AFL-CIO Says Union Goons Will Stand By Obama….
Shocker.
(The Hill) — Organized labor won’t sit out President Obama’s reelection campaign and let a Republican win the presidency, the AFL-CIO’s political director said Wednesday.
Despite the frustration labor activists have expressed toward the administration for the deals it has cut with congressional Republicans, Obama still provides a better alternative to a potential Republican president, said Michael Podhorzer, the labor federation’s top politics officer.
“I don’t think that the labor movement will be on the sidelines with President Obama,” he said in a sit-down interview with The Hill Wednesday.
Podhorzer said that the union is likely to announce this fall that it’s creating a so-called “super PAC” that can spend and receive unlimited amounts of campaign donations. Podhorzer said the labor federation has been limited by election laws to contacting just its own members but with a super PAC, the AFL-CIO can expand its outreach to non-union voters as well.
“It’s not meant to compete with Karl Rove and raise hundreds of millions of dollars,” Podhorzer said.
It’s part of the revamped political strategy first outlined by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka this May, when he said that the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation, would reduce its emphasis on directly helping candidates. That announcement was driven, in part, by frustration that labor-supported Democrats failed to deliver on their promises to working voters.
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Whenever you hear of a purported breech between the regime and unions, black cauci, leftist bloggers et al, think false flag and a wink.
Interesting …. because a lot of the union rank and file I know have no intention of voting for this clown in 2012.
Are these the “homegrown” terrorists that Napolitano is always speaking of?
Wow, what a surprise…… The AFL-CIO is going to support Obama. Gosh, who’d a thunk it.
I wonder how that NLRB suit is going?
Heaven forbid, AFL-CIO and Unions aren’t special interest groups are they?
Oh I forgot to say how SHOCKED I am that Baraq Husinsein bin Ubama is tied to Unions!
You mean, Borox will stand behind union goons. This guy is never out front doing anything but pandering for money and stirring up trouble. A leader leads from the front (US Army Infantry School), but this coward has goons to do his “wet work”.
What a weird picture. He looks demented.
“Gee Mr. President, this is a nice country you gaht here. Sure would be a shame if somethin’ happened to it…”
Like the goonion’s would ever give up a free ride.. obama is their meal ticket.
Off topic, but important.. Another White woman attacked by a gang of black teen girls outside Philadelphia city hall. still not a hate crime.. (the Mayor is black)
might be a good reason these aren’t hate crimes.) just saying. Holders people.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2027296/Teen-girl-gang-assaults-woman-brazen-daylight-attack-outside-Philadelphia-City-Hall.html
These corupt labor unions always support the demacrook party in every elecction and the leftists AFL/CIO are no different
What else did you expect, they bought him back in 2007 and hope to continue milking the government. Unlike Obam and the DNC they want to get as much for there money as they can, so they double down on stupid and hope their thugs and Black Pathers can intimidate enough voters to allow him to win.
Wow, he looks really odd and washed-out in a tan suit. I see why he sticks to dark colors, usually.
DC Fakir shown here in front of the only later of the English alphabet he knows by heart.
OOOPS, I meant letters instead of later, dumb fingers!
@ Carolina Girl – same here – a lot of the union guys I know didn’t vote for him and aren’t voting for him. One of the problems that the unions and media have is that the unions aren’t a monolithic bloc that can be delivered at will. They can say that the unions are behind POTUS but that doesn’t make it real – not at the rank and file level.
A lot of the guys are getting pretty tired of seeing their union dues go to support the high salaries and abortion supporting politicians.
It’s the AFL-CIO Union thugs who are assisting the Muslim Brotherhood in the “Arab Spring”, imagine that?
In related news… Scientist are pretty sure the sun will rise tomorrow.