“Hillary Clinton has proven herself as a champion of the labor movement."

[BootinUp]

Hillary Clinton Verified account
?@HillaryClinton

Hillary Clinton Retweeted AFL-CIO

“Hillary Clinton has proven herself as a champion of the labor movement."

https://twitter.com/AFLCIO/status/743466583557836800

[Larkspur]

1. Which labor movement?

The one that ships jobs overseas via free trade bills or imports foreign labor via h-1b and L-1 visas to replace domestic American labor with cheaper foreign workers?

[BootinUp]

2. see above : AFL-CIO.

[msongs]

4. the one that builds all the war machinery that bernie sanders votes for every year nt

[ismnotwasm]

5. These--including mine, the ANA.

National
OrganizationsAFGE – American Federation of Government Employees, representing 301,992[482]
AFSCME – American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, representing 1,337,126[1,343]
AFT – American Federation of Teachers, representing 1,597,140[535]
AWIU – International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, representing 30,000[1,344]
BAC – International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, representing 76,233[1,345]
CWA - Communications Workers of America, representing 475,114[1,346]
IAM – International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, representing 570,423[478]
IATSE – International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, representing 125,000[1,347]
IBEW - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing 725,000[1,348]
IFPTE – International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers, representing 80,000[1,349]
ILA – International Longshoremen's Association, representing 65,000[1,350]
IUOE – International Union of Operating Engineers, representing 374,521[1,351]
IUPAT – International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, representing 103,858[1,352]
IW – International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, representing 123,906[1,353]
LIUNA – Laborers' International Union of North America, representing 557,999[514]
NABTU – North America's Building Trades[1,354]
NALC - National Association of Letter Carriers, representing 277,000[1,355]
NEA – National Education Association, representing 2,963,121[1,356]
NTEU National Treasury Employees Union, representing 82,552[1,357]
OPCMIA – Operative Plasterers' and Cement Masons' International Association, representing 39,000[1,358]
OPEIU – Office and Professional Employees International Union, representing 101,895[1,359]
SEIU – Service Employees International Union, representing 1,893,775[496]
SIU – Seafarers International Union of North America, representing 35,498[1,360]
SMART – International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, representing 150,000[1,361]
TWU - Transport Workers Union of America, representing 116,119[1,362]
UA – United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Pipefitting and Sprinkler Fitting Industry of the U.S. and Canada, representing 329,954 [1,363]
UAW – United Automobile Workers, representing 990,000[1,364]
UBC – The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, representing 520,000[509]
UFCW – United Food and Commercial Workers Union, representing 1,274,156[1,365]
UFW – United Farm Workers, representing 10,278[1,366]
USW - United Steelworkers, representing 860,294[1,367]
UURWAW – United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers and Allied Workers, representing 22,000

Organizations
OrganizationsAlabama Democratic Conference[1,369]
American Nurses Association[1,370]
Australian Young Labor: NSW Chapter[1,371]
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence[494]
California Legislative Black Caucus[184]
California Legislative LGBT Caucus[320]
Cook County Democratic Party[379]
Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Leadership PAC[1,372][1,373]
EMILY's List[1,374]
Equality California[1,375]
Equality Pennsylvania[1,376]
Equality Wisconsin[1,377]
Everytown for Gun Safety[1,378]
Feminist Majority[1,379]
Hookers for Hillary[1,380]
Human Rights Campaign[492]
Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs,[1,381]
Kings County Democratic County Committee[1,382]
League of Conservation Voters[503]
Lesbian Political Action Committee[532]
Moonlite BunnyRanch, brothel[703]
NARAL Pro-Choice America[1,383]
National Organization for Women[1,384]
Natural Resources Defense Council[1,385]
National Women's Political Caucus[1,386]
Ohio Legislative Black Caucus[269]
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, law firm[1,387]
Planned Parenthood Federation of America[1,388]
Preti Flaherty, law firm[1,389]
Priorities USA Action, Super-PAC[1,390]
Ready PAC, Super-PAC[1,390]
Sierra Club[1,391]
Stonewall Democrats of Arizona[1,392]
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce[1,393]
U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce
Women in the World

[dmosh42]

26. I can't remember seeing her walking picket lines with any union, but yes on Walmart!

[tonyt53]

42. Neither do I, but I strongly support unions. Showing up for a photo op is not impressive

[dmosh42]

44. It surely impressed me when Bernie showed up to support the CWA during their recent strike in NY....

As a life member of that union, I can say HRC never stood up for us, but she really liked doing it for Walmart!

