red states rule
02-05-2011, 02:48 PM
So the union thugs are upset over the Dems 2012 convention site. Who cares? Will union thugs back the Republican over Obama?
When will these Obama supporters learn Obama will toss them under the bus and run over them as many times as needed to get what he wants?
In picking North Carolina as the site of their 2012 convention, Democrats didn’t just pick a state that’s relatively unfriendly to unions. They picked the least unionized state in the entire country.
It was a stinging rebuke to one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal and influential constituencies. And labor leaders are fuming at the slight.
The selection was “a calculated affront,” said Rick Sloan, communications director for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
What’s worse, Sloan noted, the convention is set to begin on Mon., Sept. 3, 2012 — Labor Day.
“Going to a right-to-work state and starting a convention on Labor Day for the Democrats?” he said. “Wow. That’s quite the equation.”
Publicly, other than the Machinists, major unions have no official comment on the issue for now. The AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, the government workers union AFSCME, the hotel workers union UNITE HERE and other national unions all declined to comment for this article.
Labor sources said the decision to go to Charlotte took them by surprise — the Democratic National Committee did not warn them it was coming or try to soften the blow — and they’re still absorbing the news.
But privately, in conversations and e-mails among themselves, members of the labor community feel betrayed, union and Democratic sources say.
A Democrat familiar with the site selection process said the convention choice reinforced labor’s perception that the Obama administration doesn’t care about union priorities. A push to pass the union-favored “card check” bill after the 2008 election was quickly abandoned, and the administration backed former Sen. Blanche Lincoln in her labor-backed 2010 primary challenge
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/48901.html#ixzz1D7EUKKiE
When will these Obama supporters learn Obama will toss them under the bus and run over them as many times as needed to get what he wants?
In picking North Carolina as the site of their 2012 convention, Democrats didn’t just pick a state that’s relatively unfriendly to unions. They picked the least unionized state in the entire country.
It was a stinging rebuke to one of the Democratic Party’s most loyal and influential constituencies. And labor leaders are fuming at the slight.
The selection was “a calculated affront,” said Rick Sloan, communications director for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.
What’s worse, Sloan noted, the convention is set to begin on Mon., Sept. 3, 2012 — Labor Day.
“Going to a right-to-work state and starting a convention on Labor Day for the Democrats?” he said. “Wow. That’s quite the equation.”
Publicly, other than the Machinists, major unions have no official comment on the issue for now. The AFL-CIO, the Teamsters, the government workers union AFSCME, the hotel workers union UNITE HERE and other national unions all declined to comment for this article.
Labor sources said the decision to go to Charlotte took them by surprise — the Democratic National Committee did not warn them it was coming or try to soften the blow — and they’re still absorbing the news.
But privately, in conversations and e-mails among themselves, members of the labor community feel betrayed, union and Democratic sources say.
A Democrat familiar with the site selection process said the convention choice reinforced labor’s perception that the Obama administration doesn’t care about union priorities. A push to pass the union-favored “card check” bill after the 2008 election was quickly abandoned, and the administration backed former Sen. Blanche Lincoln in her labor-backed 2010 primary challenge
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/48901.html#ixzz1D7EUKKiE