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Omaha Steve

(99,054 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 08:07 PM Jun 2015

Bernie Sanders Draws Union Support Pressing Pensions Issue




Senator Bernie Sanders held a news conference Thursday on a bill to restore pension guarantees for thousands of retired union workers.Credit Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/06/18/bernie-sanders-draws-union-support-pressing-pensions-issue/

5:35 PM ET By Eric Lichtblau

With union members chanting “Bernie! Bernie” behind him, Senator Bernie Sanders sought to burnish his populist credentials for president on Thursday as he introduced a bill to protect the pensions of millions of retirees from the threat of deep cuts.

Mr. Sanders railed against a spending bill approved by Congress last December — and signed into law by President Obama — that included a provision allowing certain multiemployer pension plans to make deep cuts in benefits to retirees to shore up their finances.

At a news conference in Washington, Mr. Sanders said the economic system was “rigged” against working-class retirees. With wealthy Americans given tax breaks and myriad financial perks, “the very least that we can do is to keep our promises to people who worked and earned their pensions,” he said.

“We say loudly and clearly that’s not what America is about!” he shouted, jabbing his hand in the air. “Enough is enough!”

FULL story at link.
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Bernie Sanders Draws Union Support Pressing Pensions Issue (Original Post) Omaha Steve Jun 2015 OP
Kick for Bernie and his support of working people Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #1
Huge K & R !!! - Thank You, Thank You, Thank You !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #2
Good for Bernie. madfloridian Jun 2015 #3
Feel the Bern, American workers! SoapBox Jun 2015 #4
Why would Obama sign on to that? KelleyKramer Jun 2015 #5
The presidential election is going to be about jobs Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2015 #6
Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #7
K&R..... daleanime Jun 2015 #8

KelleyKramer

(8,831 posts)
5. Why would Obama sign on to that?
Fri Jun 19, 2015, 12:08 AM
Jun 2015

Obama signed a law screwing union workers on their retirement, wow.

I remember Obama's first White House chief of staff saying that unions were "fucking retards"

Makes a lot of sense now.

I guess the next thing he could do is join with Republican leaders in congress and pass a trade agreement that Really screws American workers.
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