[scscholar]

40. This. Thought it was satire at first. (ntxt)

[Herman4747]

3. HILLARY WAS ON THE WALMART BOARD OF DIRECTORS...

...for six long years as that company fought unionization. Hillary actually wound up praising the company, and having stock in the company.

[leftofcool]

14. So? That does not mean she opposes labor unions.

[Herman4747]

22. That company was fighting unionization....

...and she did not stand up to oppose this fight.

[Marr]

34. It's much more indicative of her position than a few politician's words.

[farleftlib]

47. Yup. She'll SAY anything

but what she does rarely aligns with her speechifying.

[NWCorona]

6. Lol! If that was the case they would have endorsed from jump.

[BootinUp]

11. I don't see the logic in your claim at all. nt

[NWCorona]

17. I'm not surprised.

[sheshe2]

7. Excellent endorsement.

K&R

Thanks BootinUp~

[elehhhhna]

8. baloney. mrs 12 dollars? lol stop.

[BootinUp]

10. She supports the fight for $15/hr. Hello!

[NWCorona]

19. Just not on the federal level.

[Ash_F]

25. haha no

She did not even support 62 cents per hour for Haitian factory workers.

[BootinUp]

29. Without acknowledging your charge, I will simply point out

tha progress is slow hard work, and I find many Sanders supporters prefer a pipe dream to reality.

[Ash_F]

31. 63% of Americans believe minimum wage should be $15 by 2020

http://www.raisetheminimumwage.com/pages/polling

[BootinUp]

33. National polls vs. electoral presidential campaigns

not the same thing.

[leftofcool]

15. Tick tock!

[azurnoir]

9. maybe she'll give them a seat at the DNC platform committee?

too bad the DNC is only allowing 1 labor rep this year

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512177791

[BootinUp]

12. She has strong ties to labor. Don't kid yourself.

[azurnoir]

13. oh I'm sure that's why they waited until she had the nomination sewed up to endorse her

[BootinUp]

16. You can snipe all you want for a few more days, lol. nt

[azurnoir]

21. and you ? will Bernie still be far game then?

[BootinUp]

23. I have been relatively kind to him imho. Nobody's perfect though. nt

[azurnoir]

24. Didn't really answer will Bernie in your opinion still be fair game after the 20th?

I understand that we will not be allowed to question Clinton

[BootinUp]

28. I will play by the rules. I will judge his actions

from the standpoint of someone supporting the D party. Hopefully Sanders will get on board.

[ismnotwasm]

30. You will be able to "question" Clinton

She's running for POTUS--she should be under scrutiny.

Just not bash her, especially using RW crap, CT crap and bizarre innuendo. That stuff, as I understand it, will no longer be allowed.

[Marr]

35. Her fans here have a very low bar for what qualifies as 'bashing'.

I have seen posts that consisted of iterally nothing more than a Hillary Clinton quote attacked as 'bashing' and alerted on by her supporters.

[BootinUp]

36. You miust mean when its taken out of context and spun by the RW or

far left.

[ismnotwasm]

37. Hopefully, and I say this as a Hillary "fan"

The new system will allow legitimate criticisms--it certainly will when she is elected. Look at what happened to president Obama.

As long as the goal is electing her to POTUS.

[ismnotwasm]

18. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512193392#post5

[azurnoir]

20. read it when you posted it

is Gloria Steinberg oops Steinem I stand corrected still raving about how all those young girls just want to please boys?

