade unionism is and always has been that one union or federation of unions must not interfere in the democratic processes of another union or federation," said Building and Construction Trades Department President Mark Ayers in his memo. "The fact that one large international union has chosen to insert itself into the affairs of UNITE HERE is deplorable and arrogant."
Yeah, right. That's why unions have to have treaties with other unions, because of that 'guiding principle'."
9 posted on 03/06/2009 1:19:30 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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