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Proud2BAmurkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:06 PM Original message |
Culinary union endorsed Obama without a vote of the workers? |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. No kidding! |
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journalist3072 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. You know...I was wondering about this....did the head honchos at the union just endorse Obama w/o |
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Diamonique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah.. I heard about that before the caucus. |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. I didn't know they were supposed to vote for the endorsement. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. No,it's not. Unions rarely take a |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Unions answer to their membership. If this union's leadership/endorsement |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I'm sorry,I thought this whole thread was about the |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Unions are a representative democracy. They elect representatives to |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yes,I'm well aware of how unions work,I've been a member of |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Sorry, its easy to read somethings into posts when its not intended. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No problem. I've done the same occasionally. |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. Unions have committees for this. I would assume that each candidate or |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. I support Hillary, but if I was a union committee member |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I would agree. I don't say that I won't vote for Hillary, but I think our |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. Let this be a lesson to everybody |
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shimmergal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Yes. The "committee," if there was one, |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. I disagree somewhat. I don't think that the union is diminished, but the |
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TriMetFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
34. Thats right. |
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sunonmars (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. You see what happens when you play a fast one |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That's pretty unfair to the members of the endorsement committee. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. but the FACT remains - there was no "VOTE" - which is disgusting, IMO... |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. Unions don't have to take a vote. They need to follow their constitution. |
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Kucinich4America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
8. I find it hard to believe ANY union would endorse a Clinton |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Hillary said more than once NAFTA would be restructured |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. It ain't fixable-- and it was made that way from the start. |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Don't be ridiculous.. NAFTA was a legislative creation |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. It won't be. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Unions do that all the time. |
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mediaman007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. The way that unions endorse is not arbitrary. The endorsement process is |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I didn't claim it was arbitrary. |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Nothing new there..union mgmt sends money to |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. Culinary endorsed Obama because Clinton's Campaign Strategist represents union buster types |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
17. aparently that's the case... |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
19. obama still looking for those culinary workers |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-20-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
33. ... |
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