The Democrats' Attack on Unions

[The Northerner]

Obvious political truths are sometimes smothered by special interests. The cover-up of the Democrats' national anti-union agenda is possible because the truth would cause enormous disturbances for the Democratic Party, some labor leaders, liberal organizations and, consequently, the larger political system.

Here is the short list of states that have Democratic governors where labor unions are undergoing severe attacks: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Oregon, California, New York, Illinois, Washington, Hawaii, Minnesota, Maryland and New Hampshire. Other states with Democratic governors are attacking unions to a lesser degree.

The Democrats in these states have sought to distance themselves from the Republican governors of Wisconsin and Ohio, who have specifically attacked the collective bargaining rights of unions. The above Democrats all hide their anti-union attacks behind a "deep respect for collective bargaining;" akin to a thief who will steal your car but, out of respect, will not target your deceased Grandma's diamond earrings.

For example, the anti-union Democratic governor of Connecticut is demanding $1.6 billion in cuts from state workers! The contract has not been ratified yet, but Governor Malloy referred to the agreement as: "historic because of the way we achieved it - we respected the collective bargaining process and we respected each other, negotiating in good faith, without fireworks and without anger."

Read more: http://www.counterpunch.org/cooke05172011.html

[Taverner]

1. And so many here think the bluedoggies are their freinds....

[leftstreet]

2. K&R

[Romulox]

3. There were/are unions other than public workers' unions. Remember NAFTA? MFN China?

It's really maddening when an article like this is presented without context. As if this just started yesterday...

[bobthedrummer]

4. Inconvenient truths about the New Democrats, the Third Way, Democratic Leadership Council, etc

I originally posted this archived thread on March 7, 2008.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2973191

Corporate fascism is everywhere now.

RESIST!

[mmonk]

5. Yep.

And people act offended we are mad and pretend we have no reason to be.

[jwirr]

6. Minnesota Democrats are not attacking unions. If you missed it we

were overrun by Tbaggers winning elections in 2010 and they are attacking unions. Our wonderful governor Democrat Mark Dayton is waiting at his desk with his veto pad in hand. I think we may very well may have learned to get the voters out in future elections.

[emulatorloo]

8. Thanks for the clarification n/t

[demosincebirth]

7. That is anti union garbage. I was active in my union for forty years

and only known one democrat who I would not vote for against a republican. You just know what you read, which half the time is just opinions of someone who thinks he knows, and has never been near the trenches.

[bobthedrummer]

9. ^

[LiberalAndProud]

10. Asking for concession in pay when the state is experiencing shortfalls is not union busting.

I may be alone in my assessment, but unions often make pay concessions in order to retain jobs. This is no different. In contrast, Scott Walker already had salary concessions from the unions when he introduced his union killing bill. The slant of the article is offensive to me.