Many Unions Tell Dems No On Convention Cash [View all]
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.
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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.
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