[ismnotwasm]

27. Is that what you got out of those Union endorsements?

Interesting.

It's Gloria Steinem.

[azurnoir]

32. Now that Hillary is head of the DNC will she allow more than 1 labor rep on the platform committee?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512177791

[ismnotwasm]

38. Dunno

From your link.

eadership was represented on the full platform committee, a decision was made no union leadership would be represented on the platform drafting committee,” said Vickers Shelley. “That was communicated to the campaigns, and they understood our rationale.”

If you like, I can research this further.

[tonyt53]

43. Better check who her 20 highest contributors are. Many labor unions on that list.

[eastwestdem]

39. Yes she has!! nt

[Autumn]

41. .

[Octafish]

45. Apart from Walmart.

Ms. Clinton, when on the Walmart Board of Directors, remained silent on the union-busting.

Clinton Remained Silent As Wal-Mart Fought Unions

By BRIAN ROSS MADDY SAUER
RHONDA SCHWARTZ
ABC News, Jan. 31, 2008

In six years as a member of the Wal-Mart board of directors, between 1986 and 1992, Hillary Clinton remained silent as the world's largest retailer waged a major campaign against labor unions seeking to represent store workers.

Clinton has been endorsed for president by more than a dozen unions, according to her campaign Web site, which omits any reference to her role at Wal-Mart in its detailed biography of her.

Wal-Mart's anti-union efforts were headed by one of Clinton's fellow board members, John Tate, a Wal-Mart executive vice president who also served on the board with Clinton for four of her six years.

Tate was fond of repeating, as he did at a managers meeting in 2004 after his retirement, what he said was his favorite phrase, "Labor unions are nothing but blood-sucking parasites living off the productive labor of people who work for a living."

Wal-Mart says Tate's comments "were his own and do not reflect Wal-Mart's views."

But Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and other company officials often recounted how they relied on Tate to lead the company's successful anti-union efforts.

CONTINUED...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/clinton-remained-silent-wal-mart-fought-unions/story?id=4218509

Guess other than that...

[leeroysphitz]

46. that's why labor is thouroughly well represented at the convention.

[HumanityExperiment]

48. HRC and the trade agreements....

Let's check the facts

http://www.ontheissues.org/2016/Hillary_Clinton_Free_Trade.htm

appears that HRC isn't quite the friend of labor that narratives try paint her to be when you take the facts into account

"GWEN IFILL: Your concerns are about transparency. Your concerns are about enforcement. Your concerns are about whether, as you just mentioned, jobs will go away. The president says the unions are stuck in the past, that this is an old fight that has already been won, in part because any of the jobs that were going to go to Asian nations already have.

RICHARD TRUMKA: With all due respect to the president, it’s he that’s stuck in the past.

This is a NAFTA-style agreement. What we wanted was what he promised. That’s a new type of trade agreement that would protect American jobs and grow the economy and let everybody win from a trade agreement, and not just Wall Street. This agreement is patterned after CAFTA and NAFTA, and, as a result, not us stuck in the past.

GWEN IFILL: Now, their argument, of course — I’m going to just be the devil’s advocate here — is that the North American Free Trade Agreement, the one you just referenced, that that was a different time and it was a different place and that this — our technology and where we are in the world now allows us to enforce the kinds of promises that maybe you feel were not kept at that time.

RICHARD TRUMKA: Well, first of all, the rules are the rules.

And if you use the same old rules that you did under NAFTA, you will get the same results now, regardless of a different period of time. Second of all, you’re right. They didn’t enforce those rights. And there’s nothing in this agreement that will give them more rights, more ways to enforce workers’ rights and environmental rights and to protect the American public, the American worker and the American environment.

In fact, this will encourage and give opportunity to foreign investors to attack our laws in ways that no U.S. citizen has. It’s specific to corporations and special secret tribunals that they get to access and no American does. That’s just not right. It’s not good for the country. It’s one of the old, tired features of NAFTA, and it’s something that should be changed to modernize it and bring it into today’s economy."