Posted on 09/24/2009 9:41:29 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Even before U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis was sworn in, Big Labor insiders like AFL-CIO lawyer and Obama appointee Deborah Greenfield were busily dismantling useful union financial disclosures produced by former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao. It’s another Big Government – Big Labor partnership aimed at keeping individual workers, whom they claim to represent, in the dark.
Why the hurry? Perhaps Union Bosses wanted to prevent the Virginia GOP and inquisitive people like Patrick Semmens from visiting DOL’s UnionReports.gov website that clearly reveals the Big Labor-ACORN collusion. Semmens discovered that teachers’ union bosses gave about $500,000 to the same Brooklyn ACORN office exposed on BigGovernment.com. Both the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) awarded ACORN service contracts.
That’s right; union bosses gave teachers’ forced union dues to the same ACORN that appeared to have no problem facilitating child prostitution. No wonder Solis’ Big Labor friends want to shutdown financial disclosure!
In fact, UnionReports.gov provides detailed union financial reports and is a primary source for many union members, reporters, columnists, bloggers, and researchers. But, the days of disclosure are numbered. Big Labor has commanded Labor Secretary Solis to shut it all down.
Will Big Labor’s ties with ACORN be hidden again?
In 2003, some sunlight began to shine on union financial disclosure revealing payments to groups like ACORN.
Itemized ACORN payments were previously hidden somewhere in reports like the 2004 NEA LM-2 report below. A quick comparison of NEA financial disclosure reports appears below illustrating the value of the reformed 2008 report verses the 2004 pre-reform disclosure. (For the entire reports, please click the following links: 2004 and 2008 NEA LM-2 reports.)
(Excerpt) Read more at biggovernment.com ...
Found this on DOL Site.
From 2008
Explains that Acorn and its proginy are actually community UNIONs.::
Examples of community organizing around labor market issues are proliferating. National organizations such as ACORN have partnered with local community groups to mount living wage campaigns across the country. Project QUEST in San Antonio, Texas, joined with the national Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) to establish a community training and employment center for low-income workers. In Long Island, the Workplace Project’s immigrant worker center passed a statewide unpaid wages law. The Baltimore organization BUILD has worked for the enactment of a series of city-wide labor market ordinances, including living wage, right-to-organize, and right of first refusal ordinances, as well as a “school counts” law that allows mothers moving off welfare to count education toward their work requirement. BUILD’s latest effort is to pass a $5 million endowment to create a Taft-Hartley plan, which includes a multi-employer health care plan for Head Start workers.
Why are community groups increasingly organizing workers? “First, they realize that no amount of public subsidy could compensate for the decline in work and wages,” said Fine. “Also, unions were not organizing in these communities. Finally, self-interest motivated inner-city churches with dwindling congregations and overtaxed social service infrastructures to engage in this new experimentalism.” Although these efforts are distinct and shaped by local concerns, they do share several characteristics in common:
Community unionism is place-based, nonsectoral, nonoccupational, and nonfirm/industry specific. “In many cases, one low-wage job in the service sector is similar to the next,” said Fine. “Communities of interest exist more around place, race, and ethnicity.” These groups operate largely outside of the labor movement and seek to organize workers in ways that cut across skill and firm boundaries.
Community unionism achieves more wins in the public policy arena and with employers in the public sector. Thus far, organizing has been geared more toward public policy fights than workplace organizing or representation. These groups are very successful in raising conditions across a local or regional labormarket through regu lation, as opposed to collective bargaining agreements with individual employers. But the reg- ulations are largely limited to the public sector or to work that is contracted by the public sector.
Community unions benefit from a freedom from bureaucracy, but also suffer from a lack of resources. Because these groups are firmly based in community efforts, they are free to experiment and can avoid the cumbersome formalities that accompany NLRB elections, since membership is looser than in traditional unions. However, dues collection is not always systematized, so they lack the resources and experiences of the labor movement.
Community unions challenge the definition of unionism itself. “Because they haven’t been conditioned by labor union structures or labor law, they consider themselves to be worker organizations or unions,” said Fine. “But their approach raises a question about what a union actually is.” These groups neither rely on majority elections nor perform collective bargaining. Finally, while they do represent minority unionism, they often have difficulty relating to labor unions because they are unwilling to subsume their efforts under an international rubric or to become part of a mainstream local or regional structure.
Obama *WAS* ACORN.
Obama has thrown ACORN under the bus.”
There is an escape route under that bus.
NObama is only making public statements that are false.
He will support ACORN to his dying breath.
