Posted on 03/10/2024 5:32:33 AM PDT by Libloather
The head of the powerful Transportation Workers Union is warning members not to be “fooled” by the AFL-CIO’s recently published scorecards for U.S. Congress members - because the process is “deliberately biased” to boost Democrats.
TWU national president John Samuelson sent a letter Thursday to his union’s 155,000 transit workers, airline staffers and other members, saying the AFL-CIO “disincentivizes pro-trade union Republicans,” leading to a rigged result in favor of Democrats in its Legislative Scorecards released Feb. 29.
“Do not be fooled,” added Samuelson.
The AFL-CIO - which is comprised of 60 international and national unions, including the TWU - uses a “flawed” scoring process that fails to take into account key issues important to most members - even if just one affiliate group opposes them, he said. This was the case with existing legislation TWU supports to reinstate pilots who were fired for refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine, he added.
“This is especially true in this particular Congress, where the narrow Republican majority in the House means that very few bills are being brought to the floor at all,” he said.
Samuelson - who heads the biggest union representing MTA workers - fired off the letter the same day he exclusively told The Post the TWU expects a “massive confrontation” with Gov. Kathy Hochul and transit management over the proposed $15 daily congestion pricing toll to enter Midtown or Lower Manhattan.
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Remember when the miners union had Vote for Obama plastered all over their homepage at the exact same time as he was swearing to close all coal mines.
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as if this is a news flash?
not the first rodeo for this crowd.
Union leadership doesn’t much care about their own members. They are primarily interested in their bloated salaries & benefits, their access to the pension and dues slush fund, and the protection the democrats provide from the consequences of their nefarious activities.
indeed. At this point in my life, I figure all unions are led my true-beliver communists with no exposure to the real world. One of my best friends is an elevator guy. He is "union" because he makes more money. The union "leadership" is nothing but a criminal organization to support democrat politicians.
“The union ‘leadership’ is nothing but a criminal organization to support democrat politicians.”
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