Posted on 11/06/2006 11:45:09 AM PST by vadum
With the midterm elections November 7, organized labor has been gearing up for its biggest political blitz ever. Since being rocked by internal divisions last year and failing to unseat President Bush in 2004, labor leaders have been eager to prove that unions still matter and that the labor ground game can deliver votes for the Democratic Party.
Political observers believe that in some close races, labor could help swing this month’s midterm elections—an outcome the beleaugured union movement desperately desires. Although labor’s diminished power would probably not overcome a larger change in the national political currents, those currents seem to be in the Democrats’ favor.
Nevertheless, with a declining membership base and significant political divisions between the rank and file and labor leaders, it remains in doubt whether labor’s political strategy is truly in the best interest of its membership or if labor should spend its dwindling resources in other ways......
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They already have. If it weren't for the unions, the Dems would probably be outnumbered 10 to 1.
The title is like saying "The Sun will come up tomorrow"...
Now THERE'S a bulletin.
Union people were all over the place in my neck of the woods -- even made the local tv news. Thank goodness I don't answer the door unless I'm expecting company.
The 'RATS are the union's best hope for a Communist Amerika. It ain't going to happen with Republicans running the country.
And I belong to a union.
People in Hell hope to get ice water.
Look how well it's working in Michigan.
I hope the unions dump all their political action millions into this election and lose big time.
And I belong to a union.
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I'm willing to bet you are not alone. It's unfortunate that unions still believe the Rats are their saviors. My father was a union man -- voted Dem all his adult life. But I think he would be disilusioned with the Dem party today. He was less and less favorable toward unions toward the end of his life -- seems to me it would have been natural progressiokn.
They are out of touch with their own membership on issues...
Unions should be going after Pelosi for not allowing union workers on her Restaurant, Vineyard and Lodging properties. Then she has the balls to rip Wal-Mart for not having an EE union.
It's funny, because labor unions still think they have power.
"Have they worked with business on keeping jobs at home?"
If you were the leader of a labor union, how would you accomplish that goal?
Inluding the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics.:
http://www.cpusa.org/
http://www.dsausa.org/
I guess I'll make an obligatory stop at Walmart after voting.
"They are out of touch with their own membership on issues..."
The same may be said of many of our elected officials regarding their constituents, and yet, they get returned to office. Apparently their views appeal to the majority.
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