The diseased roaches of SEIU and AFL-CIO cannot stand the sunlight, so their demigod must shut down the exposure because he and the democrat party are dependent upon the criminal behavior these filthy, anti-American roaches provide every election cycle and most in between months.
They’re all liars. It’s in their blood.
IMPEACHMENT, WHERE ARE THE LAWYERS?
Don't forget that it was Hillary that did the pro bono legal work for the Radkes when ACORN originated in Little Rock.
Here is an interesting contact list taken from the acorn.org site that has AFL-CIO members as well as HCAN and others...
State Organization Role Contact Person E-mail Phone
Arizona ACORN lead Monica Sandshafer azacorn@acorn.org 602-254-2599
Arizona ACORN lead Kristy Theilan azacornturo@acorn.org 520-623-9389
Arkansas HCAN Lead lead Candis Collins candiscollins@yahoo.com 501- 944-1603
Arkansas ACORN support Neal Sealy aracorn@acorn.org 501-376-7151
California Health Access Project lead Patrick Romano promano@health-access.org 510-873-8787 x 110
California Health Access Project lead Anthony Wright awright@health-access.org 510- 873-8787
California California Partnership (NWFCO/CCC) support Mari Lopez mlopez@communitychange.org 213-369-9460
California California Partnership (NWFCO/CCC) support Nancy Berlin nberlin@communitychange.org 213-385-8010
California ACORN support John Adams caacornbpro@acorn.org 408-667-7494
California ACORN support Amy Schur caacorn@acornmail.netup
California ACORN support Dave Sharples caacornsmro@acorn.org 415-588-2100
Colorado (NWFCO/CCC) lead Leah Bry leah@coprogressiveaction.org 303.863.8390
Colorado Colorado Progressive Action (NWFCO/CCC) lead Hillary Jorgensen hillary@coprogressiveaction.org
Connecticut CCAG (US Action) lead Alexandra Ferreira alexandrasevivas@gmail.com 203-499-9924
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Action Group (USAction) lead Beau Anderson beau@ccag.net 860- 233-2181 x312
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Action Group (USAction) lead John Murphy murphy@ccag.net 860-995-3389
Connecticut United Action Connecticut support Jay Klemundt jayklemundt@yahoo.com 860-882-3845
Delaware ACORN lead Darlene Battle deacorn@acorn.org 302-533-7935
Florida ACORN lead Joanne Green flacornpd@acorn.org 561-512-7579
Florida ACORN lead Stephanie Porta sporta@acornmail.net 407-592-4784
Florida Florida Consumer Action Network lead Chrystal Hutchison chrystal@fcan.org 813-877-6712
Georgia GRUS lead Charity Woods gahcan@gmail.com 404-309-5295
Georgia GRUS lead Larry Pellegrini lobbywatch@aol.com 404-522-4787
Hawaii FACE lead Drew Astolfi astolfidrew@hotmail.com 808-782-3674
Idaho Idaho Community Action Network (NWFCO/CCC) lead Bret Noble bret@idahocan.org 208-457-2225
Illinois Citizen Action of Illinois lead Jessica Palys jesssica@citizenaction-il.org 312-427-2114 x 206
Illinois Citizen Action of Illinois lead John Gaudette john@citizenaction-il.org 312-427-2114
Illinois Citizen Action/IL (USAction) lead Lynda DeLaforgue lynda@citizenaction-il.org 312-427-2114 x3
Indiana ACORN support Eric Weathersby inacornga@acorn.org 219-218-5548
Indiana ACORN support David Van Thurnout inacorn@acorn.org 317-926-5622
Indiana Central Indiana Jobs with Justice lead Allison Luthe allison@centralindianajwj.org 317-917-0723 ext. 33
Iowa Iowa Citizen Action (USAction) lead Charlie Wishman cwishman@iowacan.org 515-277-5077 x 15
Iowa Iowa Citizen Action (USAction) lead Betty Ahrens bettyahrens@iowacan.org 319-354-8116
Kansas Sunflower support JJ Selmon Jason@sunfloweract.org 316-516-4825
Kansas ACORN lead Jeff Ordower moacorn@acorn.org 314-531-9634
Louisiana ACORN lead Tanya Harris laacornnoro@acorn.org 504-943-0044
Louisiana ACORN lead Marie Hurt laacornbr@acorn.org 504-220-5668
Maine Maine People’s Alliance (USAction) lead Ben Chin ben@mainepeoplesalliance.org 207-782-7876
