***HEADS UP*** Presidential Labor Day Remarks at 1:15 (ET)

[jefferson_dem]

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Presidential Labor Day Remarks

Sep 5, 2011

White House

President Obama visited Detroit to celebrate Labor Day with workers and their families and to discuss his bipartisan efforts to create jobs and strengthen the economy. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis accompanied the president on the trip.

ORDER of SPEAKERS:

Dennis Williams from UAW
Teamsters President Hoffa
Aretha Franklin
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka
Obama Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
President Barack Obama

[Broderick]

1. You mean Union Labor day

I am learning labor day here is only for union folks.

[jefferson_dem]

3. What does that even mean?

Just say it.

[Broderick]

5. Look around

Labor day should be for all people in the workforce. Not just those in a union.

[jefferson_dem]

9. Don't be silly. Of course, Labor Day is to honor all workers.

In case you aren't aware of the critical role the unions played in tirelessly fighting for the basic dignity and real benefits we all enjoy today, click here: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/09/05/311831/american-middle-class-organized-labor/

[Broderick]

12. I agree completely

Just saying I get the feeling, just my feeling, that Labor day here is more about unions.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. I hope Trumka again says that he's "had a snootful of this shit"

Trumka speaks for many of us.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Trumka speaks for all workers...

whether they acknowledge it -- or like what he says -- or not.

[FrenchieCat]

13. For perspective!

Labor Board Eases Path To Unions For Health Care Workers
08/30/11
WASHINGTON -- With the departure of the chairwoman of the National Labor Relations Board this past weekend, the board has been issuing a slew of last-minute rulings destined to please labor groups while irritating business interests and anti-union Republicans. Among the latest: a ruling made public on Tuesday that overturns a Bush-era decision and will likely make it easier for health care workers to unionize.

In the case, known as Specialty Healthcare, the board ruled that a group of nursing assistants at a facility in Mobile, Ala., could form their own bargaining unit without other types of nursing home staff, from maintenance workers to dietary aides. It's a decision that could greatly simplify the unionization process and, as HuffPost has previously reported, could have a huge impact on the growing and largely non-unionized nursing home industry.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/30/labor-board-unions-health-care-workers_n_942485.html


NLRB Proposes Removing ‘Unnecessary Barriers’ to Union Votes
06/22/11
Companies would have less time and opportunity to block unions under a proposed U.S. rule that would speed voting in labor elections.

The proposed rule issued today by the National Labor Relations Board, an agency that investigates unfair labor practices, would bring changes sought by unions, such as faster hearing deadlines and streamlined procedures.

The push for quicker elections is a victory for unions after defeats at the hands of Republican governors seeking to curb public-employee unions. It’s also a sign of the NLRB’s pro- labor bent since President Barack Obama’s appointees have become a majority, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
http://www.treasuryandrisk.com/2011/06/22/nlrb-proposes-removing-unnecessary-barriers-to-uni


How the Obama administration is Using Executive Power to Support Union Goals:What The NLRB’s Recent Complaint Reveals
04/25/11
http://pajamasmedia.com/ronradosh/2011/04/25/how-the-obama-administration-is-using-executive-power-to-support-union-goalswhat-the-nlrbs-recent-complaint-reveals/?singlepage=true



Screeners Under Obama May Give Federal Unions Biggest Vote Win in Years
03/09/11
A collective-bargaining vote by airport security workers that starts today may give federal employee groups their biggest victory in years, even as public workers in some states struggle to keep their union status.

The country’s two largest federal-employee unions are competing to represent the 44,000 screeners who can cast their ballots through April 19. The effort, which Senate Republicans failed to stop last month, may raise Transportation Security Administration costs if workers push through changes such as increased staffing.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-09/screeners-under-obama-may-give-federal-unions-main-win-in-years.html

Obama Gives Unions A Big Victory In Unionizing Air Travel Workers
05/11/10
WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor unions will have an easier time organizing workers at airline and railroad companies after the Obama administration on Monday changed a 76-year-old rule on union elections.

The change is a victory for unions that have struggled to reverse years of decline in membership. And it’s the most significant initiative so far in a string of White House moves intended to help organized labor.
http://sayanythingblog.com/entry/obama-gives-unions-a-big-victory-in-unionizing-air-travel-workers



WHILE THE OPPOSITION DOES ITS THING!

Bill Introduced to Reverse President Obama's Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
http://www.laborrelationstoday.com/2011/02/articles/executive-orders/bill-introduced-to-reverse-president-obamas-executive-order-on-project-labor-agreements

[jefferson_dem]

6. Program underway. Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa: "let's take these sons of a bitches out"

Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa:

"this is Motown but today this is UnionTown! ... there is a war on workers" ... "bunch of people who don't want the President to succeed .. they are called the Tea Party ... we remember in November" "let's take these sons of a bitches out" he says of Republicans in Congress.

http://twitter.com/#!/edhenryTV

[Kind of Blue]

27. Thanks for posting! I came in late.

KnR!

[monmouth]

7. C-SPAN now showing Alan West on my tv...Ugh..n/t

[jefferson_dem]

8. Ack! C-SPAN not live yet. Try this link...

Aretha "throwin' down" ---> http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream2

[monmouth]

10. Thank you, thank you, and doesn't she look great? Lost a lot of weight

and looks and sounds so healthy. Love her..

[jefferson_dem]

11. A few images from the field...

here: http://lockerz.com/s/136111115

[jefferson_dem]

14. Marvin Gaye's "Move on UP!" blastin now.

Doesn't get any better than this.

[jefferson_dem]

15. Trumka and Solis up now.

[jefferson_dem]

16. CSPAN feed live now. Trumka calling for "bold, courageous" leadership.

[jefferson_dem]

17. Solis: "He's got your back. Do you have his?"

[jefferson_dem]

18. UAW member now introducing POTUS

[jefferson_dem]

19. POTUS up now.

:patriot:

[jefferson_dem]

20. Greeted by chants of "four more years."

:applause:

[young but wise]

21. Thanks for the heads up.

[jefferson_dem]

22. "Working men and women of America. This day belongs to you!"

"You've been working hard..."

[jefferson_dem]

23. POTUS says middle class has been created because of union labor, it is bedrock U.S. is built on.

Need to fully restore the middle class in America.

[jefferson_dem]

24. "We need to fully restore the middle class in America" ... and need a "strong labor movement."

[jefferson_dem]

25. Highlighting administration's accomplishments for middle class.

Support for Auto industry, reforms in Affordable Care Act, etc.

[jefferson_dem]

26. Strong, passionate, populist message.

Quarrel with details if you must but he's certainly "fired up" for the "people".

[jefferson_dem]

28. "We're gonna see if Congressional Republicans can put country before party."

[jefferson_dem]

29. "Fair day's pay after a hard day's work" is everybody's right!

Crowd goes wild!

[jefferson_dem]

30. "I'm sure Republicans will say this is speech is class warfare. I take that as a good sign"

http://twitter.com/#!/CitizenCohn/statuses/110772813991907328

[Safetykitten]

31. I wish he would go full bore on the class warfare. That is a good thing.

[jefferson_dem]

32. You and me both.

All politics aside, it's the right thing to do.

[Vinnie From Indy]

33. Words aside, let's see how he treats workers and the middle class

in his "jobs" speech later this week.