That’s one thing I cannot understand. If Big Labor feels it was sold down the river by the Dems on NAFTA, shouldn’t it fear it will be sold down the river on immigration? I just don’t get it . . . unless the unions are convinced they can unionize the immigrants. I just don’t see that as a certainty.
Probably because Big Labor bosses care about as much for their members as Republican overseers care about middle-class conservatives...mho.
Of course they are convinced they can. Go look at the AFL-CIO's website. Half of it is in spanish and they have an entire section devoted to immigration.
Follow the money on amnesty and it takes you to John Sweeney's wallet.
What I am saying is that the union members are as disconnected from their union leaders, as citizens are from their elected officeholders. I voted for Jorge Bush but we are NOT on the same page when it comes to education, balanced budgets, prescription drug benefits, and AMNESTY. So it is with the Unions, the leadership is disconnected and unrepresentative to those from who they collect the dues. One thing must be added, as you know when the American people are polled they are overwhelmingly against AMNESTY. That means there are a lot of Democrat voters who against amnesty. The stumbling block to Amnesty is not in the Senate or in the White House, it is in the Democratically controlled House of Representatives. There are at least 40 Democrat house members who understand voting for this sham of a Bill in any form means electoral suicide. Elites in this country are calling the shots, and there are elites in union leadership just as there are elites in government and every heavily funded special interest. The COMMON INTEREST in this nation is unrepresented but still somewhat feared by a few politicians in the House who cannot buy office as easily as the super rich Senators, and do not have the luxury of depending on voter amnesia taking place over a six year term.