Many Unions Tell Dems No On Convention Cash

[HiPointDem]

The Democrats are hitting up unions — their go-to cash cows — for last-minute donations to help pay for next month’s convention in Charlotte.

The response from some big unions? Tough.

Union leaders insisted from the start that they wouldn’t help fill the piggy bank for this year’s Democratic National Convention after the party picked a labor-hostile location and at the same time made fundraising tougher by banning corporate contributions and capping individual donations. And with the event less than a month away, they’re sticking to their guns...

Heavy hitters like the AFL-CIO, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers’ International Union of North America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers say they won’t be making big money contributions this year.

Other unions are toning down their convention involvement...And some, like the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, have said they are sitting out entirely...

“There was a general disappointment in the selection because of the non-union hotels, the non-union accommodations in North Carolina,” said Chuck Rocha, president of the union consulting firm Solidarity Strategies and former political director of the United Steelworkers union.

http://perdidostreetschool.blogspot.com/2012/08/politico-many-unions-tell-dems-no-on.html


Meanwhile, the american federation of teachers gave the party $1.2 million while arne duncan continues to ax their jobs.

stupid is as stupid does.

[SunsetDreams]

1. Hmm original source Politico? AFL-CIO President: Obama’s Running The Election We Always Wanted

Labor and President Obama haven’t always seen to eye. But AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says he couldn’t be happier with the way the campaign is shaping up.

“I think the president’s making the case right now that he should be making — that this is about two different types of economy,” Trumka told reporters Thursday at a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

It wasn’t always this way. After Republicans took over the House in 2010, the White House pivoted to deficit reduction, agreeing to major spending cuts as the GOP threatened to shut down the government — or worse. Trumka and other labor officials were put off by the new emphasis on trimming government and warned it was a political as well as economically dangerous.

But last year, with the recovery unexpectedly slowing down and Democrats convinced there was no overcoming the Republican Party’s anti-tax fervor, Obama launched a new legislative push for the American Jobs Act, a bill designed to stimulate the economy with tax cuts, relief for state government and infrastructure investments.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/afl-cios-richard-trumka-obamas-running-the-election-we-always-wanted.php

[still_one]

2. They played the same game with Carter against reagan, because Carter did some things that were not

labor friendly

In this election their is no ambiguity, they repukes have made it very clear they want to destroy unions completely. What happened in Florida and Wisconsin is only the beginning

They had better think hard and fast

[HiPointDem]

3. where teachers are concerned, so have the dems.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. Our party...

hasn't been a good friend to labor, either- especially teachers.

[still_one]

14. That is true, but the republican platform is much much worse. That is not comforting

To a teacher struggling, but until we clean out our party it is the best we can hope for now

[awoke_in_2003]

16. True...

we really need to hold their feet to the fire

[Son of Gob]

4. Another low point for Romney trolls.

[HiPointDem]

6. in some people's books, anyone who looks at policies instead of personalities = "romney troll".

bush, obama and romney share an education platform.

[progressoid]

12. There is an alert button if you think HiPointDem is a troll.

If not, find another way to voice your disagreement with the OP.

[Union Scribe]

19. Who? The unions?

The OP for posting an article?

[MrSlayer]

5. As a union member I say "good".

We've been taken advantage of for far too long by blue dog, third way assholes that have sucked the corporate cock and thrown us to the dogs. A strong message needs to be sent. Get back on the right path or be abandoned.

[byeya]

8. As a union member I also say good. Picking the state with the smallest % of unionized workers

to hold the convention is just another finger-poke in the eye of working people.

[1-Old-Man]

7. After 4 years of being told to piss up a rope I don't blame them at all.

[Brickbat]

9. Good. There's absolutely no reason to pony up for the convention. None at all.

[rozidays]

10. Many Unions Tell Dems No On Convention Cash

The unions blew their money in Wisconsin chasing Gov Walker plus the unemployment rate is still sky high and many of their members are out of work......why WOULD they support this administration...doesn't do any good to have an insanely high union wage without a job...does it?
http://www.rosebudmag.com/truth-squad/dark-knight-rises-nra-guns-second-amendment

[still_one]

15. and pray tell what is an insanely high union wage in your view?

[mmonk]

11. Payback is tough.

[Zax2me]

17. Give President Obama a break - he's earned it.

When you are on a diet, sooner or later over time some saturated fat is going to slip into a meal, unintentionally or unavoidable by reason.
Big picture people.
99% pro-union record politicians should not be held to a 1% mistake.
These people are just being assholes.
Bet the Presidents standards on unions is stronger than those bitching.

[Union Scribe]

18. Bull.

Obama is obviously far far better for union members than the alternative, but he sure as hell doesn't have a "99% pro-union record". No card check. No taking on NAFTA. Supported union-opposed FTAs, including the monster in the works now. Calling unions "assholes" for not sending preciously slim funds to what is essentially a party is absurd.