[Army Air Corps]

I noticed that they blame everything BUT their leadership and uber-left polictics. If unions had moved towards political neutrality and stuck to negotiating contracts, and not playing games with dues, they might have fared better.

[AzaleaCity5691]

If the Unions had followed the advice of Daley then chances are, the Democrats would still be the majority.

The reason we are the majority today is because of liberalism, it's all about the culture wars, or as I like to put it, the normal people vs the liberal whackos

[bobo1]

You are very correct.

Blessings, Bobo

[Southack]

Two big things are going on with this split. The first is that the AFL-CIO has put all of its eggs into the Democratic Party basket for decades...locking itself completely out of Power today.

The second is that carpenters (among others) have nothing in common with the left-wing, Che T-shirt-wearing anarchists who burn down homes and torch SUV's, or with the Greens who want government to ban all new home construction as evil "urban sprawl." In other words, the Private unions (all 5 million members) are breaking away from the nutcase Public unions (8 million members).

[buwaya]

Funny, I think.

Teamsters I can understand.

But SEIU is a very activist bunch and quite lefty, over here in CA anyway. And they are heavily represented in gov't-supported areas like hospitals, nursing homes and education.

One would think that the Democrat affiliation would be where their hearts are.

I wonder what SEIU's reasons are.