Maine Maine People’s Alliance (USAction) lead Ali Vander Zanden ali@mainepeoplesalliance.org 207-797-0967
Maryland Progressive Maryland (USAction) lead Matthew Weinstein Matthew@progressivemaryland.org 410-685-7004
Massachusetts Northeast Action lead Joy DePina jdepina@neaction.org 617-541-0500 x371
Massachusetts Northeast Action lead Felix Arroyo faroyo@neaction.org 617-224-6965
Michigan HCAN Director lead John Freeman jfreeman13@comcast.net 313-655-7945
Michigan Michigan Gamaliel support Cheryl Liske cliske@mivoice@yahoo.com 313-320-1192
Michigan (MOSES) Michigan Gamaliel support Ponsella Hardaway cliske@mivoice@yahoo.com 313-320-1192
Michigan ACORN support Chris Van Leeuwen chrisvanleeuwen@acornmail.net 616-233-7518
Michigan Michigan Citizen Action support Erin Knott eknott@michcitizenaction.org 269-349-9170
Minnesota Take Action Minnesota (USAction) lead Dan McGrath dan@takeactionminnesota.org 651-641-6199
Minnesota Take Action Minnesota (USAction) lead Chris Conry chris@takeactionminnesota.org 651-379-0760
Minnesota ISAIAH support Doran Schrantz schrantz@isaiah-mn.org 612-221-4911
Missouri Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition lead Julie Terbrock moprovote@mindspring.com 314-531-2288
Missouri ACORN support Jeff Ordower jordower@acornmail.net 314-531-9634
Missouri ACORN support Glenn Burleigh burleigh@hotmail.com 314-531-7023
Missouri Grassroots Organizing (MO) support Lily Tinker Fortel lily@gromo.org 573-443-4476
Montana NWFCO lead Molly Moody molly@nwfco.org 406.529.8497
Nebraska Nebraska Appleseed lead Jennifer Piatt jpiatt@neappleseed.org 402- 438-8853
Nevada PLAN support Bob Fulkerson bfulkerson@planenvada.org 702-791-1965
Nevada HCAN National Staff lead Theresa Navarro tnavarro@healthcareforamericanow.org 775-560-1300
New Hampshire NH Citizens Alliance for Action support Sabrina Johnson sjohnson@nhcitizensalliance.org 603-225-2097
New Hampshire Granite State Organizing Project support Kaley Lentini klentinigsop@comcast.net 757-270-6155
New Hampshire Granite State Organizing Project support Sarah Jane Knoy gsop@verizon.net 603-668-8250
New Jersey NJ Citizen Action (USAction) lead Ev Liebman ev@njcitizenaction.org 856-966-3091
New Jersey NJ Citizen Action (USAction) lead Leo Torrey leo@njcitizenaction.org 856.966.3091.ext.205
New Jersey NJ Citizen Action (USAction) lead Eve Weissman eve@njcitizenaction.org 856.966.3091
New Jersey NJ AFL-CIO lead Lee Sandberg lsandberg@njaflcio.org 203-240-2456
New Mexico ACORN lead Julia Dupree Julia@nmacorn.org 505-242-4711
New Mexico ACORN lead Clayton Kennedy nmacornabro@acorn.org 406-396-3125
New York Citizen Action of New York (CANY) (USAction) lead Mary Clark cabing@citizenactionny.org 518-465-4600
New York Citizen Action of New York (CANY) (USAction) lead Bob Cohen bcohen@citizenactionny.org 518-465-4600
New York New Yorkers For Fiscal Fairness support Patsy Dodge dodgepatsyl@hotmail.com 518-452-2130
New York New Yorkers For Fiscal Fairness support Ron Deutsch MKD67@aol.com 518-469-6769
North Carolina NC Fair Share lead Lynice Williams ncfslrw@aol.com 919.786.7474
North Carolina ACORN support Pat McCoy pmccoy@acornmail.net 919-883-7120
North Carolina ACORN support Michael De Losantos ncacornloeg@acorn.org 803-609-9676
North Carolina ACORN support Dustin Bayard Hiram ncacornraro@acorn.org 919-833-6194
North Dakota North Dakota People’s Alliance lead Barb Price barb@ndpeople.org 701-224-8090
Ohio Ohio Organizing Collaborative/Ohio Gamaliel support Jason Lehrer jdlehrer@yahoo.com 216-834-2324
Ohio Ohio Organizing Collaborative/Ohio Gamalieln support Terry Brennan amosleadorganizer@gmail.com 513-751-2222
Ohio ACORN support Amy Teitelman ohacornciro@acorn.org 513-257-9813
Ohio Progress Ohio support Lorraine Bieber Lorraine@progressohio.org 614-441-9145
