IF you are going to alert on me on ANY union issue, remember who you are dealing with

[Omaha Steve]

46. OK let us be fair

Why is it 36 hours after Thom Hartmann pointed out a slanted OP about Bernie on the DU hasn't been corrected last I knew? The person has been posting on the DU but hasn't corrected the post. Are YOU upset about that???

Sure it is an anti union site. Even a broken clock... The financial numbers have been verified as being from the US Dept of Labor on AFT's own report. The conclusion about the decision was made long ago is reasonable since $100,000 was given ( In December, AFT paid Clinton-allied opposition research group American Bridge 21st Century $100,000) last year. Why did the AFT even bother to interview Bernie or O'Malley LONG after they had made their decision? Now there are two different stories about that: Are YOU upset about that???

The AFL-CIO asked all members including the AFT not to endorse before next February's scheduled conference. Are YOU upset about that???

What's Wrong With The AFT? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/15/hillary-clinton-randi-weingarten_n_7806386.html

By Lois Weiner
Posted: 07/15/2015 8:07 pm EDT Updated: 07/15/2015 8:59 pm EDT

On Saturday, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) announced that its executive council “overwhelmingly” endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president. It did so, the official announcement says, on the basis of interviews (not released to members) and the results of a poll.

The decision couldn’t be more wrongheaded, and it’s one that members should demand the union executive council rescind. We should propose instead a decision reached by a very different process: a referendum of members that follows and is informed by debate in union outlets.

Every local should be charged by the executive council with providing space and place for members to air their opinions. The national union should encourage use of its magazine and website for this debate. In this discussion the leadership will have the opportunity to persuade members that endorsing Clinton is the wisest choice, but it will be obligated to carry out the will of the membership as expressed in the referendum.

What is most destructive in the AFT’s endorsement of Clinton is that it has disempowered members at precisely the moment when we most need revitalized teachers unions to save a system of education that is being destroyed as a public good by powerful elites and the politicians they control.

FULL story at link (Is Huff Post a RW rag now too?)

IF your upset about my source but not the OP that started this, that says a lot to reasonable DUers.

OS