Oregon NWFCO/CCC lead Steve Neuberger steve@nwfco.org 541-772-4029
Oregon NWFCO/CCC lead Betsy Dillner betsy@nwfco.org 503-702-2626
Pennsylvania HCAN Labor Organizer lead Gregg Potter potterfb@msn.com 610 360-9491
Pennsylvania HCAN National Staff lead Marc Steir marcsteir@hcanpa.org 215-880-6142
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Unemployment Project support Antoinette Krause akraus@philaup.org 267.971.1680
Pennsylvania ACORN support Ali Kronley paacorn@acorn.org 215-765-0042
Pennsylvania PennAction support Jeff Garis jgaris@aol.com 215-694-4783
Rhode Island Ocean State Action (USAction) lead Ivette Luna ivette@oceanstateaction.org 401-463-5368
Rhode Island Ocean State Action (USAction) lead Peter Asen peter@oceanstateaction.org 401-463-5368
South Dakota NWFCO/CCC lead Jane Murphy jcmurphy@wildblue.net (605) 347-8937
Tennessee CCC lead Dierdra Reed dreed@communitychange.org 202-309-2096
Texas ACORN-San Antonio support Michelle McClelen txacorndev@acorn.org 210-226-2584
Texas ACORN support Margaret Torres txacornhomgr@acorn.org 713-868-7015
Texas ACORN support Ginny Goldman ggoldman@acornmail.net 713-868-7015
Texas HCAN State Director lead Jesse Romero romero.jesse@sbcglobal.net 210-240-1266
Vermont Vermont PIRG (US Action) lead Susan Baker sbaker@vpirg 802-223-8421 ext. 8420
Virginia Virginia Organizing Project (NWFCO/CCC) lead Brian Johns bjohns@virginia-organizing.org 276-619-1920
Virginia Virginia Organizing Project (NWFCO/CCC) lead Joe Szakos szakos@virginia-organizing.org 434-984-4655 ext. 222
Washington WCAN (NWFCO/CCC) lead Will Pittz will@washingtoncan.org 206-389-0050
Washington WCAN (NWFCO/CCC) lead Lynne Ngyuen lynne@washingtoncan.org 206-389-0050 x232
Washington WCAN (NWFCO/CCC) lead Sunny Kim sunnnykins@gmail.com 206-389-0050
West Virginia West Virginia Citizen Action Group (USAction)* lead Richard McVay rhmcvay@gmail.com 786-351-0303 (cell)
West Virginia West Virginia Citizen Action Group (USAction)* lead Gary Zuckett gary@wvcag.org 304-346-5891
Wisconsin Citizen Action of Wisconsin (USAction)* lead Robert Kraig robert.kraig@citizenactionwi.org 414-476-4550
Wisconsin Citizen Action of Wisconsin (USAction)* lead Brian Rothergy brian.rothgery@citizenactionwi.org 414-476 -H4539 (direct)
” It’s worked for Hitlary, the murder of Vince Foster”
Well, Hitlery wasn’t presiding over a fully damaged economy. People were making too much money to care.
read like a terror network...tentacles reaching everywhere.
Birds of a feather...
OUTSTANDING!!
BTTT
So much dirt is coming out now against ACORN that Eric Holder can't continue his cover up too much longer -- or HE'LL be in the slammer for Obstruction of Justice. (Oh Happy Days!)
(1) When I was in publik skuul in the 50's, 'Teapot Dome', was the biggest scandal in U.S. History.
(2) I discount 'Watergate-gate' (/s) as that was a coup d'état set in motion by that slimeball John Dean to cover for his Call-Girl wife.
Amazing what 2 people with a camera can do. They have hit the left harder than any Republican ever has before that I can remember. I guess Rush Limbaugh has done more damage over a long term but in such a short amount of time Giles and O’Keefe have walloped them.
Good point. Fits in with Ohaha's obsession with "redistributing wealth" to those he thnks are "worthy"...... b/c they got him into the WH.
OBAMA is ACORN. ACORN is OBAMA.
It sure does seem like the kindling is being cut and dried for one big fire within liberalville over who get to pass out that stimulus for next year's election.
I hope Glenn Beck will get ahold of that tape with Holder berating America, saying, WRT race, "we are a nation of cowards."
Would impact nicely played against the ACORN dumbos facilitating child prostitution and tax evasion.
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